Senior Cloud Platform Engineer: AWS & IaC

SitusAMC; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision

401K plan

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced engineer to design and deliver scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and IaC, with a security-first mindset focused on resilience and performance.

You will drive modern CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions) and automate patching, upgrades, and system upkeep across IaC and pipelines, collaborating across teams to align infrastructure with business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 6+ years of industry experience, with at least 1+ year in a Senior Associate or equivalent role.
• 8+ years developing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar) preferred.
• 6+ years building CI/CD pipelines with GitOps tools and automation suites.
• Hands‑on Kubernetes experience and service mesh knowledge (Istio/Linkerd).
• Strong scripting/programming background (Python, Shell, or equivalent).
• AWS proficiency with EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, cost-effective AWS environments using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Develop enterprise-class AWS solutions with a security-first focus on resilience and performance.
• Drive release automation through advanced CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Automate patching, upgrades, and upkeep of IaC and pipelines for health and compliance.
• Collaborate with external customers and internal teams to align infra with business needs.
• Champion automation of Infrastructure in AWS across the organization.
• Propose improvements and help evolve cloud strategy with innovative ideas.
• Handle other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

IaC Expertise

CI/CD Mastery

Cloud Native Skills

Programming for Automation

Security-first mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Istio/Linkerd

ArgoCD

FluxCD

GitHub Actions

AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda)

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced engineer to design and deliver scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and IaC, with a security-first mindset focused on resilience and performance.

You will drive modern CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions) and automate patching, upgrades, and system upkeep across IaC and pipelines, collaborating across teams to align infrastructure with business needs.