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# Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** ITS GmbH
- **Location:** Köln, Germany (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Software Tools, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Circleci, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Functional Programming, Cloud Optimization, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/cloud-engineer-f-m-d-trustedshopsuk-10515845

## About the Role

* 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS - such as ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, SQS, etc.- along with strong expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, ideally with Terraform

 * Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation solutions, ideally with CircleCI.

 * Solid scripting or software development skills in Bash, TypeScript or Python.

 * Practical experience using AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools in DevOps workflows, combined with the curiosity and ability to evaluate emerging AI capabilities.

 * Experience with containerized environments using Docker and Amazon ECS.

 * Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability concepts (e.g. CloudWatch, Instana), including troubleshooting across applications and infrastructure.

 * Knowledge of cloud security best practices, AWS governance, FinOps, and experience working with externally hosted environments, complemented by practical experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools.

## Description

As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating secure and scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. Working closely with software engineers, a Product Manager, and an Agile Coach, you will help shape our cloud platform, enable development teams through automation and Infrastructure as Code, and contribute to a reliable, observable, and cost-efficient cloud environment.

Responsibilities

 * Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure on AWS.

 * Contribute to the introduction, deployment, and operation of new services and infrastructure capabilities across their lifecycle.

 * Build and maintain reusable Infrastructure-as-Code components with Terraform and optimize CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling, primarily based on CircleCI.

 * Help establish and evolve standards for monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability to ensure reliable and efficient operations.

 * Support cloud governance, AWS resource lifecycle management, cloud cost optimization (FinOps), and cloud security best practices.

 * Apply AI-assisted and agentic engineering practices to improve automation, delivery speed, and operational efficiency.

 * Participate in incident response and on-call rotations, while collaborating with internal teams and external hosting providers to ensure reliable operations and maintain supporting infrastructure., * Workation: Temporarily work from a destination of your choice within EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway
 * 28 vacation days
 * 2.5 additional days off at Christmas, New Year's Eve and Carnival
 * Buddy program (an experienced trustee is at your side)
 * Individual learning & development opportunities (internal & external trainings, e-learnings)
 * Events (Team Events, Unit Events, etc.)
 * Health Pass (free online and offline sports, fitness, and health courses)