Remote Cloud Infrastructure Lead & Automation Engineer

asmexternalcareersite; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research is seeking a Server & Network Lead to design, implement, and operate cloud-hosted compute and network infrastructure for mission-critical workloads. You will architect scalable networks, automate provisioning, and enforce security controls across major cloud platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, expertise in infrastructure-as-code, and strong collaboration with security and operations teams to ensure availability and performance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on systems, network, or cloud engineering experience in public clouds
• Expertise with virtual networking, compute, storage, security groups, and load balancing in enterprise environments
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and scripting with PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure and participate in on-call rotations
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain Public Trust and U.S. citizenship for this remote federal IT position

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure architectures, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, and security boundaries that support highly available enterprise applications.
• Configure and manage compute, storage, and networking services on major cloud platforms, ensuring environments are secure, resilient, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code templates and automation scripts to standardize provisioning, configuration, and deployments across environments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability, leading incident response and root-cause analysis for infrastructure and connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to integrate network and server designs with application requirements, identity solutions, and security controls.
• Define and maintain standards, runbooks, and documentation for cloud infrastructure, including configuration baselines, deployment patterns, and change-management processes.
• Evaluate new cloud services, networking capabilities, and automation tools, providing recommendations and implementation plans that improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and informal leadership to engineers supporting cloud compute and network services, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

Infrastructure as code

Automation scripting

Incident response

Technical leadership

Public cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

ASM Research is seeking a Server & Network Lead to design, implement, and operate cloud-hosted compute and network infrastructure for mission-critical workloads. You will architect scalable networks, automate provisioning, and enforce security controls across major cloud platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, expertise in infrastructure-as-code, and strong collaboration with security and operations teams to ensure availability and performance.