Cloud Platform Engineer | AWS, Kubernetes & Automation

Optomi

United States

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Job summary

Optomi, in partnership with a leading organization, is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to support application teams by automating infrastructure provisioning, guiding cloud adoption, and troubleshooting cloud environments. The role emphasizes hands-on AWS experience, IaC, and strong problem-solving skills.

You will design and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure, implement CI/CD with GitLab, and mentor junior teammates while ensuring reliability, security, and observability across cloud

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
  • Experience with scripting, command-line tools, code repositories, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Hands-on experience with GitLab, including pipeline configuration and code promotion.
  • Experience building and deploying containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
  • Understanding of container image scalability, availability strategies, and command-line troubleshooting.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and independent problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts and mentor junior resources.

Responsibilities

  • Support application teams in their cloud adoption journey by providing technical guidance and infrastructure automation.
  • Design, provision, configure, and troubleshoot AWS infrastructure and cloud services.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
  • Support AWS services including EKS, Lambda, VPC, Security Groups, EC2, DynamoDB, RDS, IAM, KMS, Route 53, MSK, S3, and Glue.
  • Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, supporting code repository management and code promotion.
  • Build, deploy, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
  • Support application scalability, availability, and deployment strategies.
  • Use monitoring and observability tools to identify, investigate, and resolve infrastructure and application issues.
  • Provide hands-on troubleshooting and technical support across AWS environments.
  • Participate in on-call support as needed, responding to and resolving technical issues.
  • Identify problems and procedural irregularities, gather information, analyze findings, and recommend solutions.
  • Work independently while collaborating with application teams and other technical resources.
  • Train and mentor junior team members and contribute to technical knowledge sharing.

Skills

AWS expertise
IaC understanding
Scripting
CI/CD
Problem-solving
Mentoring
Communication

Tools

Terraform
CloudFormation
GitLab
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Splunk
Dynatrace
AWS CloudWatch
Prometheus
Grafana

Job description

Optomi, in partnership with a leading organization, is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to support application teams by automating infrastructure provisioning, guiding cloud adoption, and troubleshooting cloud environments. The role emphasizes hands-on AWS experience, IaC, and strong problem-solving skills.

You will design and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure, implement CI/CD with GitLab, and mentor junior teammates while ensuring reliability, security, and observability across cloud

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