Cloud Engineer (Sr/Lead)

Synechron; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to act as a hands-on technical lead for cloud migration across applications, infrastructure, automation, and operations. You will partner with architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud capabilities.

The role emphasizes designing and deploying AWS infrastructure, driving migration and modernization, implementing automation and CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring production readiness in complex enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software, infrastructure, or platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AWS infrastructure and platform components.
• Execute application migration and modernization activities.
• Implement automation and deployment pipelines.
• Support environment provisioning, testing, and production readiness.
• Monitor and resolve migration-related technical issues.
• Collaborate with application teams to optimize performance, security, and reliability.
• Support cutover, stabilization, and decommissioning of legacy platforms.

Skills

AWS engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Migration & modernization

Production support

Job description

The Senior Cloud Engineer will serve as a hands-on technical lead responsible for implementing and supporting cloud migration activities across application, infrastructure, automation, and operational workstreams. The individual will work closely with architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to execute migration plans, resolve technical challenges, and ensure successful delivery of cloud capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering cloud migration, modernization, and application remediation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in automation, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, observability, and production support.
• Experience supporting critical enterprise applications within complex environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AWS infrastructure and platform components.
• Execute application migration and modernization activities.
• Implement infrastructure automation and deployment pipelines.
• Support environment provisioning, testing, and production readiness activities.
• Monitor and resolve migration-related technical issues.
• Collaborate with application teams to optimize performance, security, and reliability.
• Support cutover, stabilization, and legacy platform decommissioning activities.