Senior Cloud Engineer

CPI Card Group; United States; In loco; USD 120.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A financial services company is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in AWS. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure while ensuring compliance with architecture standards. Candidates should have significant experience in cloud engineering, automation, and governance. This position requires strong leadership and collaboration skills, with a focus on mentoring junior engineers. A full-time position at the mid-senior level with a dynamic team environment.

Competenze

• 6+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services relevant to certifications.
• Experience with cloud governance frameworks and policy enforcement.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices.

Mansioni

• Design and maintain secure AWS infrastructure in a hybrid environment.
• Develop and enforce cloud architecture standards and governance policies.
• Implement infrastructure delivery pipelines for cloud operations.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and monitoring tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for compliance and business requirements.
• Monitor cloud environments for performance and security compliance.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers.

Conoscenze

AWS expertise

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Cloud governance

CI/CD skills

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Monitoring and logging tools

Communication and collaboration

Formazione

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Strumenti

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitLab CI

AWS CodePipeline

CloudWatch

Datadog

Splunk

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

EKS

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Cloud Engineer at CPI Card Group

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to join our enterprise Cloud Engineering team. This role is responsible for designing, architecting, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud governance, automation, observability, migration, and Infrastructure-As-Code. They will play a key role in establishing and enforcing cloud standards across the organization.

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Responsibilities

• Design, architect, build, and maintain secure and scalable AWS infrastructure in a multi-account hybrid environment based on AWS Organizations practices.
• Develop and enforce cloud architecture standards, best practices, and governance policies.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure delivery pipelines to enable reliable and scalable cloud operations, collaborating with Software Engineering teams and leveraging AWS services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring using tools like Terraform, and AWS Cloud native services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DevOps, Security, and Software Engineering teams to ensure cloud solutions meet business and compliance requirements.
• Monitor cloud environments for performance, cost optimization, and security compliance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for cloud-related issues.
• Stay current with AWS services and industry trends to drive continuous improvement.
• Share 7x24 rotational responsibilities for On-Call support.
• Work with the Security and Compliance teams regarding risk mitigation.
• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills and ability to address a large and small audience.
• Must be highly organized, motivated, and capable of working with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, Team-based, Customer Service oriented environment.
• Ability to articulate (verbally / visually) ideas, approaches, concepts, options, risks, impacts, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences.
• Understanding of PCI-DSS and PCI-Card Production compliance requirements, and secure cloud design preferred.
• Ability to mentor/coach other Engineers and Peers in a domain or technical area.
• Ability to provide expert technical and thought leadership.
• Outstanding leadership skills, including partnering, consensus-building, and influencing.
• Understanding of service delivery methodologies and principles.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with stringent deadlines.
• Must have excellent customer service skills and thrive in a team environment.
• Highly motivated self-starter who is innovative and quick to learn.
• Possesses strong analytical, conceptual, and planning skills and is detail-oriented.
• Preferred Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer (AWS Certified SysOps Administrator), or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.
• Preferred cloud knowledge: Foundational knowledge of one of the following cloud environments Azure, GCP, Oracle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or comparable experience.
• 6+ years of experience in cloud engineering or related roles with a focus on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services equivalent to AWS Solution Architect or AWS CloudOps Engineer (AWS SysOps Administrator) – Associate certifications.
• Experience with cloud governance frameworks, AWS Organizations, and policy enforcement.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into the CI/CD process.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Event Bridge, Datadog, Splunk).

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Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

Financial Services and Manufacturing

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