Senior Cloud Engineer – Remote (Germany) | Terraform Kubernetes

Ähdus Technology GmbH; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Learning & certification support

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Paid time off

Job summary

Ähdus Technology GmbH is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP in a remote-first setup based in Germany.

You will lead migrations, implement IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation, and ensure security, reliability, and cost efficiency while collaborating with DevOps and development teams. Fluency in English and German at least B1 is required for internal communications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud engineering or DevOps roles.
• Proficient with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Solid background in Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Automate provisioning and deployments using IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability with best practices and monitoring.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support CI/CD and containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Maintain cloud security policies, IAM configurations, and compliance requirements (GDPR).
• Monitor infrastructure health using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or cloud-native solutions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

AWS / Azure / GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Security & compliance

German language (B1+)

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Ähdus Technology GmbH is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP in a remote-first setup based in Germany.

You will lead migrations, implement IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation, and ensure security, reliability, and cost efficiency while collaborating with DevOps and development teams. Fluency in English and German at least B1 is required for internal communications.