Cloud Engineer - 3042106

Apex Systems LLC
Dearborn, MI, United States
26 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Computing Platforms Bash Shell Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Cloud Storage Configuration Management Cyber Security Continuous Integration DevOps
+37 more
Distributed Systems Protocol Buffers Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Network Security Network Configuration and Change Management Routing Nginx Node.Js OAuth OpenID Windows PowerShell Role-Based Access Control Reliability Engineering Prometheus Service Development Studio Software Engineering Datadog Google Cloud Cloud Platform System Istio Grafana Spring-boot Kubernetes Helm Charts Multi-Cloud Apigee Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Concourse Build Management Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Deployment Automation Api Gateway Terraform Programming Languages

Job description

As a Software Engineer on the Cloud Engineering team, you will design, develop, and maintain the cloud platform, infrastructure, and automation tooling that powers our connected vehicle ecosystem. You will play a key role in improving reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency across a platform serving millions of vehicles worldwide., Platform Development & Automation

  • Design and build cloud-native solutions that enable automated, repeatable shard provisioning.
  • Develop tooling for:
  • Kubernetes cluster bootstrapping
  • Network configuration
  • Service mesh deployment
  • Health validation and readiness checks
  • Build control plane capabilities that allow a new shard to be provisioned and production-ready within 24 hours with zero manual intervention.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field., * 5+ years of professional experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Software Engineering.
  • Experience building and operating production infrastructure at scale.
  • 3+ years of experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS and/or GCP.

Technical Skills

  • Hands-on experience provisioning and managing Kubernetes clusters (EKS or GKE) in production environments.
  • Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
  • Experience with GitOps workflows and infrastructure automation.
  • Proficiency developing and maintaining Helm charts.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in cloud and distributed systems environments.
  • Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar solutions.

Core Competencies

Kubernetes Administration

  • Cluster operations and upgrades
  • Networking and security
  • Workload management
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting

Infrastructure Engineering

  • Platform operations
  • Reliability and scalability
  • Configuration management
  • Operational excellence

Preferred Qualifications

Cloud & Platform Technologies

  • Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Workload Identity, VPC-SC, Cloud Operations)
  • AWS cloud services and infrastructure management
  • Multi-cloud platform architecture and migration strategies

Kubernetes Ecosystem

  • Istio service mesh administration
  • Traffic management and observability
  • Helm chart development and lifecycle management

API Gateway Technologies

  • Tyk
  • Apigee
  • NGINX
  • Routing policies, mTLS, and API governance

CI/CD & Automation

  • ArgoCD
  • Tekton
  • Concourse
  • GitOps deployment methodologies

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • Go
  • Java (Spring Boot)
  • Node.js
  • Bash or PowerShell scripting

Security

  • IAM and role-based access control
  • OAuth2/OIDC
  • mTLS implementation
  • Multi-cloud security architecture

Additional Preferred Skills

  • gRPC service development
  • Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) schema management
  • Atlantis, Terragrunt, or collaborative Terraform workflow tools

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