Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect – AWS & Azure

Candidly; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Candidly is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead cloud strategy and execution across AWS and Azure for our AI-enabled SaaS platform. You will drive scalable, secure infrastructure, champion IaC, CI/CD, and automation, and align engineering with business goals.

You will shape the reliability posture, observability, and operational culture while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role supports remote work and requires strong communication in English.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps or SRE.
• Expert-level AWS knowledge: EC2, ELB, ASG, RDS, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation, CDK.
• Solid Linux administration and networking concepts.
• Multi-cloud experience with Azure and cross-region operations.
• Strong English communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable cloud infra across AWS and Azure.
• Drive architectural vision aligned with business goals and surface risks early.
• Own IaC, CI/CD, and automated deployments.
• Accelerate SDLC with automation and AI-assisted tooling.
• Serve as SME on cloud, containers, and observability.
• Lead incident post-mortems for systemic improvements.
• Identify and close gaps before they compound.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Linux

IaC (CloudFormation)

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Bash

Ansible

Observability

HA & auto-scaling

Security (IAM, encryption)

PostgreSQL/MySQL

SageMaker

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

AWS CodePipeline

Datadog

AWS Lambda

Job description

Candidly is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead cloud strategy and execution across AWS and Azure for our AI-enabled SaaS platform. You will drive scalable, secure infrastructure, champion IaC, CI/CD, and automation, and align engineering with business goals.

You will shape the reliability posture, observability, and operational culture while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role supports remote work and requires strong communication in English.