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Lead Cloud Automation Engineer

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Columbus, IN Contractor
POSTED ON 6/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/4/2026
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Job#: 3037000

Job Description:

Lead Cloud Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Orchestrate seamless migration from on-premises data centers to AWS EKS, ensuring zero downtime.
  • Design and build infrastructure and systems that ensure high levels of scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Implement and manage robust Cron job/DAG schedulers within Kubernetes environments.
  • Collaborate with the engineering team to continuously implement and improve reliable and speedy build environments.
  • Develop and provide custom self-service tools for developers to securely manage infrastructure components.
  • Lead the transition from traditional release windows to GitOps workflows
  • Promote innovation and foster a culture of outside-the-box thinking, teamwork, and self-organization.
  • Ensure traceability, observability, and retrievability of system behavior to maintain high standards of system monitoring and logging.
  • Design and develop comprehensive CI pipelines for unit tests, contract tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.

Required Technologies:

  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • ArgoCD

Qualifications:

  • 7 years of experience with terraform.
  • Extensive experience in site reliability engineering and cloud migrations.
  • Proven experience with platforms, application-level development, pipeline build, and automation to support build and testing.
  • Strong expertise in Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to build enterprise cloud-native solutions.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with a focus on enhancing operational efficiency.
  • Experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues related to CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness.
  • Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to empower developers with custom tools.

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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