Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – AWS, Terraform & CI/CD

SitusAMC; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401K

Health insurance

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced cloud engineer to build scalable AWS environments, implement Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, and drive CI/CD automation using FluxCD/ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.

You will collaborate with architects, developers, and security teams to ensure resilient, secure, and high-performing infrastructure while advocating automation and best practices across the organization.

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.
• Deep IaC Expertise: 8+ years developing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar).
• CI/CD Mastery: 6+ years building pipelines with GitOps (FluxCD, ArgoCD) and automation tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Cloud Native Skills: Hands-on with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), and auto-scaling solutions like Karpenter.
• Programming for Automation: Strong scripting/programming background (Python, Shell, or equivalent).
• AWS Proficiency: 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

Terraform

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Python

Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

EKS

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced cloud engineer to build scalable AWS environments, implement Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, and drive CI/CD automation using FluxCD/ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.

You will collaborate with architects, developers, and security teams to ensure resilient, secure, and high-performing infrastructure while advocating automation and best practices across the organization.