General Info:

US Citizens or GC Holders only

Must be on our W2- no C2C

Local to St. Louis preferred, but we'll consider candidates open to relocating upon offer.

Hybrid: onsite 2-3 days a week

About the Role:

We're seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to design, deploy, secure, and maintain cloud-based solutions supporting critical operations. This is a long-term engagement (4-5 years) supporting a major cloud modernization initiative, including a planned migration to Oracle Cloud. You'll work as part of an agile cloud engineering team, collaborating closely with architecture and other technical teams to design and implement solutions across a hybrid AWS/OCI environment.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
7+ years of progressive cloud engineering experience in enterprise environments
Hands-on expertise with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, EKS, etc.)
Hands-on experience with OCI (Compute, Networking, Object Storage, IAM, OKE, etc.)
Proven experience supporting mission-critical, high-availability production systems
Strong background in Linux and Windows server administration
Solid understanding of cloud networking, security architecture, and hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, FastConnect)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks (NERC CIP, SOX, or similar)

Responsibilities:

Cloud Infrastructure Engineering:

Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, fault-tolerant, highly available infrastructure across AWS and OCI
Design hybrid cloud connectivity integrating cloud environments with on-premises data centers
Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or OCI Resource Manager
Configure cloud networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, VPNs, Transit Gateways, load balancers, and DNS
Evaluate and recommend cloud services and architectures aligned with the broader technology roadmap
Lead cloud capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource governance

Cloud Operations & Support

Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, cost, and security (CloudWatch, OCI Monitoring, Datadog, Splunk)
Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, network, and application issues in production
Manage patching, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance for cloud-hosted systems
Design and implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions meeting RTO/RPO objectives
Participate in on-call rotations for production support
Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions

Security & Compliance

Implement cloud security best practices and enforce IAM frameworks, RBAC, and least-privilege access across AWS and OCI
Support compliance with regulatory requirements including NERC CIP, SOX, and PCI-DSS where applicable
Conduct cloud security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and risk mitigation
Collaborate on cloud governance frameworks, security architecture reviews, and audit readiness
Implement data encryption, secrets management, and network security controls

Automation & DevOps

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
Automate provisioning and configuration management using Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting to proactively detect anomalies
Champion DevSecOps practices, embedding security into automated pipelines
Develop reusable automation frameworks and cloud modules

Documentation & Governance

Maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs
Support internal and external audits with documentation and evidence as needed
Participate in cloud architecture review boards and long-term roadmap planning
Mentor junior cloud engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing

Preferred Qualifications:

Recent hands-on experience with an Oracle Cloud implementation or migration

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