Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Scale, Automate & Secure

Synechron, Inc._USA Company; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Work abroad opportunities

Paid annual leave (10 days)

Parental leave

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. You will develop reusable IaC modules and CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments.

The role requires 4+ years in cloud engineering, strong scripting skills, and experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and security controls. This on-site position in Charlotte offers a competitive compensation package and extensive growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or site reliability engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized application platforms.
• Proficiency with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and security controls.
• Experience with IAM, secrets management, and encryption.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or OpenTelemetry.
• Experience using Git and modern software development workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Build and maintain secure, highly available, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
• Develop reusable IaC modules using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.
• Develop self-service tools and platform capabilities to improve developer productivity.
• Manage containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Establish cloud architecture standards, governance, and best practices.
• Monitor, log, alert, and observe across cloud environments.
• Configure IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets management.
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and operational processes.
• Collaborate with security teams on DevSecOps and compliance.
• Document platform architecture, processes, and procedures.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Communication

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Scripting languages

Git workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Synechron is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. You will develop reusable IaC modules and CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments.

The role requires 4+ years in cloud engineering, strong scripting skills, and experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and security controls. This on-site position in Charlotte offers a competitive compensation package and extensive growth opportunities.