Cloud Platform Engineer

Job Title: Cloud Platform Engineer

REMOTE

Direct Hire

We are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to join a small, high-performing engineering team focused on ambitious technology goals. This role offers an exciting opportunity for career growth, where quick thinking, long-term strategic awareness, and the ability to collaborate effectively are essential. Candidates will work on building and managing scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP using tools like AWS CDK, Azure Blueprints, GCP Deployment Manager, and Terraform, while developing IAM policies and automating operations through GitHub Actions.

The Cloud Platform Engineer will also be responsible for instrumenting and deploying new codebases, implementing security policies with Cloud Custodian, and educating stakeholders on cloud best practices. The ideal candidate will balance hands-on technical work, vendor collaboration, process documentation, and knowledge sharing across platforms like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub. They must be comfortable troubleshooting both modern containerized environments and traditional Windows Server infrastructures, while consistently upholding strong operational and security standards.

Required Experience:

Solid experience coding toward system “-ilities” such as scalability, availability, and security

Familiarity with OWASP security principles and ability to build secure systems by design

Expertise in AWS (required), with working knowledge of Azure and GCP

Strong understanding of Cloud as APIs managing real-world components, not just virtual servers

Ability to switch comfortably between various Unix/Linux shell syntaxes, Windows CLI, and GNU/Linux environments

Practical experience debugging Python 3.x, JavaScript, and similar languages

Proven ability to build infrastructure as code solutions and deploy using modern DevOps tools

Comfort balancing traditional server-oriented workflows with containerized, cloud-native architectures

A strong bias for action, continuous learning, and teaching others

Ability to document and clearly share new knowledge across the team

Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, Zoom, GitHub, and Artifactory

Certifications and degrees are valued, but practical experience, results, and a learning mindset are equally importantWhat We Value:

Highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and team-oriented individuals

Strong commercial and results-driven orientation

Outstanding team collaboration and influencing skills

High levels of trust and integrity

Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking

Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills