Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS / GCP)

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• Posted: May 28,2026
• Salary: $160,000
  
  

We are partnered with a longtime financial services client to bring on a Senior Cloud Engineer. In this hire they are seeking a true “A” player to help modernize and scale a next-generation enterprise data platform. This role is focused on cloud infrastructure engineering, automation, platform reliability, and building scalable infrastructure patterns in a highly collaborative environment.

This is not a traditional DevOps / DBA role. The ideal candidate will bring deep cloud and infrastructure engineering experience, strong automation skills, and the ability to operate across modern platforms, DevOps, and data infrastructure initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and automate scalable cloud infrastructure environments
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform
• Partner with engineering and data teams to support modern data platform initiatives
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, observability, and platform reliability practices
• Support cloud-native operational tooling and automation strategies
• Help establish scalable engineering standards, patterns, and best practices
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform performance issues across cloud environments
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling and automation capabilities to improve operational efficiency
  
  

Desired Skills And Experience

• 7 years of cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation
• Experience supporting AWS and/or GCP environments
• Background in CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering, and platform operations
• Experience working in modern data platforms or data-intensive environments
• Strong scripting and automation experience
• Ability to operate independently in fast-paced, high-accountability environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to partner across technical and business teams