What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure / AWS) position at Pegasus Knowledge Solutions, Inc.?
Senior Cloud Engineer
Location: Hybrid (2 days onsite required)
Employment Type: 6-month contract
Location: North Suburbs of Chicago
Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. as a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with strong hands-on experience across Azure and AWS to drive our cloud modernization and cloud-to-datacenter migration initiatives. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure at scale while playing a key role in enterprise-wide migration projects.
You'll work in a hybrid onsite setting, collaborating closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to build resilient, secure, and highly automated cloud environments.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and optimize cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS
- Lead and support enterprise cloud modernization and cloud-to-datacenter migration projects
- Build and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and release processes
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and monitoring
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across hybrid cloud environments
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud solutions
Must-Have Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure & AWS Cloud platforms
- Proven expertise in Kubernetes
- Solid experience with Containers
- Proficiency in Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines
- Demonstrated experience with cloud migration or hybrid cloud environments
Ideal Candidate
You are a senior-level engineer who is comfortable owning infrastructure end-to-end — from architecture and automation to hands-on troubleshooting. You've supported large-scale migration projects before and are confident working across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
If this opportunity aligns with your experience and interests, I'd be happy to discuss it further. Please send your updated resume to sjain@pksi.com.