Cloud Platform Engineer II: AWS & Hybrid Infrastructure

Caesars Entertainment; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Caesars Entertainment in Reno, NV is seeking a Platform Engineer II to drive cloud modernization and platform delivery across enterprise workloads, focusing on AWS and hybrid patterns. You will own IaC, CI/CD, and secure, observable environments, collaborating with architects and application teams to move from Windows-centric stacks to containerized and serverless runtimes.

This role emphasizes best practices, reliability, cost efficiency, and strong technical leadership in a DevOps/SRE aligned

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, primarily with AWS.
• Strong experience designing and operating serverless, container-based, or event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated cloud environments.
• Practical experience modernizing or supporting .NET applications in cloud or hybrid environments.
• Comfort working in non-Windows, Linux-based, or containerized runtimes.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, and operational best practices.
• Experience working in Agile / DevOps environments with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and influence cloud architecture decisions for new platforms and modernization initiatives, with a focus on AWS and hybrid cloud patterns.
• Design and deliver cloud-native and hybrid solutions that support the migration of legacy on-prem .NET systems to modern runtimes.
• Own IaC implementations and automation strategies to ensure repeatable, secure environments.
• Build and operate production-grade cloud services, emphasizing reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with application teams to modernize CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and runtime architectures.
• Drive serverless-first and platform engineering best practices, mentoring engineers and raising cloud maturity.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering

Serverless architectures

IaC (Terraform)

CI/CD pipelines

Linux runtimes

DevOps collaboration

Cloud security

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Dynatrace

OpenAPI

Job description

Caesars Entertainment in Reno, NV is seeking a Platform Engineer II to drive cloud modernization and platform delivery across enterprise workloads, focusing on AWS and hybrid patterns. You will own IaC, CI/CD, and secure, observable environments, collaborating with architects and application teams to move from Windows-centric stacks to containerized and serverless runtimes.

This role emphasizes best practices, reliability, cost efficiency, and strong technical leadership in a DevOps/SRE aligned