Senior Cloud Reliability Engineer – AWS & Automation (Remote)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to own the reliability and performance of AWS-based environments, with a strong emphasis on automation and infrastructure as code. This role collaborates with managed providers and internal stakeholders to strengthen operational execution and continuous improvement.

The position offers a fully remote setup with compensation in the $120,000–$145,000 range, reflecting senior cloud experience and leadership responsibilities in a Business

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cloud operations, DevOps, or related fields.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience.
• 3+ years using infrastructure as code for automation.
• Strong analytical skills for incident resolution.
• Proficient in cloud networking technologies and AWS serverless services.
• Intermediate knowledge of cloud security and compliance.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day operational health of AWS environments.
• Implement monitoring and observability practices for proactive issue detection.
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis efforts.
• Automate operational tasks using infrastructure as code.
• Analyze and optimize cloud performance and resource utilization.
• Oversee managed service provider execution and quality.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and runbooks.

Skills

Cloud operations

AWS expertise

Automation

Incident response

Observability

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud networking

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to own the reliability and performance of AWS-based environments, with a strong emphasis on automation and infrastructure as code. This role collaborates with managed providers and internal stakeholders to strengthen operational execution and continuous improvement.

The position offers a fully remote setup with compensation in the $120,000–$145,000 range, reflecting senior cloud experience and leadership responsibilities in a Business