Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior cloud infrastructure engineer in the United States to design, build, and operate multi-account AWS environments with a strong emphasis on automation and security.

You will manage Kubernetes/EKS platforms, implement IaC with Terraform, and advance CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions. The role requires deep AWS knowledge, excellent collaboration, and a commitment to reliable, compliant infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years designing, building, and operating production cloud infra.
• Deep hands-on AWS experience across networking, security, compute, and storage.
• Experience owning multi-account AWS environments.
• Proficiency with Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Production Kubernetes/EKS experience including lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve multi-account AWS infrastructure using automation and IaC
• Own production infrastructure changes from design through implementation, validation, documentation, and operational support
• Build and operate Kubernetes and EKS platforms, including cluster lifecycle management, container image security, runtime controls, observability, and workload onboarding
• Modernize network architecture and connectivity using VPCs, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, VPC endpoints, Route 53, network firewalls, and secure egress controls
• Strengthen AWS identity and organization governance through account provisioning, IAM roles, permission boundaries, service control policies, access-key hygiene, and secrets rotation
• Improve production visibility and stability through Grafana, Prometheus, distributed tracing, logging improvements, proactive monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis
• Advance CI/CD and software supply-chain practices, including GitHub Actions, OIDC, secure runners, artifact management, package controls, and retirement of legacy delivery tooling
• Improve resiliency, compliance, and operational efficiency through backup and recovery controls, vulnerability remediation, Terraform drift management, audit evidence, and responsible AI-assisted automation
• Serve as a trusted technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues
• Explain infrastructure decisions and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical partners
• Help colleagues apply AI tools responsibly

Skills

AWS Expertise

Kubernetes Management

Terraform

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Network Architecture

Security & Compliance

Observability

Incident Response

Automation scripting

AI tooling for infra

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

AWS Certification

Tools

GitHub Actions

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

Jenkins

Argo CD

JFrog Artifactory

Job description

• Design, build, and evolve multi-account AWS infrastructure using automation and infrastructure as code
• Own production infrastructure changes from design through implementation, validation, documentation, and operational support
• Build and operate Kubernetes and EKS platforms, including cluster lifecycle management, container image security, runtime controls, observability, and workload onboarding
• Modernize network architecture and connectivity using VPCs, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, VPC endpoints, Route 53, network firewalls, and secure egress controls
• Strengthen AWS identity and organization governance through account provisioning, IAM roles, permission boundaries, service control policies, access-key hygiene, and secrets rotation
• Improve production visibility and stability through Grafana, Prometheus, distributed tracing, logging improvements, proactive monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis
• Advance CI/CD and software supply-chain practices, including GitHub Actions, OIDC, secure runners, artifact management, package controls, and retirement of legacy delivery tooling
• Improve resiliency, compliance, and operational efficiency through backup and recovery controls, vulnerability remediation, Terraform drift management, audit evidence, and responsible AI-assisted automation
• Serve as a trusted technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues
• Explain infrastructure decisions and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical partners
• Help colleagues apply AI tools responsibly

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production cloud infrastructure
• Deep hands-on expertise in AWS
• Bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Extensive experience owning complex, multi-account AWS environments
• Deep knowledge of AWS networking, identity, security, compute, storage, databases, organizations, and governance
• Experience with Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code tools
• Production experience with Kubernetes or EKS
• Experience with cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, workload delivery, container security, observability, and runtime controls
• Ability to diagnose complex infrastructure issues across networking, DNS, IAM, Kubernetes, CI/CD, security controls, and application delivery
• Experience owning production changes through implementation, validation, documentation, incident support, and operational maintenance
• Hands-on experience using AI tools for infrastructure work with appropriate security, validation, and human oversight
• Local hours (PT or MT)
• Nice to have: regulated financial-services infrastructure experience
• Nice to have: PCI DSS, CIS controls, security audits, evidence collection, or remediation programs
• Nice to have: data center to AWS migrations
• Nice to have: managed file transfer, SFTP, secure partner integrations, or high-volume data-processing platforms
• Nice to have: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, JFrog Artifactory, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Tempo, Wiz, or CrowdStrike
• Nice to have: Python, Bash, or another infrastructure automation language
• Nice to have: AWS certification or equivalent demonstrated cloud expertise

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating multi-account AWS infrastructure, with a strong focus on automation, security, and compliance. Proficient in Kubernetes and EKS management, along with a solid understanding of CI/CD practices and infrastructure as code.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Expertise
• Kubernetes Management
• Infrastructure As Code (Terraform)
• CI/CD Practices (GitHub Actions)
• Network Architecture Modernization

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• AWS
• Kubernetes
• EKS
• Terraform
• CI/CD
• Networking
• IAM
• Container Security
• Observability
• Incident Response

Soft Skills

• Technical Communication
• Problem Solving
• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• AWS Certification

Industry Keywords

• PCI DSS
• CIS Controls
• Security Audits
• Regulated Financial-Services Infrastructure

Tools & Technologies

• GitHub Actions
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Splunk
• Jenkins
• Argo CD
• JFrog Artifactory