Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer

📍 Location: Greenfield, Wisconsin, United States

🏢 Industry: Financial services

💼 Work Setting: Hybrid

Are you passionate about cloud technologies, automation, DevOps practices, and building reliable, scalable infrastructure?

We are seeking a DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, automate, deploy, and support cloud-based infrastructure and applications. This role combines software engineering, cloud operations, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and platform reliability to drive operational excellence and accelerate software delivery.

The ideal candidate possesses strong AWS, Kubernetes, automation, and programming expertise, along with a passion for continuous improvement, reliability engineering, and DevOps culture.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Demonstrate technical leadership within engineering teams.
• Provide guidance on DevOps, cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational best practices.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards.

DevOps & CI/CD Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate software build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Improve software delivery speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Support GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives.
• Continuously enhance deployment automation and release management practices.

Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Design, deploy, and administer cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Manage scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure environments.
• Support cloud modernization and optimization initiatives.
• Implement infrastructure monitoring and operational controls.
• Ensure platform availability, reliability, and performance.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Develop and support containerized applications using:
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Manage container orchestration platforms and clusters.
• Optimize workload performance and scalability.
• Implement container security and operational best practices.

Infrastructure Automation

• Develop infrastructure automation solutions using:
• Terraform
• AWS CloudFormation
• Scripting Frameworks
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, and operational processes.
• Reduce manual effort through repeatable automation patterns.
• Support self-service infrastructure capabilities where appropriate.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Improve reliability and availability of production systems.
• Design monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Analyze incidents and implement preventive improvements.
• Drive operational excellence and platform resiliency.
• Support capacity planning and performance tuning activities.

Software Engineering & Automation

• Develop automation tools and platform solutions using:
• Python
• JavaScript
• Shell Scripting
• Build reusable and modular software components.
• Apply software engineering best practices and coding standards.
• Ensure code quality through testing and peer reviews.

Monitoring & Performance Management

• Monitor infrastructure and application health.
• Analyze system performance and identify optimization opportunities.
• Implement proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and operational issues.
• Maintain service-level objectives and operational metrics.

Security & Compliance

• Implement security best practices across cloud and infrastructure environments.
• Support:
• Certificate Management
• Authentication & Authorization
• Vulnerability Management
• Network Security Controls
• Firewall Administration
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance requirements.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Work closely with developers, architects, security teams, and product stakeholders.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and DevOps workflows.
• Support continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous delivery initiatives.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in:
• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Software Engineering
• Related Technical Discipline

OR

• Equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Certifications

• AWS Certification
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Docker Certification
• Cloud Architecture Certifications

Experience

Required

• 3+ years of professional IT experience.
• Experience supporting cloud-native environments and DevOps practices.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.

Preferred

• Experience in:
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Platform Engineering
• Infrastructure Automation
• Cloud Operations
• DevSecOps

Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms

• AWS
• Cloud-Native Services
• Cloud Architecture
• Infrastructure Management

Containerization & Orchestration

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Container Security

DevOps & Automation

• CI/CD Pipelines
• GitOps
• Jenkins
• GitLab CI
• AWS CodePipeline
• CircleCI

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Terraform
• CloudFormation

Programming & Scripting

• Python
• JavaScript
• Bash
• PowerShell

Operating Systems & Networking

• Linux
• Windows
• Networking Fundamentals
• TCP/IP
• DNS
• Firewalls
• Load Balancing

Monitoring & Reliability

• Application Monitoring
• Infrastructure Monitoring
• Observability
• Performance Tuning
• Incident Response

Security

• Authentication & Authorization
• Certificate Management
• Vulnerability Management
• Cloud Security

Core Competencies

• DevOps Engineering
• Cloud Infrastructure
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD Automation
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Python Automation
• Monitoring & Observability
• Infrastructure Security
• Agile Delivery
• Platform Engineering