Senior Platform Engineer - Remote (AWS, IaC, CI/CD)

SitusAMC; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401K

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable AWS environments with Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD tooling.

You will collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to automate deployments, ensure reliability, and drive cost-effective cloud delivery across the enterprise.

Strong automation mindset, hands-on with Python or shell scripting, and a passion for building secure, scalable cloud platforms.

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) preferred.
• 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

IaC (Terraform)

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Python scripting

AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable AWS environments with Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD tooling.

You will collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to automate deployments, ensure reliability, and drive cost-effective cloud delivery across the enterprise.

Strong automation mindset, hands-on with Python or shell scripting, and a passion for building secure, scalable cloud platforms.