Remote Senior Platform Engineer — Cloud & IaC Expert

SitusAMC; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

401K plan

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design and deliver scalable AWS-based infrastructure in Austin, TX. You will build IaC, automate pipelines, and collaborate across teams to align with security and regulatory needs.

Role requires 6+ years in cloud engineering, strong Terraform and Kubernetes skills, and ability to drive deployment automation with GitOps practices. Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 6+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 1+ years in a Senior Associate level role or external equivalent
• Deep IaC Expertise : 8+ years developing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar) preferred
• CI/CD Mastery : 6+ years building pipelines with GitOps (FluxCD, ArgoCD) and automation tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

Responsibilities

• Build Cloud Infrastructure: Build scalable, efficient, and cost-effective AWS environments using Terraform and modern IaC best practices
• Shape Strategic Direction: Develop enterprise class solutions in AWS with a security-first mindset — ensuring resilience, availability, and performance
• Accelerate Delivery: Drive release automation through advanced CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) that support stateless, stateful, and serverless applications
• Enhance Cloud Operations: Automate patching, upgrades, and ongoing system upkeep of IaC and pipelines to keep infrastructure healthy and compliant
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with external customers and internal architects, developers, and security teams to align infrastructure with business and regulatory needs
• Champion Automation: Drive automation of Infrastructure in AWS throughout the organization to minimize manual intervention and error
• Drive Innovation: Bring new ideas to the table, suggest improvements, and help evolve our cloud strategy
• Other activities as may be assigned by your manager

Skills

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitOps

Python

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

FluxCD

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

AWS EKS

EC2

RDS

Lambda

Istio

Linkerd

Karpenter

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design and deliver scalable AWS-based infrastructure in Austin, TX. You will build IaC, automate pipelines, and collaborate across teams to align with security and regulatory needs.

Role requires 6+ years in cloud engineering, strong Terraform and Kubernetes skills, and ability to drive deployment automation with GitOps practices. Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities available.