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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Cloud Engineer in Seattle - **Company:** Energy Jobline - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, BigQuery, Cloud Engineering, Collaborative Learning, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Redis, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Datadog, Data Logging, Scripting, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Reliability of Systems, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Devsecops, Pagerduty, Amazon Redshift - **Published:** July 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/senior-cloud-engineer-seattle-31044483 ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering. * BS or advanced degree in computer science or other related field. * Extensive experience working in containerized Cloud environments, specifically AWS and Kubernetes/EKS. * Experience using modern monitoring tools like Cloudwatch, Event Bridge, DataDog etc., and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming and dashboards. * Experience managing change management practices, policies and procedures. * Experience deploying and monitoring applications in AWS at scale. * Security first mindset, including demonstrated experience building secure development and test environments integrated to CI/CD pipelines and software release cycles. * Experience building and maintaining a container based infrastructure and Kubernetes * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform experience a plus), DevOps, SRE concepts and best practices. * Experience with infrastructure automation, systems reliability, load balancing, monitoring, logging. * Experience with FinOps practices and establishing related governance programs. * Experience with fully automating CI/CD pipelines with associated tools such as GitHub Actions. * Experience working in and architecting for regulated environments with data privacy regulations like GDPR, HIPAA . * Experience working and managing SQL and NoSQL databases like RDS, Redis, Redshift, DynamoDB, , PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Snowflake * Strong scripting skills in Python, Shell etc. ## Description We are looking for an Sr. Cloud Engineer who has hands-on experience building and managing a cloud-based infrastructure. Additionally, this engineer will be responsible for development cycles in integration/continuous deployment mode, process monitoring, and more broadly, constructing a "safety culture" within the SmithRx's DevSecOps practice. Our user base is currently doubling annually, and you would share the responsibility of orchestrating a reliable, sustainable, and scalable infrastructure. What you will do: * Help build and maintain a container based infrastructure that is elegant, redundant, scalable and compliant, and support the rest of the team doing the same. * Be part of SmithRx Agile development team to deliver an end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in AWS. . * Gain a deep understanding of the challenges that SmithRx faces, technical and otherwise; collaborate with other teams to identify and carry out effective solutions. * Work closely with our development team to develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in a reproducible and secure manner. * Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure issues, and perform root cause analysis when necessary. * Collaborate with developers to ensure that applications and services are built with scalability, reliability, and security in mind. * Organize the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability, acting proactively * Be a pillar of a collaborative learning culture through exploration of new technologies, application of best practices, and any other innovations you would like to experiment with. * Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks * Be effective in maintaining SmithRX security program controls and best practices. * Understand the health regulatory space and maintain continuous compliance on frameworks like HIPAA, and SOC2. * Make pragmatic decisions about technical tradeoffs, infrastructure costs, and resource utilization. * Be a part of on-call PagerDuty rotations. ## Related Videos - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Tomorrow's cloud data platforms - fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/254-tomorrow-s-cloud-data-platforms-fully-managed-database-as-a-service-dbaas) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) ## Related Articles - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe)