Senior Cloud Engineer
FoodChain ID
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Architect and implement AWS cloud infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Serve as a technical escalation point for complex infrastructure, networking, security, and deployment issues
- Guide cloud standards, best practices, and governance aligned with organizational and compliance requirements
- Design, implement, and continuously improve disaster recovery architectures and testing processes
- Collaborate with application, security, and compliance teams to design secure-by-default cloud architectures
- Support and drive improvements to CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and DevOps workflows
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to team members through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing
- Contribute to roadmap planning, technical decision-making, and evaluation of new tools and services
- Create and maintain advanced technical documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures
- Participate in and help lead the 24/7 on-call rotation, including incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
- Identify opportunities to improve reliability, automation, monitoring, and operational efficiency across cloud environments
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in cloud engineering
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms at scale
- Strong expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform in a version-controlled, team-based environment
- Deep understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPC design, routing, firewalls, VPNs, load balancing, and DNS
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker
- Strong experience with security best practices, including IAM, least-privilege access, encryption, and compliance controls
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Willingness to work flexible hours and participate in an on-call rotation
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities
- Prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSInfrastructure as CodeTerraformcloud networkingVPC designDockerCI/CD pipelinesscriptingPythonBash
Soft Skills
technical escalationmentoringcommunicationcollaborationincident responseroot cause analysisknowledge sharingtechnical decision-makingflexibilityleadership