Cloud Observability Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes, IaC

The Vanguard Group; Wayne (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vanguard Group seeks a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate modern observability and cloud-native solutions. You will collaborate with software and SRE teams to deliver reliable logging, metrics, tracing, and performance improvements across production environments.

The role requires hands-on experience with AWS, Docker/ECS/Kubernetes, serverless architectures, Python/Bash automation, IaC, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of cloud engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.
• 3+ years experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and orchestration platforms such as ECS and/or Kubernetes.
• Strong programming and automation skills using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with observability or monitoring platforms (logs, metrics, tracing) with tools such as Splunk, Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry or CloudWatch preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support cloud observability platforms (logs, metrics, tracing).
• Develop and enhance cloud-native applications using AWS services, including serverless technologies such as Lambda.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes using Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Partner with engineering teams to onboard applications and promote observability best practices.
• Manage and optimize SaaS and internally hosted platforms, including vendor coordination and performance tuning.
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability and reliability of cloud platforms.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to ensure consistent, scalable deployments and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to improve platform performance and efficiency.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Observability & monitoring

Python scripting

Shell scripting

CI/CD automation

Docker & orchestration

Serverless architectures

Infrastructure as Code

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Docker

ECS

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

CloudWatch

Job description

The Vanguard Group seeks a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate modern observability and cloud-native solutions. You will collaborate with software and SRE teams to deliver reliable logging, metrics, tracing, and performance improvements across production environments.

The role requires hands-on experience with AWS, Docker/ECS/Kubernetes, serverless architectures, Python/Bash automation, IaC, and CI/CD practices.