Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS, Kubernetes & Observability

Early Warning Services LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Early Warning Services, LLC is seeking a Senior Engineer - Cloud Engineering to lead design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure as we migrate from on-premises to AWS. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance cloud-native solutions, focusing on cost efficiency, security, and observability across our platforms.

The role requires 7+ years in cloud/DevOps with AWS expertise, and a strong background in Terraform, Kubernetes, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 7+ years in Cloud Engineering or DevOps roles, with 3+ years of hands-on AWS.
• Strong expertise in AWS core services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM) and Kubernetes (EKS) and Linux.
• Hands-on Docker experience.
• Experience with PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FFIEC security/compliance controls.
• Experience maintaining Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Current AWS certification(s).

Responsibilities

• Implements and optimizes cloud-native solutions on AWS with cost management.
• Troubleshoots complex infrastructure problems; participates in 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Ensures cloud environments meet regulatory requirements and supports audits.
• Implements disaster recovery to ensure high availability.
• Maintains cloud security practices including IAM, VPC design, and KMS.
• Adopts Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CI/CD best practices.
• Supports vulnerability management and patching per SLAs.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive technical documentation.
• Implements observability with logging/alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• Provides technical input for plans and backlog; drives production delivery.
• Supports risk management and protects data integrity.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Splunk

Terraform

Job description

Early Warning Services, LLC is seeking a Senior Engineer - Cloud Engineering to lead design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure as we migrate from on-premises to AWS. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance cloud-native solutions, focusing on cost efficiency, security, and observability across our platforms.

The role requires 7+ years in cloud/DevOps with AWS expertise, and a strong background in Terraform, Kubernetes, and