Remote Senior Cloud Data Infrastructure Engineer

Lyric; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 125,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyric is seeking a Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and scale cloud-native data platforms powering real-time claims workflows. You will optimize performance, cost, and security within AWS, focusing on reliability and high availability.

You will collaborate with data, analytics, and product teams, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to CI/CD automation and IaC practices, including Terraform and Snowflake deployments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Cloud based Data Infrastructure, Database Engineering, or related roles.
• Minimum of five (5) years of hands‑on experience with AWS Data Services (Aurora, RDS, S3, IAM, Lambda, Glue, Athena etc.).
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL/Aurora and Snowflake or similar modern data platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL and scripting or programming languages (Python, Shell, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience using Terraform and GitLab to build and operate CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure automation.
• Demonstrated experience optimizing database performance and operating high‑throughput data systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure on AWS using technologies such as Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS, S3, and Snowflake.
• Implement and operate core data systems across ingestion, transformation, storage, and orchestration layers.
• Ensure high levels of reliability, performance, availability, and cost efficiency of data platforms and environments.
• Apply and promote best practices in data modeling, observability, infrastructure as code (IaC), and CI/CD automation.
• Support and scale distributed data systems across environments.
• Partner with application, analytics, and AI teams to enable efficient and self-service data access and usage.
• Participate in design reviews, contribute to technical standards, and mentor junior engineers.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive continuous improvements in data platform operations.

Skills

Cloud data infra

AWS data services

PostgreSQL/Aurora

Snowflake

SQL

Terraform

GitLab

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

Lyric is seeking a Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and scale cloud-native data platforms powering real-time claims workflows. You will optimize performance, cost, and security within AWS, focusing on reliability and high availability.

You will collaborate with data, analytics, and product teams, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to CI/CD automation and IaC practices, including Terraform and Snowflake deployments.