Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS & Glue)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Work Model: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with strong AWS and DevOps expertise to design, automate, and operate cloud platforms at scale. This role focuses on building secure, reliable, and highly automated AWS environments, supporting data platforms, and driving cloud maturity through infrastructure as code and CI/CD practices. The ideal candidate is hands-on, automation-driven, and experienced working in Agile teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable AWS cloud infrastructure
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments (Harness preferred; Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc. acceptable)
- Manage AWS IAM including identity-based and resource-based policies
- Design and support AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, Transit Gateway, Route 53)
- Monitor and troubleshoot using AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail
- Support data services including AWS Glue, Redshift, and RDS (MS SQL Server)
- Manage EKS / Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
- Implement centralized secrets management using AWS Secrets Manager
- Integrate logging and monitoring with Splunk
- Support Okta SSO and enforce role-based access control (RBAC)
- Follow Git best practices and collaborate in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) environments
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience as a Cloud or DevOps Engineer in AWS environments
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and AWS core services
- Experience with EKS, Kubernetes, and container orchestration
- Knowledge of AWS data platforms (Glue, Redshift, RDS)
- Experience with IAM, networking, monitoring, and security best practices
- Familiarity with Agile delivery models and ticket lifecycle management
- Strong troubleshooting and communication skills
Why Join
- Work on enterprise-scale AWS cloud platforms
- Hybrid work model in San Francisco, CA
- Opportunity to drive cloud automation and DevOps maturity
- Collaborative, Agile engineering culture
- Competitive compensation and benefits