Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer

Insight Global; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Sr Cloud Platform Engineer for an aerospace client in Grand Rapids, MI. The role sits on a 10-person Agile team building a scalable, safety-critical air traffic management SaaS platform.

You will mature the cloud-native application from pilot to production, focusing on reliability, security, and DO-278 AL4 assurance work, with a hybrid on-site schedule and a 12–18 month contract.

Qualifications

• Experience taking cloud-native SaaS from pilot to production with high availability.
• Hands-on with Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, containers, Linux, and troubleshooting across the stack.
• Practical IaC (Terraform/Bicep), CI/CD, observability, automated testing, and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Implement cloud/platform improvements and mature a production-ready SaaS platform.
• Support remaining application and data-processing needs while ensuring reliability and security.
• Provide runbooks, assurance evidence, and smooth handover to the core team.

Skills

High availability systems

Cloud security

Scripting/DevOps

Documentation & communication

Agile team collaboration

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform/Bicep

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes/AKS

Linux

Job description

Contract: 12 -18 Months

Worksite: Grand Rapids, MI

Hybrid 3-4 days a week (Flexible on relocation timeline Nov- Jan)

Job Description

An Aerospace Company in the Grand Rapids area is looking for a Sr Cloud Platform Engineer to join a 10-person Agile team developing an air traffic management SaaS solution that will be supporting safety-critical activities. This person will help mature an advanced application with limited customer access into a robust and scalable production service. The 2027 team focus is approximately 70% productionization, including planned DO-278 assurance level 4 (AL4) work. This person will primarily implement cloud/platform improvements while supporting remaining application and data-processing needs.

The expected outcome is a tested, repeatably deployable platform that meets agreed reliability, scalability, security, and recovery criteria. Actionable monitoring and runbooks; review-ready assurance evidence; and effective handover to the core team.

Ideal Skills & Experience

• Experienced in taking cloud-native SaaS from pilot to production and supporting high-availability services (we are looking for a senior hands-on implementor, not solely an architect or advisor)
• Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, containers, Linux, and troubleshooting across applications, networks, compute, and storage experience
• Practical infrastructure-as-code (ex. Terraform/Bicep), CI/CD, observability, automated testing, and software development/scripting skills
• Experience with Cloud security and distributed data-processing; documentation, clear communication, and effective collaboration in a small cross-functional Agile team