Remote Cloud Engineer (AWS) — Scalable Infra & AI-Ready

Embedded Shishya; United States; On-site; USD 23,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Metal Toad is a fully remote company seeking Cloud Engineer contractors residing in Brazil for this position. Compensation will be in Brazilian Reais (R$), in accordance with the local currency of the country where the position is located.

The Cloud Engineer role requires experience designing and maintaining infrastructure for high-availability, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of a talented team delivering mission-critical cloud solutions and collaborating with AWS,

Qualifications

• Advanced to fluent English communication skills are essential for this role.
• 4+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Additional experience with other cloud providers is a bonus.
• Experienced in Linux and/or Windows Systems administration (at least one required).
• Scripting (bash shell and Python preferred, PowerShell acceptable).
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking and HTTP protocols.
• Experience with web accelerators, load balancers, reverse proxies, and CDNs.
• Problem solver and willing to work in an agile/fast-paced environment.
• Customer-oriented with good communication skills.
• Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation with approximately one shift per month compensated.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing customer requirements for software components, system availability, security, and performance.
• Designing and documenting complete cloud hosting systems, including capacity planning software and instance type selection, allocation, and network design.
• Estimating the costs of the recommended system design.
• Building systems by executing installation, configuration, and testing of cloud resources.
• Using automation and configuration management to ensure repeatability and traceability of changes.
• Troubleshooting system hardware, software, networks, and operating systems.
• Protecting the integrity and security of systems through proper use of controls and monitoring tools, and providing written evaluations and recommendations for ongoing improvement.
• Maintaining system performance through system monitoring and analysis, performance tuning, and planning for future growth.
• Designing and running load and stress tests, documenting outcomes, debugging infrastructure issues, and escalating documented application problems to the development team.
• Maintaining internal systems and customer deployment documentation.
• Partnering with project managers, technical consultants, software architects, and developers to validate infrastructure deliverables against the requirements and document all technical hand‑offs.

Skills

Fluent English

Problem solving

Scripting (Bash/Python)

On-call rotation experience

Tools

AWS

Linux

Windows

Job description

Metal Toad is a fully remote company seeking Cloud Engineer contractors residing in Brazil for this position. Compensation will be in Brazilian Reais (R$), in accordance with the local currency of the country where the position is located.

The Cloud Engineer role requires experience designing and maintaining infrastructure for high-availability, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of a talented team delivering mission-critical cloud solutions and collaborating with AWS,