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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Automation Engineer - **Company:** Matlen Silver - **Location:** Chandler, AZ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $141,440.0 - $145,600.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Confluence, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Database, Software Documentation, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Subnetting, Python (Programming Language), Routing, OpenShift, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Ansible, Policy as Code, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Multi-Cloud, HybridCloud, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Heroku, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Virtual Private Clouds, Docker, Jenkins - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0a98104597ebae07 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Virtual Private Clouds?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Terraform Expertise - strong experience writing Terraform modules, reusable configurations, and IaC patterns. * Terraform Enterprise (TFE) for provisioning, governance, and policy enforcement. * DevOps/GitOps experience: IaC, config-as-code, policy-as-code, pipelines. * Strong cloud networking knowledge: VPC/VNet, subnets, routing, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, security controls. * Experience building enterprise-scale IaaS/PaaS solutions. * Understanding of landing zones, cloud-native security, monitoring, logging, and Well-Architected Framework. * Experience with containers & CI/CD: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Jenkins, pipelines. * Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash (automation & scripting). * Experience with cloud observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing). * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. * Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams. * 5+ years Cloud Automation Engineer experience. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. Desired Skills * Financial services industry background. * Experience with multiple public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). * Prior experience on infrastructure/platform engineering teams. * Linux/UNIX system administration. * Advanced experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker. * Experience evaluating third-party cloud tools and contributing to reference models, blueprints, and playbooks. * Familiarity with Confluence, documentation standards, and engineering governance processes. * Experience acting as a technical consultant/SME across cloud automation domains. ## Description The Cloud Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, engineering, and automating cloud infrastructure services that align with enterprise architecture standards. This role builds Terraform modules, automation templates, and deployment playbooks that enable consistent, scalable, and secure cloud adoption across the organization. The engineer evaluates new tools, improves existing infrastructure services, and drives continuous improvement across cloud platforms, networking, security, and DevOps pipelines. 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