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# Senior AWS GCP Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** REQUEST TECHNOLOGY
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Fault Tolerance, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Octopus Deploy, Cloud Services, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Scripting, Spring Cloud, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Containerization, Kubernetes, Hashicorp, Functional Programming, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/7d3e0b23-8681-471d-99aa-075d5c986fc9/senior-aws-gcp-cloud-engineer

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS and GCP preferred) in a professional setting.
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 * Deep, hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) and GitOps (Argo CD).
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 * Deep, hands-on experience using Terraform, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and scripting languages (Python) to deploy, maintain, and support cloud infrastructure.
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 * Strong experience supporting containerized applications and Linux-based systems.
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 * Strong understanding of networking, IAM, cloud observability, and common cloud services such as AWS VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda.
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 * Familiarity with managing secrets and sensitive configuration using tools such as HashiCorp Vault.
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 * Experience designing, deploying, and operating fault-tolerant systems with on-call responsibilities.
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 * Strong collaboration and communication skills, including working effectively with engineers, security, and operations teams.
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 * Interest in continuous learning and in developing the engineers around you.
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## Description

***We are unable to sponsor for this permanent full-time role***, Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with strong AWS, Kubernetes, and Python experience. Candidate will be focused on designing, automating, and operating infrastructure solutions for cloud-native applications. Candidate will lead project delivery, shape team processes and technical standards, and raise the technical depth of the engineers around them, as well as build secure cloud infrastructure, support application runtime environments, and collaborate with engineers at all levels.