Senior Cloud Engineer

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Responsibilities

Multi-cloud platform engineering and operations (design and operate foundations) (25%)

• Design implement and operate scalable infrastructure across AWS Azure and other providers with hands-on depth in at least two.
• Engineer and improve foundational services and standard patterns (identity integration networking logging/monitoring compute storage security controls).
• Own lifecycle management for key services (upgrades deprecation planning operational readiness).

IaC ownership: reusable modules standardized patterns environment consistency (25%)

• Develop and maintain IaC (Terraform Ansible Bicep) with focus on reusable modules standardized patterns and consistency.
• Establish code quality expectations (reviews documentation versioning validation) to improve repeatability and reduce risk.

Automation-first engineering for efficiency and improve reliability (15%)

• Build automation workflows and scripts (Python PowerShell Bash) to eliminate manual operational tasks and improve reliability.

Reliability ownership and operational standards (lead dont just participate) (15%)

• Own reliability outcomes for cloud services.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis; implement preventative improvements.
• Define and improve runbooks monitoring standards alerting practices and support models.

Security compliance resilience and vulnerability management as engineered guardrails (12%)

• Ensure deployments meet security and compliance expectations through guardrails patterns and technical controls with Security/Risk.
• Support audit readiness (SOC HIPAA CMMC examples) with evidence support and control implementation.
• Design and validate backup recovery and resilience patterns; ensure objectives are tested and reliable.

• Lead and automate patching and vulnerability management improvements.

Technical leadership: mentoring and cross-team influence (*8%)

• Translate requirements into designs implementation plans and roadmaps aligned to cloud-first.
• Mentor engineers through pairing code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Provide technical guidance across teams influencing patterns and decisions to reduce delivery friction

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required
• 5 years in cloud engineering infrastructure engineering platform engineering or related roles.
• Hands-on engineering depth in at least two major cloud providers (AWS Azure GCP OCI).
• Strong IaC (Terraform preferred and/or Ansible) including module development and pattern standardization.
• Strong scripting and automation (Python PowerShell Bash or equivalent).
• Experience implementing or significantly improving CI/CD practices for infrastructure delivery.
• Strong operational ownership: incident response troubleshooting root cause analysis and preventative remediation.

Certifications / licenses (2 or more preferred)

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional

Knowledge

• Deep knowledge of multi-cloud design and operations with hands-on depth in at least two: AWS Azure GCP OCI.
• Knowledge of building and improving foundational services and standard patterns: identity integration networking logging and monitoring compute storage security controls.
• Knowledge of operational excellence practices: runbooks monitoring standards alerting practices operational readiness lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of security and compliance implementation patterns and audit readiness (SOC HIPAA CMMC examples).

Skills

• Engineer automate and operate cloud services end-to-end; drive ambiguous work to clarity.
• IaC engineering with emphasis on reusable modules pattern standardization and environment consistency (Terraform preferred and or Ansible).
• Build automation workflows and enforce code quality expectations (reviews documentation versioning validation).
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.
• Optimize for performance and cost-efficiency including enforcing tagging standards and cost allocation practices.

Abilities

• Ability to own reliability outcomes and reduce operational toil through automation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs implementation plans and roadmaps.
• Ability to mentor engineers through pairing code reviews and knowledge sharing and influence cross-team patterns.

Languages and tools

• Scripting and automation: Python PowerShell Bash (or equivalent).
• IaC: Terraform (preferred) Ansible Bicep.
• Containers and orchestration (preferred): container platforms and orchestration experience.
• Governance and guardrails (preferred): Azure Policy AWS Organizations controls GCP org policies.

Preferred

• Containers and orchestration.
• Cloud governance and guardrails (Azure Policy AWS Organizations controls org policies).
• Centralized logging and security monitoring integrations (SIEM examples).
• Regulated environments and audit readiness (SOC HIPAA CMMC).
• Multi-region patterns shared services networking private connectivity.

The pay rate range for this job position is $74200 to $148230. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicants skills prior experience qualifications degrees professional certifications work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.