Senior Cloud Engineer: AWS/Azure, Terraform & Automation

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and support cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. You will implement Terraform IaC, Python automation, and CI/CD pipelines to improve platform reliability and security.

Collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud infrastructure, following Well-Architected best practices and governance standards. Hybrid work arrangement expected at U.S. Bank locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5–6 years of relevant cloud infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on AWS or Azure experience.
• Terraform for provisioning, automation, and lifecycle management.
• Python scripting for cloud operations.
• Experience with CI/CD in GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket.
• Experience with Policy-as-Code and governance/checkov.
• Knowledge of Well-Architected framework and security practices.
• Observability tools knowledge (Datadog preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support cloud infra across AWS and Azure.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize IaC using Terraform.
• Create automation solutions using Python to improve platform efficiency.
• Implement Policy-as-Code and compliance validation practices.
• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infra issues using Well-Architected best practices.
• Drive platform reliability, documentation standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions.

Skills

AWS/Azure

Terraform

Python scripting

CI/CD

Policy-as-Code

Checkov

Governance

Troubleshooting

Datadog

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Bicep

ARM

Chef

Puppet

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and support cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. You will implement Terraform IaC, Python automation, and CI/CD pipelines to improve platform reliability and security.

Collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud infrastructure, following Well-Architected best practices and governance standards. Hybrid work arrangement expected at U.S. Bank locations.