Cloud Engineer (Developer Experience) - Terraform & GitOps

Red Oak Technologies; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Oak Technologies is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer (Developer Experience) to design and maintain scalable IaC using Terraform and Terragrunt. You will manage multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments and build automation to improve developer workflows.

The role emphasizes GitOps practices with GitHub Actions, RBAC-based security, and collaboration across DevOps, Architecture and Security teams. Remote-friendly hybrid setup in Bay Area preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience in AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Terragrunt.
• GitOps experience utilizing GitHub Actions (self-hosted runners preferred).
• CI/CD experience (Jenkins experience is a plus).
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault or cloud security best practices.
• Programming experience in Go or Python.
• Experience with cloud-init and Linux automation.
• Experience integrating developer tools such as Slack and Jira.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Build standardized Terragrunt directory structures across accounts, regions, and environments.
• Refactor and migrate legacy Terraform environments while minimizing downtime and infrastructure drift.
• Develop secure multi-account and multi-cloud deployments utilizing RBAC and least-privilege access models.
• Implement DRY principles using Terragrunt and Kubernetes configuration management tools.
• Manage Kubernetes deployments across multiple cloud providers and environments.
• Improve developer workflows through automation, CI/CD, and GitOps best practices.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Architecture, Security, and Engineering teams on cloud initiatives.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and automation challenges.

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

HashiCorp Vault

Go

Python

cloud-init

Slack

Jira

Job description

Red Oak Technologies is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer (Developer Experience) to design and maintain scalable IaC using Terraform and Terragrunt. You will manage multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments and build automation to improve developer workflows.

The role emphasizes GitOps practices with GitHub Actions, RBAC-based security, and collaboration across DevOps, Architecture and Security teams. Remote-friendly hybrid setup in Bay Area preferred.