What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Engineer position at Sanford Rose Associates - JFSPartners?
Sanford Rose JFSPartners is currently seeking a Cloud Engineer for a full-time position in Rochester Michigan. Our client is a scaling a cutting-edge, cloud-native platform that enables modern, data-driven manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure & Reliability
- Manage and enhance cloud environments across production, staging, and development (AWS / Kubernetes)
- Design and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions
- Lead incident response efforts and drive root cause analysis with a focus on continuous improvement
- Oversee backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity
- Conduct capacity planning and optimize system performance
Automation & Infrastructure Engineering
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
- Automate provisioning, deployments, and environment lifecycle processes
- Continuously identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation
- Manage environment configurations, secrets, and version control practices
Security & Compliance
- Implement secure access controls following least-privilege principles
- Support vulnerability remediation, patching, and dependency management
- Assist with compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)
- Ensure proper auditing, logging, and data retention standards
Technical Environment
- Kubernetes (clusters, autoscaling, Helm, service mesh concepts)
- AWS services across compute, networking, and storage
- Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform preferred)
- Observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch, New Relic, etc.)
- CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Bamboo, etc.)
- Linux administration and troubleshooting
- Site Reliability Engineering concepts (SLIs, SLOs, MTTR, RTO/RPO)
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
Salary : $110,000 - $150,000