Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – AWS, IaC & GitOps

SitusAMC; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Health/dental/vision insurance

401K plan

Job summary

SitusAMC in Des Moines, IA is seeking an experienced Cloud/DevOps engineer to architect and automate AWS-based infrastructure, embracing Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices. You will shape secure, scalable environments that support fast, reliable product delivery.

You will collaborate with security, development, and architecture teams to enforce best practices, implement service mesh and auto-scaling, and drive continuous improvement across the cloud program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 6+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 1+ years in a Senior Associate level role or external equivalent.
• 8+ years developing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar) preferred
• 6+ years building pipelines with GitOps (FluxCD, ArgoCD) and automation tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), and auto-scaling solutions like Karpenter.
• Strong scripting/programming background (Python, Shell, or equivalent).
• Expertise with AWS services including EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, VPC, IAM, and security/firewall rules.

Responsibilities

• Build Cloud Infrastructure: Build scalable, efficient, and cost-effective AWS environments using Terraform and modern IaC best practices.
• Shape Strategic Direction: Develop enterprise class solutions in AWS with a security-first mindset — ensuring resilience, availability, and performance.
• Accelerate Delivery: Drive release automation through advanced CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) that support stateless, stateful, and serverless applications.
• Enhance Cloud Operations: Automate patching, upgrades, and ongoing system upkeep of IaC and pipelines to keep infrastructure healthy and compliant.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with external customers and internal architects, developers, and security teams to align infrastructure with business and regulatory needs.
• Champion Automation: Drive automation of Infrastructure in AWS throughout the organization to minimize manual intervention and error
• Drive Innovation: Bring new ideas to the table, suggest improvements, and help evolve our cloud strategy
• Other activities as may be assigned by your manager

Skills

Automation scripting

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

SitusAMC in Des Moines, IA is seeking an experienced Cloud/DevOps engineer to architect and automate AWS-based infrastructure, embracing Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices. You will shape secure, scalable environments that support fast, reliable product delivery.

You will collaborate with security, development, and architecture teams to enforce best practices, implement service mesh and auto-scaling, and drive continuous improvement across the cloud program.