Senior Cloud Engineer

Digital Prospectors; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Prospectors in Madison, WI, is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and support cloud infrastructure with a primary focus on AWS. You will enhance security, optimize resources, and collaborate with development and governance teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

The role includes mentoring teammates, leading disaster recovery planning, and guiding secure coding practices while applying infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and DevOps strategies across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or IT or equivalent.
• 5+ years of cloud experience with AWS.
• Experience with cloud security and governance.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure and solutions.
• Analyze requirements to define technical specifications and standards.
• Deploy and support web apps while ensuring information security standards.
• Manage cloud security, logs, and audit reports.
• Monitor uptime and troubleshoot issues.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies for organizational value.
• Guide secure coding, architecture, and best practices.

Skills

Cloud computing

AWS

Leadership

Security

DevOps

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Dynatrace

Ping

Entra ID

Active Directory

Job description

Location: Madison, WI (Hybrid 10 days/month onsite)

Length: Direct Hire

Direct employees currently authorized to work in the United States – no sponsorship available

Job Description

The Senior Cloud Engineer plays a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting cloud infrastructure, with a primary focus on AWS. This position is responsible for cloud security, resource optimization, troubleshooting complex cloud issues, and partnering closely with development and governance teams to support secure, resilient, and scalable solutions. Work is performed under minimal supervision, and the role includes coaching and mentoring responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure and solutions.
• Analyze business requirements to define technical specifications and standards.
• Deploy and support web-based applications while ensuring appropriate information security standards are met.
• Manage cloud security and maintain reports, logs, and records related to security audits.
• Monitor system uptime and performance, and troubleshoot and resolve errors.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their value to the organization.
• Partner with development teams to provide guidance on secure coding, architecture, and technical best practices.
• Lead disaster recovery planning and regularly test recovery procedures to support business continuity across cloud-based systems.
• Work with governance teams to implement automated processes and standard methodologies for cloud policies, roles, and identity management.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to team members.
• Participate in selecting cloud hosting patterns and implement secure, resilient platforms using infrastructure as code and DevOps strategies.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to handle complex issues and problems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud computing.
• Leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring experience.
• Experience with one or more cloud computing platforms.
• Experience in system administration.
• Strong understanding of security management solutions.
• Strong collaboration skills, with a resourceful, adaptable, and follow-through-oriented approach.
• High proficiency with cloud-compatible monitoring tools and logging solutions, including:
• IAM tools such as Ping, Entra ID, and Active Directory
• Patching and OS updates
• CloudFormation
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
• Monitoring tools such as Dynatrace
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology preferred.
• Higher-level cloud certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect, required.
• Minimum of 5 years of cloud experience required.
• Minimum of 3 years of AWS cloud platform experience required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with Infrastructure as Code preferred.
• Experience working in an Agile environment preferred.

POST-OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. Digital Prospectors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Digital Prospectors affirms the right of all individuals to equal opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment.

Come see why DPC has achieved

• 4.9/5 Star Glassdoor rating and the only staffing company (< 1000 employees) to be voted in the national Top 10 ‘Employee’s Choice - Best Places to Work’ by Glassdoor.
• Voted ‘Best Staffing Firm to Temp/Contract For’ 8 consecutive years in a row by Staffing Industry Analysts as well as a ‘Best Company to Work For’ by Forbes, Fortune and Inc. magazine.