Infrastructure Engineer III

Bluepeak; United States; On-site; USD 97,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401

Vacation & Holidays

Professional Development

Employee Discounts

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Bluepeak is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer III/Cloud Architect to lead senior architectural work across Bluepeak’s cloud platforms. You will define scalable, secure cloud architectures and partner with IT, Engineering, Security, and Business teams to deliver resilient services.

You will design reference architectures, govern networking and security, and guide engineering through IaC and automation best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field required.
• 8+ years in a cloud, infrastructure, or engineering role.
• Experience designing and governing cloud architectures on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong cloud networking and security architecture expertise.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, automation, and configuration management.
• Understanding of DevOps and SRE principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, govern scalable, secure cloud architectures across public and hybrid clouds.
• Develop cloud reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
• Define cloud networking, security, and observability architectures.
• Mentor engineers and influence best practices across teams.
• Provide architectural guidance during incident response and RCAs.
• Support app teams with cloud-native patterns and migration strategies.
• Evaluate emerging cloud services aligned with business goals.

Skills

Cloud platforms

IaC automation

CI/CD tooling

Cloud security

Identity management

DevOps/SRE

Cloud networking

Observability

Incident response

Architecture reviews

Leadership

Independent work

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

“We Push the Boundaries of Possibilities for our Communities.”

Overview Of Position Responsibilities

The Infrastructure Engineer III provides senior-level architectural expertise in the design, governance, and evolution of Bluepeak’s cloud platforms. This role is responsible for defining scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures that support business-critical systems and customer-facing services.

The Cloud Architect acts as a technical leader by establishing cloud architecture standards, guiding complex design decisions, ensuring security and compliance alignment, and partnering closely with IT, Engineering, Security, and Business teams.

Be part of our innovation-building and delivering a fiber-rich internet connection to people’s doorsteps.

What You Will Do

• Design, define, and govern scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures across public and hybrid cloud environments.
• Architect and standardize multi-tier cloud environments supporting production, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements.
• Develop and maintain cloud reference architectures, patterns, and standards to guide engineering implementation.
• Define and govern cloud networking architectures, including virtual networks, routing, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and private connectivity.
• Design and enforce cloud security architecture, including identity and access management, network segmentation, logging, monitoring, and encryption.
• Partner with Engineering teams to ensure infrastructure-as-code implementations align with approved architectural standards.
• Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to ensure cloud architectures meet regulatory, audit, and internal security requirements.
• Define observability standards for cloud environments, including performance, availability, capacity, and cost management metrics.
• Provide architectural guidance during incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation planning.
• Support application teams with cloud-native design patterns, migration strategies, and performance optimization guidance.
• Evaluate emerging cloud services and technologies and recommend adoption aligned with business and technical objectives.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, standards documentation, and design artifacts.
• Mentor engineers and influence best practices across the Engineering & IT organization.
• Influence others within the job area through explanation of architectural principles, policies, and standards.
• Other related duties as assigned.

What You Will Need

• A bachelor’s degree in business or related field is required.
• 8+ years in a cloud, infrastructure, or engineering role required.
• Architecture or technical leadership experience is preferred.
• Extensive experience designing and governing cloud architectures in one or more major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong expertise in cloud networking, security architecture, and identity management.
• Advanced experience guiding infrastructure-as-code, automation, and configuration management strategies.
• Strong understanding of automation and scripting concepts used in cloud environments.
• Experience defining monitoring, logging, and alerting architectures for cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated experience supporting high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity architecture.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles and their application to cloud architecture.
• Experience performing architectural reviews and supporting root cause analysis for complex incidents.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities and strategic technical initiatives.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• A collaborative working style and strong attention to detail.
• MS Office Suite: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity services.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, CI/CD tooling, and cloud observability environments
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Frequently required to sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull and walk
• Required to use hands, handle objects and paperwork
• Required to use close vision and be able to focus
• Required to refrain from personal use of technology during working hours
• Required to lift up to 5lbs at a given time
• Upon job offer, must be able to pass a background check and a drug test prior to employment.

Salary range: $96,600 - $125,400

Why Work at Bluepeak?

• Competitive Compensation + Annual Bonus Eligibility
• Comprehensive Benefits Package, Including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and 401(k)
• Generous Vacation and Paid Sick Time + Paid Holidays and Personal Days
• Professional Development With an Emphasis on Internal Promotion
• Employee Discounts on Bluepeak Services, Including Internet
• Progressive and inclusive work culture in which our team has the flexibility, support, and resources to be successful in their careers!

About Us

We believe that the size of the city shouldn’t determine the quality of the technology. That’s why we are building for you: Faster, more reliable, and without the things that get in the way of great service—like red tape, hidden fees, and slow response times. And with up to 5 gigabits of speed for residential customers and 10 gigabits for businesses, we are whole new ballgame- from internet to TV, to connecting every device in your home, to powering your business, we’re not only providing the best fiber connections in your community, but we’re also meeting the growing needs for how you live.

Bluepeak provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.