Cloud Engineer

Location: Hartford, CT hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: Competitive salary, based on experience

About the Role

I'm partnering with an innovative technology-driven organization seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to help advance and support a growing cloud infrastructure environment. This position offers the opportunity to play a key role in modernizing enterprise systems, improving cloud reliability, strengthening security, and driving infrastructure automation initiatives.

You'll join a collaborative engineering team supporting mission-critical platforms and applications while helping guide ongoing cloud transformation efforts. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing hands-on engineering, cloud architecture, automation, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud-based infrastructure across multiple environments
Build and enhance Infrastructure as Code solutions to improve consistency, automation, and governance
Develop and support CI/CD pipelines that accelerate software delivery and operational efficiency
Implement security controls, identity management strategies, encryption standards, and cloud governance practices
Monitor cloud environments and proactively optimize performance, availability, reliability, and cost
Support infrastructure modernization projects, including migration of legacy workloads to cloud platforms
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and application issues across distributed systems
Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and runbooks
Collaborate with software developers, data teams, and business stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable solutions
Participate in architecture reviews, technical planning sessions, and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

Strong experience designing and supporting cloud infrastructure within AWS environments
Hands-on experience with services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch, or comparable technologies
Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar tools
Knowledge of cloud security best practices, access management, encryption, compliance, and vulnerability remediation
Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools
Proficiency with automation and scripting using Python, Bash, or similar languages
Experience supporting containerized workloads utilizing Docker and cloud container services
Strong understanding of networking concepts including DNS, VPNs, routing, firewalls, and load balancing
Experience working in Agile environments with Git-based source control workflows
Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, Security Specialty, or Advanced Networking
Experience with Kubernetes or cloud-native orchestration platforms
Background supporting large-scale cloud migration initiatives
Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization strategies
Experience with observability, monitoring, and performance management platforms
Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST or ISO 27001

Why This Opportunity

Join an organization making significant investments in modern cloud technologies and digital transformation
Work on high-impact projects involving cloud architecture, automation, security, and platform reliability
Collaborate with experienced engineers in a highly technical and supportive environment
Gain exposure to complex infrastructure challenges and large-scale cloud initiatives
Enjoy the flexibility of a remote work environment while contributing to mission-critical technology solutions
Influence technical direction and help shape cloud engineering best practices

If you or someone you know is interested in this Cloud Engineer opportunity, please apply today!

Benefit offerings for full-time employment include medical, dental, vision, term life and AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits, wellness plans, and a 401k plan or a nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Available paid leave includes Personal Time Off (PTO) on an accrual basis. PTO and holiday hours are prorated based on hire date within the calendar year.

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