Job Title: Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

Primary Location: Hybrid - 2 Days in Evanston, IL Office

Position Type: 6-Month Contract with Intent to Hire

Must be Citizen or Green Card

Overview

A Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to join our client's technology team in Evanston, Illinois.

This is a newly created, hands-on engineering role supporting a growing cloud and application environment across Azure and AWS. The selected engineer will help the organization take ownership of cloud infrastructure currently being delivered by external vendors, complete and stabilize an existing Infrastructure as Code initiative, and establish repeatable cloud and deployment standards for future environments.

The ideal candidate brings strong depth in Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure, and AWS, along with the ability to review architecture, identify technical gaps, and independently lead cloud initiatives.

What You Bring to the Role. (Ideal Experience)

6+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related discipline
Strong hands-on experience designing and building Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform
Experience creating reusable Terraform modules, managing state, structuring repositories, and supporting multiple environments
Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
Experience with managed Kubernetes and container platforms such as: Azure Kubernetes Service, or AKS Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, or EKSAWS Fargate or similar managed container services
Strong experience designing, building, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions
Experience engineering solutions across Azure and AWS
Deep expertise in at least one cloud platform with the ability to work effectively across both
Experience reviewing vendor-built cloud environments, identifying gaps, and transitioning solutions into internal ownership
Experience contributing to cloud architecture, platform design, and technical decision-making
Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity, security, scalability, reliability, and operational best practices
Ability to independently lead technical initiatives and communicate recommendations clearly
Strong collaboration, professionalism, accountability, and problem-solving skills

Ability to work onsite in Evanston every Monday and Wednesday

Preferred Experience

Experience replicating infrastructure and deployment patterns across multiple cloud platforms
Experience determining when to use standard Kubernetes versus managed platforms such as AKS, EKS, or Fargate
Experience supporting enterprise, research, scientific, nonprofit, or regulated environments PowerShell or Python scripting experience

Experience improving cloud governance, operational readiness, and support ability

What You'll Do. (Skills Used in this Position)

Serve as the internal technical lead for cloud infrastructure and DevOps initiatives
Partner with external vendors to complete and stabilize an existing Azure Infrastructure as Code implementation
Review vendor-developed solutions and identify architecture, configuration, security, reliability, and support ability gaps
Finalize and improve Terraform modules, repositories, pipelines, and deployment
standards
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and related tools
Support Kubernetes-based applications and containerized workloads
Evaluate whether workloads should remain on standard Kubernetes or move to managed services such as AKS, EKS, or Fargate
Lead the replication of Azure Infrastructure as Code and deployment standards into AWS
Develop scalable, repeatable, and supportable cloud platform patterns
Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operational processes
Partner with application, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams
Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, deployment, Kubernetes, and application environment issues
Document architectures, standards, configurations, and support procedures
Help establish long-term cloud engineering and DevOps capabilities within the org

anization

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