Senior Cloud Platform Engineer | AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform

Motion Recruitment; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to own AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes platforms, and automation. You will migrate on-prem workloads to cloud-native services while focusing on secure, resilient, cost-conscious infrastructure for high-throughput workloads.

The role emphasizes EKS, Terraform, observability, CI/CD, and operational resilience in a hybrid on-site contractor capacity.

Qualifications

• 7–8+ years of cloud engineering or DevOps experience.
• Experience designing resilient AWS environments with multi-region, failover and cost optimization.
• Experience with large-scale distributed or event-driven systems and security/compliance controls (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FFIEC).

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering across cloud platforms and automation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

AWS Architecture

Security & Compliance

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

EKS

CI/CD

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to own AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes platforms, and automation. You will migrate on-prem workloads to cloud-native services while focusing on secure, resilient, cost-conscious infrastructure for high-throughput workloads.

The role emphasizes EKS, Terraform, observability, CI/CD, and operational resilience in a hybrid on-site contractor capacity.