Senior Multi-Cloud Platform Engineer-IaC & Automation Lead

Baker Tilly International; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly International is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable multi-cloud infrastructure with hands-on experience in AWS and Azure. The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform/Ansible and automation to improve reliability and security.

You will lead reliability initiatives and collaborate across teams in a dynamic advisory environment. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in cloud/platform engineering, strong scripting skills (Python/PowerShell), and a proven track

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years in cloud/infra/platform engineering.
• Hands-on with at least two major cloud providers.
• Strong IaC including module development.
• Scripting/automation experience.
• CI/CD practices experience.
• Security/compliance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate scalable infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and other providers.
• Develop and maintain IaC with reusable modules and standardized patterns.
• Build automation workflows and scripts to eliminate manual tasks.
• Own reliability outcomes for cloud services and lead root cause analysis.
• Define and improve runbooks, monitoring, alerting, and support models.
• Implement guardrails for security/compliance and audit readiness.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

Multi-cloud design

IaC

Automation

SRE practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Bicep

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Baker Tilly International is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable multi-cloud infrastructure with hands-on experience in AWS and Azure. The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform/Ansible and automation to improve reliability and security.

You will lead reliability initiatives and collaborate across teams in a dynamic advisory environment. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in cloud/platform engineering, strong scripting skills (Python/PowerShell), and a proven track