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ClifyX

Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Washington, CA · On-site

$60.75 - $81.25/hr

ClifyX is a company in the gaming industry, and they are seeking a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support their Game Development & Infrastructure Service team. The role involves architecting ...

Vacatia

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Fort Lauderdale, FL · On-site

$102K - $134K/yr

We're looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help design, build, and optimize the AWS environments that power our applications, customer experiences, and business operations. If you're ...

Apex

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$148K - $200K/yr

About the Role The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for architecting, deploying ... Lead or participate in cloud infrastructure projects from design and implementation through testing ...

Socket.dev

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

About the Role The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for architecting, deploying ... Lead or participate in cloud infrastructure projects from design and implementation through testing ...

MDaudit

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

$110K - $130K/yr

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for designing, building, securing, and operating ... Lead and own the migration of workloads from Azure to AWS, including assessment, planning ...

Snowrelic Inc

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Plano, TX · On-site

$102K - $134K/yr

Job : Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Location : Plano, TX Skills : Python, Go, Bash, and Groovy, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog, AWS, Azure, Jenkins, GitHub : Job : Cloud ...

Apex Space, Inc.

$41 - $55/hr

About the Role The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for architecting, deploying ... Lead or participate in cloud infrastructure projects from design and implementation through testing ...

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Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL • On-site

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC
Recruiting and Staffing Services • 1 - 5K employees
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$57.50 - $76.75/hr

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Posted 22 days ago

Job description

Lead Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer:
A leading enterprise organization is looking to add a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer to its Platform Engineering team. This role will focus on building scalable self-service platforms, automating cloud operations, and improving the developer experience across a large engineering organization. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to design cloud-native solutions, reduce operational friction, and establish secure, reliable infrastructure patterns that can be leveraged company-wide.
This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on platform strategy, architecture, and cloud adoption initiatives while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence across the organization. If you are interested in this Lead Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer opportunity, please apply now.
Required Skills & Experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering experience in large-scale distributed environments
  • Experience designing and supporting cloud-native, microservices-based architectures
  • 3+ years of experience developing and operating production services using Python, Java, or similar programming languages
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, APIs, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, including Terraform
  • Experience implementing and improving CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Experience building self-service automation and platform capabilities that improve developer productivity
  • Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, resiliency, and operational best practices
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions and mentor engineers
Desired Skills & Experience
  • Experience leading architecture and solution design for greenfield and brownfield initiatives
  • Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, or similar DevOps tooling
  • Experience building internal developer platforms and cloud automation frameworks
  • Experience implementing secrets management and secure cloud deployment practices
  • Familiarity with React, FastAPI, or similar modern application frameworks
  • AWS Solutions Architect Certification or comparable cloud certification
  • Passion for mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices across teams

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