Cloud Engineer - Guatemala

nClouds, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

nClouds in the United States is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, automate, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. You will work across DevOps and delivery teams to implement resilient systems and cost-efficient solutions.

The role requires hands-on experience with Terraform, Argo, Github Actions, and AWS services, plus strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills. Remote work is available with occasional client engagements as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with full software development lifecycle and Agile delivery.
• Hands-on CI/CD workflow design and implementation.
• Strong verbal and written communication of DevOps concepts.
• Knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing and firewall.
• Understanding of cloud-native security requirements.
• All things AWS, AWS-CLI and AWS SDKs.
• Linux administration and scripting (Bash, Python, Go, or Ruby).
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation/CDK.
• Orchestration tools (Kubernetes/EKS or ECS).
• Configuration management (AWS Config, Ansible).
• Containers (Docker or Docker-Compose).

Responsibilities

• Help architect, build, and implement resilient, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Operate automation tools (Terraform, Argo, Github Actions) with vendor tools (CloudFormation, EKS, ECS, SAM).
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to generate new initiatives and tools.
• Consult with multiple clients simultaneously and develop project roadmaps.
• Identify AWS cost savings, security gaps, and best practices across services.

Skills

Cloud fundamentals

CI/CD concepts

Linux administration

Networking basics

Agile delivery

Tools

Terraform

Argo

Github Actions

CloudFormation

EKS

ECS

SAM

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS Config

Job description

About the Company:

nClouds is a credentialed, award-winning provider of cloud professional services, products, and solutions, specializing in modern infrastructures on AWS. We work as an extension of our clients and love tackling their stickiest challenges.Our clients can deliver innovation faster and create awesome customer experiences.

General Details:

Job Title

Cloud Engineer

Department

Operations

Reporting To

Delivery Team Lead

Subordinates

N/A

About the Role:

Job Summary

You are comfortable automating and maintaining cloud infrastructures. You are passionate about learning tools and services, with superb troubleshooting skills, and a sense of ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Help architect, build, and implement redundant, resilient, scalable, self-sustaining, and self-healing cloud infrastructures such as AWS. We utilize a variety of automation tools (Terraform, Argo, Github Actions) along with cloud vendor-specific tools (CloudFormation, EKS, ECS, SAM).
• Participate in internal demo/idea generation/blog posts in order to bring new initiatives and new tools to be implemented with our clients.
• Ability to consult with multiple clients simultaneously.
• Develop strategic roadmaps and project implementation plans based on customer requirements.
• Ability to identify AWS Cost Savings, Security Gaps, and AWS Best Practices across a variety of AWS Services and compliances like HIPAA, PCI, and FedRAMP.
• Support pre-sales activities for designing and scoping new customer engagements.
• Ability to identify and solve complex issues for our customers and present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and juggle multiple tasks at once.
• Ability to conduct an AWS Well-Architect Framework Review.

Qualifications

• Ideally, you have worked with the following tech stack for 5 years or you’ve been learning about the concepts of:
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices
• Hands-on experience with code merging and promotion and building and managing CI/CD workflows and tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate core DevOps concepts (CI/CD, Agile & Automation)
• Knowledge of IP networking, VPN’s, DNS, load balancing and firewall
• Understanding of cloud-native security requirements
• All things AWS, AWS-CLI and AWS SDKs
• Linux
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform or Cloudformation/CDK)
• Orchestration tools (Kubernetes/EKS or ECS)
• Configuration Manager tools (AWS Config, Ansible)
• Containers (Docker or Docker-Compose)
• Scripting (Bash, Python, Ruby, Go or Javascript)
• CI/CD tools (Github Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, AWS Code Suite)

Relationships:

Internal Relations

External Relations

• Sr Cloud Engineers, Practice Lead, and Project Manager
• Client

Working Conditions:

Work Location

Remote

Business Travel

Not necessary

Work Schedule

As assigned

Flextime

Upon Prior Consent