Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Strategic Staffing Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to manage and optimize our client’s GCP and Azure environments. This remote role emphasizes production stability, migration planning, and decommissioning as part of an enterprise cloud consolidation project.

You will support automation using Go, Python, Terraform, and Temporal, collaborating with cloud engineering and application teams to resolve incidents and drive improvements while maintaining production uptime.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
• Hands-on GCP administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with enterprise cloud infra environments including GCP, Azure, or AWS.
• Proficiency with Terraform for provisioning.
• Familiarity with Temporal workflow orchestration.
• Go or Python programming is a plus.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work remotely with ET/CT hours.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise cloud infrastructure across GCP and Azure.
• Maintain and troubleshoot production applications in cloud environments.
• Assist with cloud migrations and decommissioning activities.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering and application teams.
• Contribute to automation and provisioning initiatives.

Skills

GCP

Azure

AWS

Go

Python

Cloud automation

Incident response

Tools

Terraform

Temporal

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (GCP/Azure)

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: Through May 31, 2027
Pay Rate:

Job/Role Description

• This role will support our client's enterprise cloud infrastructure, primarily focusing on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure environments.
• This position will support the maintenance, troubleshooting, migration, and eventual decommissioning of existing cloud environments as part of an enterprise cloud consolidation initiative.
• Maintain and support existing GCP and Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure stability and availability of production applications.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues, resolve technical blockers, and provide support to internal customers.
• Ensure production applications continue operating effectively throughout cloud migration and decommissioning activities.
• Support the transition of existing cloud workloads and components to AWS environments.
• Assist with the shutdown and decommissioning of GCP and Azure cloud environments following successful migration.
• Investigate and resolve cloud infrastructure incidents, performance issues, and operational challenges.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering teams, application teams, and internal stakeholders to support infrastructure operations.
• Assist with cloud infrastructure automation and provisioning initiatives as needed.
• Support automation workflows using technologies such as Go (Golang), Python, Terraform, and Temporal.
• Work with existing cloud orchestration workflows and contribute to automation improvements when needed.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting assistance to internal customers using cloud infrastructure services.
• Participate in cloud infrastructure design discussions and technical problem-solving activities.
• Maintain operational stability while supporting cloud infrastructure changes and decommissioning activities.

Required Qualifications

• Approximately 5+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud infrastructure administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting, strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure environments, including GCP, Azure, or AWS.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure operations, cloud services, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Experience maintaining and supporting cloud infrastructure hosting production applications.
• Ability to investigate and resolve cloud infrastructure issues and technical blockers.
• Strong AWS cloud infrastructure experience may be considered with demonstrated ability to quickly learn and support GCP environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure preferred.
• Experience with cloud automation and infrastructure provisioning preferred.
• Familiarity with Go (Golang) or Python programming languages is a plus.
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation is a plus.
• Familiarity with Temporal workflow orchestration is a plus.
• Experience supporting cloud migrations, infrastructure transitions, or cloud decommissioning initiatives is a plus.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure design principles and enterprise cloud architecture.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cloud engineers, application teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new cloud technologies and environments.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and resolve technical issues in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
• Highly self-motivated and capable of working independently and within a team.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to work remotely while maintaining Eastern or Central Time business hours.