Senior Cloud Platform Engineer — AWS, Azure & Terraform

U.S. Bank; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave accruals

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a cloud infrastructure professional to design, build, and support scalable cloud solutions across AWS and Azure, with IaC emphasis on Terraform and automation in Python. The role emphasizes governance, security, and reliable, scalable platforms.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver high-availability cloud systems and continuous improvement in operations. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required, with 5–6 years of experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Five to six years of relevant experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS or Azure, including compute, storage, networking, and cloud platform services.
• Advanced expertise in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, automation, and lifecycle management.
• Proficiency in Python scripting and automation for cloud operations and platform engineering.
• Experience with at least one additional IaC/configuration tool such as Ansible, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Bicep, ARM, Chef, or Puppet.
• Hands-on experience implementing Checkov, Policy-as-Code, governance controls, and compliance automation.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines in GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, incident response, and root cause analysis skills across cloud and platform environments.
• Knowledge of Well-Architected principles, security best practices, observability platforms (Datadog preferred), cost optimization, and multi-environment deployment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support cloud infrastructure solutions across AWS and/or Azure environments.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize IaC using Terraform and additional configuration management tools.
• Create automation solutions and operational tooling using Python.
• Implement Policy-as-Code and compliance validation practices using Checkov and governance frameworks.
• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, platform, and production issues using Well-Architected Framework best practices.
• Drive platform reliability, operational excellence, documentation standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud solutions.

Skills

AWS/Azure experience

Terraform

Python

Policy-as-Code

CI/CD tooling

Checkov

Well-Architected

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Bicep

ARM

Chef

Puppet

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a cloud infrastructure professional to design, build, and support scalable cloud solutions across AWS and Azure, with IaC emphasis on Terraform and automation in Python. The role emphasizes governance, security, and reliable, scalable platforms.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver high-availability cloud systems and continuous improvement in operations. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required, with 5–6 years of experience.