Sr. Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing advanced cloud infrastructure solutions. You will lead high-impact initiatives, mentor junior team members, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure our cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.) are robust, cost-effective, secure, and aligned with business goals. This position demands strong technical leadership, meticulous attention to detail, and exceptional communication and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications

Required Soft Skills

Accountability

• Effective Collaboration & Time Management: Uses Microsoft Teams to proactively keep colleagues informed and respects others’ time. Schedules meetings with clear agendas and correct attendees. Avoids procrastination by balancing collaborative and individual work efficiently.
• Team Commitments & Ownership: Fully understands team deliverables and proactively mobilizes resources to meet deadlines. Seeks out additional responsibilities and leads initiatives confidently.
• Maintainability & Risk Mitigation: Champions maintainable systems and processes across the organization, resulting in minimal escaped defects. Identifies, prioritizes, and mitigates risks at a global level to ensure lasting stability and quality.

Communications

• Active Listening & Clarity: Adept at paraphrasing key discussion points to confirm understanding and asking clarifying questions to ensure alignment.
• Company-Wide Presentations & Knowledge Sharing: Able to deliver formal presentations in a clear, compelling manner to large or executive audiences. Regularly shares relevant articles, industry trends, and leads training sessions (e.g., lunch-and-learns).
• Documentation Leadership: Capable of leading design sketches and detailed documentation. Proactively cleans up “tech debt” in documentation to keep knowledge current and accessible.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent hands-on experience).
  • 5–7 years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), designing complex infrastructures at scale.
• Technical Skills:
  • Expert understanding of cloud-native services: compute, storage, databases, networking, and security.
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates) and scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS) and serverless architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of networking (VPCs, subnets, load balancing, VPNs, DNS) and security best practices (IAM, encryption, compliance frameworks).
  • Ability to troubleshoot advanced performance issues, scaling constraints, and complex service interactions.
• Certifications (Preferred):
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent.
  • Additional credentials (e.g., CISSP, CCNP, CKA) a plus.