Senior Cloud Operations Engineer

Allocore; Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health plans

Hybrid work options

Unlimited PTO and company holidays

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Allocore, a leader in government cloud platforms, is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure. You will plan upgrades, deployments, and migrations, while guiding the Cloud Operations Specialists to scale operations for increasing projects and customers.

You will code-deploy, handle incidents, and coordinate with cloud and data teams to improve reliability and automation over time. Local presence in Mechanicsburg is encouraged.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required and must be eligible for a Public Trust clearance.
• 4 years of IT experience with at least 2 years of hands-on AWS.
• Bachelor’s degree (additional 2 years of relevant experience can substitute).
• Flexibility to work outside business hours for deployments and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, maintain, and upgrade cloud infrastructure to ensure security and high availability.
• Mentor Cloud Operations Specialist(s) and implement repeatable processes.
• Coordinate code deployments, hotfixes, and major releases with teams.
• Respond to incidents with proactive communication and post-mortem follow-ups.
• Improve observability and automation using Datadog, Sentry, and other tools.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers on scalability and reliability initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Terraform/CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Jira

Incident management

GitHub

SaaS environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Datadog

Sentry

Elastic Kubernetes Service

Job description

Allocore powers the leading government loans, grants, and fraud prevention programs with a unified cloud-based platform built for efficiency and security. Our advanced solutions power the largest and most complex government loan and grant programs, streamlining workflows and integrating proven technologies to handle high-volume financial processes with speed and precision. Every day, we’re enabling government agencies to deliver critical financial resources to those who need them most—quickly and efficiently. At Allocore, our culture is built on three core values—Urgency, Collaboration, and Commitment—which shape how we work, innovate, and support one another. Joining Allocore means being part of a mission-driven team that values innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. If you thrive in high-pressure environments where urgency meets creativity and where every challenge is an opportunity to create impact, then continue reading....

Senior Cloud Operations Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer who will leverage a strong understanding of the organization’s cloud infrastructure, operational processes, and engineering best practices to help ensure our platforms remain secure, highly available, and efficient. With your experience supporting and evolving cloud environments, you will plan and execute maintenance activities, infrastructure upgrades, and migrations to updated architectures, while partnering closely with the cloud engineering team on more advanced operational and engineering initiatives to improve reliability, automation, observability, and operational excellence.

You will contribute towards providing high quality, timely support to both internal and external users of our platforms. While you will directly respond to and resolve some tickets submitted by the rest of the organization and contacts from third parties for issues and requests associated with our cloud infrastructure, you will play an important role in coordinating, guiding, and mentoring the Cloud Operations Specialist(s) to accomplish the bulk of this work. Your efforts to develop the Cloud Operations Specialist(s) by providing technical direction, escalation handling, systemic improvements, and repeatable processes/runbooks will ensure efficient support and maintenance operations, helping the team scale as additional projects and customers are added in the future.

You will perform code deployments, hotfixes, and major releases in collaboration with the operations and development teams, working to improve reliability and repeatability. You will also assist in responding to production incidents and outages, providing clear, proactive communication while they are occurring and effective reporting after resolution, contributing to root-cause analysis and follow-up remediation. Your work will be closely coordinated with the cloud and data engineering teams.

As cloud operations involve not just maintaining servers but also working with serverless applications in the cloud, some coding and development may be needed. In this role, you will support all aspects of our build and AWS deployment environments, including scaling, provisioning, monitoring, and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning and executing maintenance activities, upgrades, and migrations on our cloud infrastructure to keep our platforms secure, highly available, and aligned with best practices.
• Coordinating, guiding, and mentoring the Cloud Operations Specialist(s) by providing technical direction, establishing repeatable processes/runbooks, and ensuring efficient support and maintenance operations, helping the team scale as additional projects and customers are added in the future.
• Participating in support and request fulfillment related to cloud infrastructure, with a focus on escalation handling, complex troubleshooting, and systemic improvements to reduce recurring issues.
• Working closely with cloud architects and engineers to identify, implement, and operationalize optimal cloud-based solutions for our customers, including assisting with engineering efforts where appropriate (e.g. automation, infrastructure improvements, and reliability enhancements).
• Performing code deployments, hotfixes, and major releases in collaboration with the operations and development teams, working to improve reliability and repeatability.
• Responding to production incidents and outages, providing clear, proactive communication while they are occurring and effective reporting after resolution, contributing to root-cause analysis and follow-up remediation.
• Following applicable security guidelines and best practices to perform effective ongoing management of cloud environments.
• Optimizing observability frameworks (e.g. Datadog, Sentry) to drive automation of detection, alerting, and remediation workflows.
• Educating other teams on cloud-based solutions and providing associated training as required.
• Employing exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot issues before they snowball into more significant problems.
• Helping to build highly available web services in the cloud.
• Introducing innovative ideas and technologies so that we can stay on the cutting edge.
• Communicating technical information to both developers and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required. Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• 4 years of experience in IT, with at least 2 years of hands‑on AWS experience
• Bachelor’s degree (additional 2 years of relevant experience can be substituted for a degree)
• Flexibility to work outside business hours for code deployments and maintenance activities as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or IT
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and/or AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certifications
• 2+ years of experience with systems administration and support in AWS
• 2+ years of experience providing enterprise Linux‑based systems administration
• 2+ years of experience in a SaaS environment
• 1+ year of experience with Terraform or CloudFormation, Elastic Kubernetes Service, Docker, and GitHub
• 1+ year of experience with Incident Management and Response
• 1+ year of experience with Jira
• Local to Mechanicsburg HQ and in the office 3 days a week

Why Allocore

• Work on high-impact systems that support critical government programs
• Be part of a growing company where you can shape both product and engineering culture
• Collaborative, mission-driven team with startup energy
• Opportunity to build and scale a platform from the ground up

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Comprehensive health plans to choose from. FREE dental & FREE vision plans
• Flexible work hours and hybrid work options
• Unlimited PTO and company holidays
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment with a diverse team

Allocore is an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate our employees’ unique differences because that drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.