Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Remote

SitusAMC; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to drive automation and scalable cloud architectures. The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform on AWS, secure IAM and networking, and robust CI/CD pipelines across monolithic, serverless, and microservice patterns.

The candidate will mentor teams, design scalable platforms, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, compliant cloud solutions in a remote-capable environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ years of industry experience, typically with 2+ years in AVP level or external equivalent
• 10–15 years of experience in cloud automation and infrastructure development preferred
• AWS Security & Networking: 8+ years managing IAM, permission sets, NACLs, Security Groups
• Infrastructure as Code: proficiency with Terraform and practical implementation experience
• CI/CD Pipelines & GitOps: 6+ years building pipelines with ArgoCD/FluxCD and automation platforms
• Kubernetes & Service Mesh: deploying Kubernetes and Istio/Linkerd
• Cloud-Native Scaling: experience with Karpenter for automated scaling
• Programming & Automation: 6+ years in Python/Shell scripting for automation
• AWS Cloud Services: EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, firewalls

Responsibilities

• Contribute as both individual contributor and mentor within the Cloud Platform Engineering team
• Design, build, and maintain automated infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services
• Develop CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, FluxCD
• Design architectures aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework and security standards
• Deliver solutions in high-pressure multi-customer environments
• Develop tactical IaC plans across products with varying maturity
• Implement and manage IAM, security groups, NACLs, and VPC configurations
• Collaborate with stakeholders on design decisions and provide leadership updates
• Architect cloud-native solutions using Kubernetes Istio/Linkerd and Karpenter
• Establish infrastructure design best practices, templates, and processes
• Other activities as assigned by manager

Skills

Terraform

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Istio

Linkerd

Karpenter

Python

Shell

IAM

Security Groups

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Kubernetes

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to drive automation and scalable cloud architectures. The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform on AWS, secure IAM and networking, and robust CI/CD pipelines across monolithic, serverless, and microservice patterns.

The candidate will mentor teams, design scalable platforms, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, compliant cloud solutions in a remote-capable environment.