Hybrid Cloud Engineer: AWS & Azure, 6-Month Contract

System One; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 145,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Spending accounts

Voluntary plans

Job summary

System One seeks a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure in a regulated enterprise environment. The role emphasizes automation, platform reliability, and cost optimization within a hybrid onsite/remote model in Indianapolis.

Responsibilities include building IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security controls per regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on cloud engineering in production environments (AWS and/or Azure).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) and Git.
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash) for automation and tooling.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, virtualization, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud security principles.
• Experience with CI/CD in a cloud-native setup.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps or Azure Admin/Architect are preferred.
• Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization at enterprise scale.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).
• Experience in regulated industries (pharma/healthcare/life sciences) and cloud compliance (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA).
• Kubernetes production experience (EKS, AKS, or self-managed) including cluster operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy cloud architectures across AWS and/or Azure to meet performance, security, availability, and cost goals.
• Implement security-first networking, compute, storage, and identity with least-privilege principles.
• Evaluate cloud services and patterns; build evidence-based adoption cases for teams and governance.
• Implement IaC frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) for repeatable provisioning.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud infra and apps with automated rollback.
• Automate operational tasks (patching, scaling, monitoring, cost optimization).
• Ensure environments comply with Lilly security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor cloud security posture; remediate configuration drift and policy violations.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity to align cloud security with regulatory frameworks like GxP/21 CFR 11/HIPAA.
• Monitor performance, availability, and cost; drive FinOps and resource right-sizing.
• Contribute to platform engineering standards and guardrails for consistent usage.
• Troubleshoot infra issues and contribute to post-incident reviews.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

Azure

Security best practices

CI/CD

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Networking fundamentals

DevOps culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Git

Job description

System One seeks a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure in a regulated enterprise environment. The role emphasizes automation, platform reliability, and cost optimization within a hybrid onsite/remote model in Indianapolis.

Responsibilities include building IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security controls per regulatory requirements.