Cloud Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Cloud Engineer to lead the design and operation of secure, scalable cloud environments. This role focuses on building resilient multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and Microsoft Azure while advancing automation, governance, and operational reliability. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in Terraform, cloud architecture, and enterprise-wide security practices, along with a practical approach to performance monitoring and cost control.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure with a focus on security, scalability, and reliability.

Create and enhance infrastructure automation using Terraform to standardize provisioning, configuration, and ongoing platform management.

Establish enterprise cloud governance by designing landing zones, multi-account structures, and policy controls across AWS and Azure environments.

Monitor platform health, security posture, compliance status, and service availability using native and third-party observability tools.

Partner with application and infrastructure teams to develop backup, disaster recovery, high-availability, and failover solutions that support business continuity.

Review cloud environments regularly to improve resource utilization, strengthen security controls, and reduce unnecessary spend.

Advise stakeholders on cloud architecture, operational best practices, troubleshooting, and approaches for moving on-premises systems into cloud platforms.

Design and maintain identity and access management models, including role-based access and federated identity solutions across cloud accounts and subscriptions.

Produce and maintain clear technical documentation covering architecture standards, configurations, procedures, and support processes.

Contribute to capacity planning, performance tuning, and long-term platform optimization initiatives across enterprise cloud services.

Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in enterprise environments. Advanced knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices for provisioning and managing cloud resources. Demonstrated ability to design secure multi-account or multi-subscription cloud architectures with centralized governance controls. Experience implementing monitoring, compliance, and security solutions for cloud infrastructure. Solid understanding of backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and failover strategies in distributed environments. Expertise in identity and access management concepts, including role-based access control and cloud directory services. Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, networking, security, and operations teams. Strong documentation, troubleshooting, and cloud cost optimization skills., All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

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