Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – AWS/Kubernetes (Hybrid)

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Scottsdale, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer on a contract basis to support a large-scale cloud modernization. The role emphasizes AWS infrastructure, platform engineering, security, and operational excellence across mission-critical systems.

You will build cloud-native infrastructure, implement IAM, EKS, EC2, and RDS, drive Terraform as code, strengthen observability, and contribute to disaster recovery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Cloud Engineering or DevOps
• 3+ years hands-on AWS experience
• Experience with AWS services: EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM
• Experience administering Kubernetes environments (EKS)
• Strong Linux administration experience
• Hands-on Docker experience
• Experience delivering business-critical production systems
• Terraform IaC
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps
• Experience with Agile/Scrum/Lean
• Experience with PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FFIEC
• Cloud vulnerability management and patching
• Observability solutions for complex systems
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Current AWS or comparable cloud certification
• Ability to participate in 24/7 on-call rotation
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize cloud-native infrastructure on AWS
• Maintain security and compliance controls
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
• Strengthen observability capabilities
• Support disaster recovery initiatives
• Troubleshoot production issues in regulated environments
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Documentation

Team collaboration

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes (EKS)

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD

Linux

Security & Compliance (PCI-DSS SOC 2 FFIEC)

Observability tooling

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer on a contract basis to support a large-scale cloud modernization. The role emphasizes AWS infrastructure, platform engineering, security, and operational excellence across mission-critical systems.

You will build cloud-native infrastructure, implement IAM, EKS, EC2, and RDS, drive Terraform as code, strengthen observability, and contribute to disaster recovery.