Cloud Engineer II

We’re excited to be seeking a US-based Cloud Engineer II located in the ET or CT time zones for a full-time , remote position. As a Cloud Engineer II you will provide hands-on engineering expertise for the deployment of cloud infrastructure, services and application hosting patterns, with a strong focus on automation, repeatability and operational reliability., * Design, build, deploy and support secure, scalable and resilient cloud solutions across one or more major public cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, CloudFormation or equivalent technologies to ensure cloud environments are version-controlled, auditable and consistently deployed.
• Build, maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, security validation and deployment processes for infrastructure and cloud-hosted applications, using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or equivalent platforms.
• Deploy and operate containerized workloads and cloud-native services using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS or GKE , where appropriate to the solution architecture.
• Implement cloud networking, identity, access management, secrets management, logging, monitoring and alerting in line with security, compliance and operational standards.
• Work closely with application, infrastructure, security and operations teams to translate business and technical requirements into well-architected cloud solutions.
• Advise product and application teams on appropriate cloud patterns, deployment approaches and platform services, supporting them to adopt scalable, secure and supportable solutions rather than simply executing infrastructure tasks.
• Contribute to a platform engineering approach by developing reusable templates, golden paths, self-service deployment patterns and standardized cloud services that enable application teams to deploy solutions consistently and efficiently.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across cloud platforms, deployment pipelines and production environments, ensuring timely restoration of service and continuous improvement of solution reliability.
• Support cloud migration, modernization and platform engineering initiatives, including assessment of existing workloads, design of target-state architectures and execution of deployment plans.
• Continuously optimize cloud environments for performance, availability, security and cost, making practical recommendations based on usage patterns, monitoring data and platform best practice.
• Support FinOps and cost accountability practices, including effective tagging standards, budget visibility, cost governance, chargeback or showback models, and use of reserved capacity or savings plans where appropriate.

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent relevant work experience
• 3 - 6+ years of strong hands-on expertise in at least one of Azure, AWS or GCP, with practical experience deploying production cloud solutions, including items such as: SCPs, landing zones, Control tower, AWS config, Cloudwatch, Cloudtrail AWS cost explorer, Azure Policy, Azure Security Centre, Azure monitor, Azure Advisor. GCP logging, GCP monitoring.
• Practical experience with modern CI/CD deployment practices working with source control, automated deployment pipelines and release processes.
• Strong scripting or automation skills, for example PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar, are required to support repeatable deployment and operational automation.
• Experience in cloud cost optimization including, rightsizing, Optimizing, and use of reserved instance\Saving
• Experience across multiple cloud platforms is highly desirable and will be considered a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with cloud security principles, infrastructure governance, tagging, policy enforcement, monitoring and cost management is expected.

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.