Senior Cloud Engineer

Request Technology, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a senior cloud platform engineer in New York with 6+ years of hands-on experience in AWS and GCP. You will design and operate Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS/GKE) and implement GitOps workflows (Argo CD) while expanding infrastructure as code with Terraform.

The role involves collaborating with Cloud Platform Engineering and business units to deliver scalable cloud infra for mission-critical applications, supporting CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining secure,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS and GCP preferred).
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience (EKS, GKE) and GitOps (Argo CD).
• Terraform, CI/CD tooling, and scripting (Python) to deploy and manage cloud infra.
• Linux, networking, IAM, observability, and AWS services like VPC/EC2/S3.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a globally distributed cloud infrastructure platform using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering and business units to engineer infra solutions for cloud apps.
• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms and workloads (EKS, Cluster API) with GitOps (Argo CD).
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Perform system and database maintenance including deployment, backup/restoration, patching, upgrades.
• Maintain cloud environments through incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support operational readiness.

Skills

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

Scripting (Python)

Linux

Networking

IAM

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Job description

Looking for a candidate with 6+ years with AWS. GCP and deep Kubernetes.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Build and maintain a globally distributed cloud infrastructure platform using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering and business unit application teams to engineer infrastructure solutions for their cloud-based applications
• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes-based platforms and workloads (EKS, Cluster API), including GitOps workflows (e.g., Argo CD)
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
• Perform system and database maintenance, including application deployment, backup and restoration, patching, and upgrades
• Maintain cloud environments through incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Participate in on-call rotations and support operational readiness

The ideal candidate has

• 6+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS and GCP preferred) in a professional setting.
• Deep, hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) and GitOps (Argo CD).
• Deep, hands-on experience using Terraform, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and scripting languages (Python) to deploy, maintain, and support cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience supporting containerized applications and Linux-based systems.
• Strong understanding of networking, IAM, cloud observability, and common cloud services such as AWS VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda.
• Familiarity with managing secrets and sensitive configuration using tools such as HashiCorp Vault.