Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes & APIs

ITR Group; Minnesota; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm located in the United States seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to design and optimize cloud-native platform services with a focus on AWS. Candidates should have significant cloud engineering expertise, strong API development skills, and experience with automation and containerization. This role requires collaboration with engineering teams to enhance platform reliability and performance while mentoring other professionals in the field.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in AWS Foundations.
• 3+ years of experience in API Development.
• 3+ years of experience in AWS Lambda & Step Functions.
• 3+ years of experience in EKS / Kubernetes.
• 3+ years of experience in automation, including IaC and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support cloud-based platform services within AWS.
• Develop APIs and automation workflows to enable scalable service delivery.
• Build and maintain Lambda functions, Step Functions, and supporting serverless components.
• Engineer and operate containerized workloads using EKS.

Skills

AWS Foundations

API Development

AWS Lambda & Step Functions

EKS / Kubernetes

Automation (IaC, scripting, CI/CD)

Job description

A leading engineering firm located in the United States seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to design and optimize cloud-native platform services with a focus on AWS. Candidates should have significant cloud engineering expertise, strong API development skills, and experience with automation and containerization. This role requires collaboration with engineering teams to enhance platform reliability and performance while mentoring other professionals in the field.