Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Veeco Instruments Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 94,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology firm is seeking a talented Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to enhance cloud environments with a focus on AWS. This role involves leading cloud strategy, optimizing resources, and ensuring secure systems for a remote workforce. With 5+ years of experience required, strong AWS knowledge is essential. The expected salary range is $94,068 — $119,153 plus benefits including medical, stock plans, and more.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

401(k) with Company Match

Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Time

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer or similar role required.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy for cloud-enabled services.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources.
• Ensure systems are securely built and compliant.

Skills

AWS services knowledge (EC2, S3)

Networking (VPC, Transit Gateways)

IAM systems experience

Core networking technologies

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

DevOps practices knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

Veeco is seeking a talented Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in supporting and enhancing our cloud environments, with a primary focus on AWS. You will provide technical expertise for various projects, manage relationships with our managed service providers, and play a critical role in maintaining and upgrading our cloud infrastructure that supports over 20 global sites across North America, APAC, and Europe, as well as a heavily remote workforce.

Remote opportunity but will need to be available during Eastern Standard time business hours.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy for utilizing cloud-enabled services to meet business needs.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources to ensure performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate across IT, business units, and managed service providers to design, implement, and support new and existing cloud services.
• Ensure systems are securely built and compliant with IT security policies and industry best practices.
• Document technical and business requirements for both existing infrastructure and new projects, ensuring clear communication across teams.
• Work closely with Infrastructure Operations, Information Security, Enterprise Applications, Data & AI Operations, and IT Service Delivery teams to support AWS initiatives.
• Resolve infrastructure-related issues across a broad range of technologies.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis on production system failures, develop corrective action plans, and monitor their effectiveness.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and a minimum of 5+ years of experience as an AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer or similar role is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge spanning AWS services (EC2, S3) and networking (VPC, Transit Gateways, VPN).
• Experience with IAM systems, including root account security, key management, custom role mapping, and least privilege across multiple accounts and AWS regions.
• Knowledge in core networking technologies, including IP addressing, routing, VPC configuration, security, load balancing, DNS, and network monitoring/troubleshooting.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues across both on-premises and AWS workloads.
• Willingness to learn new technologies to meet growing business demands.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing technologies and trends.
• Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with peers, developers, engineers, managers, and leadership.
• AWS or Azure certifications.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Experience working with managed service providers.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.
• Implement best practices, strategies, methodologies, and approaches to systems administration tasks and complex projects.
• Speak your mind when you find opportunities for technology or process improvement.
• Develop repeatable standards and implementation processes to ensure product uniformity and quality.
• Document, deploy, and improve new and existing infrastructure to improve Veeco’s technology experience continually.
• Collaborate effectively in cross-team troubleshooting efforts.
• Be comfortable saying, “I don’t know.”
• Push your knowledge through Veeco-funded advanced training opportunities.

The expected salary range for this position is $94,068 — $119,153 , plus a bonus opportunity. We will consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors when determining your pay.

Other benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Time
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life and Accident Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Identity Theft Remediation
• Emergency Travel Assistance

Veeco is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected characteristics. Veecois committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.