Cloud Engineer - Sr

Randstad Digital Americas; Virginia; Remote; USD 122,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. You will drive IaC initiatives, automate CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with security, development, and operations teams.

The role focuses on cloud-native architectures across GCP/Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and Python to improve reliability and performance of distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud infra.
• Lead IaC initiatives, automate CI/CD, and partner with security/ops teams.
• Drive multi-cloud architectures across GCP and Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into cloud designs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues.
• Optimize data storage/compute/workloads with cloud-native services.
• Design and maintain resilient workflows and microservices with Temporal.
• Implement IaC modular frameworks using Terraform for multi-cloud deployments.
• Monitor and tune application performance and reliability.

Skills

Kafka

Application performance

Backend development

Cloud infrastructure

Cloud networking

Data storage

Data flow

Automation pipelines

Distributed systems

Docker

Google Cloud Platform

IAM security

Infrastructure automation

Kubernetes

Distributed microservices

Azure

Microsoft Azure

Multi-cloud

Python

Message queues

Cloud-native services

Terraform

Resilient

Troubleshoot

Reliability

Automation

Infrastructure

Pub/Sub

State management

Tooling

Workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Google Cloud Platform

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Job Summary

Randstad Digital is hiring and we're looking for someone like YOU to join our team! If you are seeking a new opportunity, looking to grow in your career, or you know someone who is - we want to hear from you!

location: Telecommute

job type: Contract

salary: $88.55 - 98.00 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and provide technical guidance across distributed cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and resolve complex issues related to cloud infrastructure and workflow orchestrations.
• Optimize data storage, compute, and processing workloads using cloud-native services across GCP and Azure.
• Design, build, and maintain resilient asynchronous workflows and distributed microservices using Temporal.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) modular frameworks using Terraform to ensure reliable, multi-cloud deployments.
• Monitor, tune, and improve application performance, service reliability, and data flow efficiency.

Qualifications

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable, highly available, and secure cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will lead the implementation of cloud-native architectures, drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives, automate continuous integration and deployment pipelines, and partner with development, security, and operations teams to modernize our platform ecosystems.

Skills

• Kafka
• application performance
• backend development
• cloud infrastructure
• cloud networking
• data storage
• data flow
• automation pipelines
• distributed systems
• Docker
• event-driven architectures
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• IAM security
• infrastructure automation
• Kubernetes
• distributed microservices
• Azure
• Microsoft Azure
• multi-cloud
• Python
• message queues
• cloud-native services
• Terraform
• resilient
• Troubleshoot
• reliability
• automation
• infrastructure
• Pub/Sub
• state management
• tooling
• workflows

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [e-mail].

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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