Sr. Cloud Engineer
Dallas, IA - USA
Job Summary
Position Title: Senior Cloud Engineer
Your role
The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing implementing securing and optimizing enterprise cloud infrastructure and platform services across multi-cloud environments. This role partners closely with infrastructure network security development and operations teams to deliver scalable highly available and resilient cloud solutions that support critical business applications and services.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud technologies automation infrastructure as code and cloud security best practices. They will lead cloud architecture initiatives drive operational excellence and serve as a technical subject matter expert for cloud adoption modernization and optimization efforts.
What youll do
Cloud Engineering
- Design implement and maintain multicloud architectures across AWS Azure OCI and GCP
- Develop cloud landing zones aligned with security governance and compliance standards
- Support hybrid and multiregion deployments for enterprise workloads
- Evaluate and recommend cloud-native services and architectural patterns
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as:
- Terraform Bicep ARM CloudFormation
- Automate cloud provisioning configuration and lifecycle management
- Standardize repeatable deployment patterns and templates
Security Governance & Compliance
- Implement cloud security best practices (IAM network security encryption logging)
- Enforce governance using:
- Azure Policy AWS Organizations / SCPs GCP Org Policies OCI policies
- Partner with security teams on audits controls and regulatory compliance
- Support vulnerability remediation and security posture management
Operations & Reliability
- Monitor troubleshoot and optimize cloud environments
- Design for high availability disaster recovery and resiliency
- Support incident response root cause analysis and continuous improvement
- Optimize performance and cloud costs (FinOps practices)
Collaboration & Leadership
- Act as a technical lead for complex cloud initiatives
- Mentor junior engineers and review designs and code
- Collaborate with application networking IAM and security teams
- Provide clear technical guidance to both engineers and stakeholders
What youll need
Core Requirements
- 7 years of experience in infrastructure or cloud engineering
- Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure (required)
- Working knowledge of OCI and GCP in production environments
- Strong understanding of:
- Networking (VPC/VNet design routing DNS firewalls)
- Identity & Access Management (IAM RBAC federated identity)
- Experience with Linux and/or Windows server workloads
Automation & Tooling
- Strong scripting skills (PowerShell Bash Python preferred)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for cloud deployments
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (native or thirdparty)
Enterprise Experience
- Experience operating cloud platforms at scale
- Understanding of compliance governance and security controls
- Ability to work in regulated or auditdriven environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud certifications (one or more):
- AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
- Google Cloud Professional certifications
- OCI Architect certifications
- Experience with:
- Kubernetes (AKS EKS GKE OKE)
- Hybrid connectivity ExpressRoute / Direct Connect / VPN
- Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
- Prior experience in global or multiregion environments
A bit about us
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL the companys global data center platform provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.
To learn more about Digital Realty please visit or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
A bit about our team
Our IT team is at the heart of our business. We develop infrastructures design and build networks support servers and provide the first line of support by delivering rich connectivity for our customers. With new data centers coming online all the time its a rapidly changing technical environment so our team is always ready to innovate and take the lead on projects. We constantly develop deploy and support vital networks and data services that drive business performance and improve life for customers around the globe.
What we can offer you
Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.
Join us and youll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team youll get to work with people from different business areas challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. Well also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.
Apply today take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.
Health and Safety
Safety isnt just a priority here at Digital; its critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives protecting assets and securing data arent just ideals - theyre essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.
Our Compensation Philosophy
Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package excellent benefits and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the companys overall goals and values.
Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role level and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills experience and relevant education and/or training. Moreover an employees total compensation package varies by role and may include salary cash bonus or commissions and equity awards not quantified below.
Compensation range $120000 $140000. This compensation range represents the Companys good faith belief as to what it will pay as abase salaryfor this position at the time of this posting.
Benefits: For this role Benefits include medical dental vision life and AD&D insurance 401k match disability benefits wellness and education benefits employee stock purchase plan paid time off holidays and more.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
With Digital Realty, you can leverage our full interconnection capabilities across our global ecosystem including data centers, connectivity and cloud services.