Senior Cloud Engineer

SBS Creatix; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SBS Creatix in St. Louis is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and secure scalable cloud solutions across AWS and OCI. You will join an agile team to support a major cloud modernization initiative with a migration to OCI.

The role requires hands-on cloud engineering for mission-critical systems, strong Linux/Windows administration, and expertise in IaC, DevOps, and security. Hybrid onsite/work from home flexibility is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive cloud engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, EKS).
• Hands-on with OCI (Compute, Networking, Object Storage, IAM, OKE).
• Experience with mission-critical, high-availability production systems.
• Strong Linux/Windows server administration background.
• Understanding of cloud networking, security architecture, and hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, FastConnect).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (NERC CIP, SOX, PCI-DSS).

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure across AWS and OCI.
• Design hybrid cloud connectivity between cloud environments and on-premises data centers.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or OCI Resource Manager.
• Configure cloud networking: VPCs, subnets, route tables, VPNs, Transit Gateways, load balancers, DNS.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services aligned with technology roadmap.
• Lead cloud capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource governance.

Skills

AWS

OCI

Terraform

CI/CD

Linux/Windows

Networking

Security

Cloud Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/related field

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

OCI Resource Manager

Job description

Local to St. Louis preferred, but we'll consider candidates open to relocating upon offer.

Hybrid: onsite 2-3 days a week

About the Role:

We're seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to design, deploy, secure, and maintain cloud-based solutions supporting critical operations. This is a long-term engagement (4-5 years) supporting a major cloud modernization initiative, including a planned migration to Oracle Cloud. You'll work as part of an agile cloud engineering team, collaborating closely with architecture and other technical teams to design and implement solutions across a hybrid AWS/OCI environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years of progressive cloud engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Hands-on expertise with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, EKS, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with OCI (Compute, Networking, Object Storage, IAM, OKE, etc.)
• Proven experience supporting mission-critical, high-availability production systems
• Strong background in Linux and Windows server administration
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security architecture, and hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, FastConnect)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks (NERC CIP, SOX, or similar)

Responsibilities:

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, fault-tolerant, highly available infrastructure across AWS and OCI
• Design hybrid cloud connectivity integrating cloud environments with on-premises data centers
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or OCI Resource Manager
• Configure cloud networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, VPNs, Transit Gateways, load balancers, and DNS
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services and architectures aligned with the broader technology roadmap
• Lead cloud capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource governance

Cloud Operations & Support

• Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, cost, and security (CloudWatch, OCI Monitoring, Datadog, Splunk)
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, network, and application issues in production
• Manage patching, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance for cloud-hosted systems
• Design and implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions meeting RTO/RPO objectives
• Participate in on-call rotations for production support
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions

Security & Compliance

• Implement cloud security best practices and enforce IAM frameworks, RBAC, and least-privilege access across AWS and OCI
• Support compliance with regulatory requirements including NERC CIP, SOX, and PCI-DSS where applicable
• Conduct cloud security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and risk mitigation
• Collaborate on cloud governance frameworks, security architecture reviews, and audit readiness
• Implement data encryption, secrets management, and network security controls

Automation & DevOps

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
• Automate provisioning and configuration management using Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
• Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting to proactively detect anomalies
• Champion DevSecOps practices, embedding security into automated pipelines
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and cloud modules

Documentation & Governance

• Maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs
• Support internal and external audits with documentation and evidence as needed
• Participate in cloud architecture review boards and long-term roadmap planning
• Mentor junior cloud engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent hands-on experience with an Oracle Cloud implementation or migration