Sr. Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

U.S. Bank; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced cloud engineer to design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform/CloudFormation. You will build multi-region environments, implement CI/CD pipelines, and enable automated provisioning and secure operations.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes on EKS, observability with Datadog and CloudWatch, and incident response to improve resilience. The ideal candidate will have 5–6 years of relevant experience, a Bachelor’s degree, strong DevOps practices, and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Five to six years of relevant experience.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services, compute, networking, storage, security, container, and serverless technologies.
• Deep knowledge of Terraform, CloudFormation, and IaC best practices.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes environments, including EKS, Helm, service mesh, container security, and cluster optimization.
• Advanced experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong proficiency in Linux administration, automation, and scripting using Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including Tenable, Fortify, SonarQube, IAM, secrets management, certificate automation, and cloud security controls.
• Observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, CloudWatch, logging, tracing and alerting frameworks, with compliance support.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC to support scalable, secure, and highly available platforms.
• Architect and operate multi-region AWS environments ensuring resiliency and business continuity.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient software delivery.
• Develop automation solutions to streamline provisioning, deployments, testing, and operations.
• Build, administer, and enhance Kubernetes platforms on EKS including Helm and security controls.
• Implement observability practices using Datadog and CloudWatch to improve reliability.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis to improve platform resiliency and security.

Skills

AWS cloud services

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Kubernetes (EKS)

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Bash/PowerShell

Observability/Monitoring

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes (EKS)

Helm

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Jenkins

Datadog

CloudWatch

Job description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) to support scalable, secure, and highly available platforms. Architect and operate multi-region AWS environments, ensuring resiliency, fault tolerance, and business continuity. Manage and optimize core AWS services including EKS, ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, Route 53, VPC, and IAM. Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Jenkins to enable efficient and reliable software delivery. Develop automation solutions using Python, Bash, and PowerShell to streamline infrastructure provisioning, deployments, testing, and operational processes. Build, administer, and enhance Kubernetes platforms on Amazon EKS, including Helm charts, ingress controllers, service mesh, and container security controls. Implement enterprise-grade observability and reliability practices utilizing Datadog, CloudWatch, logging, tracing, monitoring, and alerting solutions to improve operational excellence. Lead incident response and root cause analysis efforts while collaborating with engineering teams to improve platform resiliency, security, performance, and operational maturity.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant experience

Required Skills & Qualifications

Strong expertise in AWS cloud services, including compute, networking, storage, security, container, and serverless technologies. Deep knowledge of Terraform, CloudFormation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices. Experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes environments, including Amazon EKS, Helm, service mesh, container security, and cluster optimization. Advanced experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, and modern DevOps practices. Strong proficiency in Linux administration, automation, and scripting using Python, Bash, and PowerShell. Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including Tenable, BlackDuck/Fortify, SonarQube, IAM, secrets management, certificate automation, and cloud security controls. Hands‑on experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, CloudWatch, logging, tracing and alerting frameworks, with the ability to support compliance requirements such as PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITRUST, or similar regulatory standards.

Preferred Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Experience supporting banking, payments, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments. Experience with Datadog, Venafi, cloud security platforms, and enterprise observability solutions. Background in platform modernization, cloud migration, and large‑scale infrastructure transformation initiatives. Exposure to AI‑assisted engineering, automation tooling, and developer productivity platforms. Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, influence architecture decisions, and drive operational excellence initiatives.

Location expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer‑funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet‑based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

Pay Range:

Pay Range: $111,605.00 - $131,300.00 U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures. Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.