Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS/GCP) – Kubernetes & Terraform

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to build and operate a globally distributed cloud infrastructure. You will design and implement Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS) with GitOps workflows (Argo CD) and lead cloud initiatives using Terraform and CI/CD automation.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams, own end-to-end workstreams, participate in on-call rotations, and help maintain secure, scalable cloud services across AWS and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS and GCP preferred).
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) and GitOps (Argo CD).
• Proficiency with Terraform, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and Python scripting for infra automation.
• Strong experience supporting containerized apps and Linux-based systems.
• Solid networking, IAM, observability, and cloud services knowledge (VPC, EC2, S3, Lambda).
• Familiarity with managing secrets (HashiCorp Vault) and on-call capable fault-tolerant systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a globally distributed cloud infra platform using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering and BU teams to engineer infra for cloud apps.
• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms/workloads (EKS, Cluster API) with GitOps (Argo CD).
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Perform system and database maintenance, deployments, backups, patching, and upgrades.
• Maintain cloud environments with incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support operational readiness.
• Lead cloud infra projects end-to-end from design to delivery.
• Own complex workstreams and ensure smooth hand-offs to operations.
• Lead design reviews and provide technical direction to engineers.
• Define patterns and standards for platform consistency and maintainability.
• Collaborate across development, security, and operations to ensure security/compliance.
• Create clear documentation for infra designs, SOPs, and runbooks for target audiences.

Skills

Public cloud (AWS/GCP)

Kubernetes (EKS/GKE)

GitOps (Argo CD)

Terraform

CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions

Python scripting

Linux systems

Networking & IAM

Cloud observability

Secrets management (HashiCorp Vault)

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Job description

Request Technology, LLC is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to build and operate a globally distributed cloud infrastructure. You will design and implement Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS) with GitOps workflows (Argo CD) and lead cloud initiatives using Terraform and CI/CD automation.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams, own end-to-end workstreams, participate in on-call rotations, and help maintain secure, scalable cloud services across AWS and