Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

12+ Month Contract

JPC - 20462

Solugenix is assisting a client, a prestigious and large investment management company, in their search for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity based out of Irvine, CA (Hybrid).

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure. Focus on platform enablement, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, event-driven streaming, and operational excellence across multi-account AWS environments — empowering engineering teams through self-service tooling and reliable, well-governed cloud foundations.

Responsibilities:

• Design and operate scalable, highly available, multi-account cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code modules and standards using Terraform.
• Develop reusable platform patterns, landing zones, and golden paths for engineering teams.
• Optimize and operate CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness).
• Enable developer self-service and reduce manual intervention through automation.
• Manage Kubernetes platforms (EKS) networking, scaling, upgrades, and workload onboarding.
• Operate and support Kafka-based event streaming platforms — topics, schemas, connectors, and cluster reliability.
• Build and integrate REST APIs and self-service tooling to streamline platform workflows.
• Implement cloud security and governance (IAM, OAuth/OIDC, OKTA, SSL/TLS, secrets management).
• Drive cloud cost optimization, capacity planning, and FinOps practices.
• Implement observability — metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and SLOs.
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis across platform and runtime systems.
• Partner with application teams to troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and runtime issues.
• Drive continuous improvement using operational insights and user feedback.
• Enhance documentation, runbooks, and platform usability.

Must Have Skills:

• Cloud: AWS (EKS, EC2, VPC/Networking, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda)
• IaC: Terraform (modules, state management, policy-as-code)
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Harness
• APIs & Integration: REST APIs (design, development, integration), Async APIs
• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)
• Security: OAuth, OIDC, OKTA, SSL/TLS, IAM, secrets management

Desired Skills:

• Event Streaming: Kafka, Confluent (topics, schemas, Kafka Connect, cluster linking)
• Monitoring/Observability: Datadog, CloudWatch
• Programming/Scripting: Java/Python

Key Competencies:

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving across distributed systems.
• Ability to translate operational issues into durable platform improvements.
• System-thinking approach to reliability, security, and cost.
• Effective collaboration and technical mentorship across engineering teams.

Pay Range for CA, CO, IL, NJ, NY, WA, and DC: $70/hour to $75/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.

Solugenix will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and Ordinance. Applicants do not need to disclose their criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if we are concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, applicants will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

About the Client

Our client is an American financial services company. It ranks among the world's oldest and largest investment management organizations. They have offices globally.

About Solugenix

Solugenix is a leader in IT services, delivering cutting-edge technology solutions, exceptional talent, and managed services to global enterprises. With extensive expertise in highly regulated and complex industries, we are a trusted partner for integrating advanced technologies with streamlined processes. Our solutions drive growth, foster innovation, and ensure compliance—providing clients with reliability and a strong competitive edge.

Recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace, Solugenix is proud of its inclusive culture and unwavering commitment to excellence. Our recent expansion, with new offices in the Dominican Republic, Jakarta, and the Philippines, underscores our growing global presence and ability to offer world-class technology solutions. Partnering with Solugenix means more than just business—it means having a dedicated ally focused on your success in today's fast-evolving digital world.