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OnTrac is hiring a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer!

Are you eager to join a dynamic and expanding company where you can both learn and make a meaningful impact? If you possess a strong sense of empathy, enjoy assisting others, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and excel at problem-solving, we encourage you to apply today to connect with a recruiter!

Founded in 1986, OnTrac has evolved into the leading provider of same-day and next-day delivery services in the U.S. for premier e-commerce and product-supply businesses, including five of the largest retailers in the U.S. 

Location: This position may be performed remotely in states where the company is authorized to employ individuals. 

Compensation: The expected starting base pay range for this position is $104,800. – $131,000. with full potential base salary range over a successful candidate’s tenure in the position of $104,800. – $157,200. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, internal equity, and other job-related factors.

Employment Logistics: 

The Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer joins the IT Engineering team during a pivotal phase of the GCP journey. This role will partner closely with the development teams to support the cloud environment shift from manual-heavy operations to a fully automated infrastructure. This individual will help mature the CI/CD environment into a predictable, standardized ecosystem, and lead the effort to standardize Terraform and Ansible playbooks/modules and ensure infrastructure is resilient, scalable, and built on secure guardrails.

Unpacking the Benefits: 

Employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package which may include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 

• Life and short- and long-term disability coverage 

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match  

• Flex vacation in states other than CA, CO, IL, MA, MT, and NE, with accruals up to 96 hours for first year of employment with tenure-based increases up to 160 hours 

• Two (2) floating holidays per year 

• Paid sick leave* 

• Six (6) paid company holidays 

• Two (2) weeks paid pregnancy disability leave, four (4) weeks paid parental bonding leave   

• Additional wellness and employee assistance programs 

Benefits eligibility and offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and company policies.

The Must-Haves: 

• 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure & Systems Engineering, with primary expertise in Terraform and IaC Architecture
• Deep, advanced proficiency with Terraform, including architecting scalable module libraries, state management, environment separation, and establishing code reusable across multi-project environments.
• Hands-on experience managing Google Cloud (GCP) environments, specifically provisioning and managing Shared VPCs, IAM hierarchies, and Cloud SQL using declarative IaC.
• Proven experience building, testing, and managing automated IaC pipelines in Azure DevOps (e.g., automated plan/apply workflows, drift detection, static analysis, and policy enforcement).
• Proficiency with Ansible for configuration management to complement Terraform's provisioning layer.
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration (GKE/Kubernetes vs. VMs) to design scalable, elastic cloud architecture.
• Strong Linux administration background with a solid command-line foundation for low-level infrastructure debugging.

Your Mission in Motion: 

A summary of key responsibilities for the role is outlined below. Additional duties may be assigned as needed to support business objectives.

• IaC Architecture & Standardization (Terraform): Own and modernize the global Terraform ecosystem—moving away from manual infrastructure changes to dynamic, version-controlled module libraries that eliminate configuration drift.
• Automated CI/CD for Infrastructure: Build robust Azure DevOps pipelines tailored specifically for infrastructure releases, embedding automated testing, validation, and automated pull-request checks.
• GCP Cloud Architecture: Partner with engineering teams to design resilient GCP foundations (networking, IAM, database instances) purely defined through code.
• Technical Mentorship & Governance: Act as the senior voice for IaC standards—establishing code review practices, module documentation, and guiding developers on IaC best practices.
• Compute & Container Strategy: Help architect the next phase of workloads, evaluating when services should migrate to container orchestration versus managed cloud services or VMs.
• Reliability & Resilience: Collaborate with teams to define system health, observability, and infrastructure resiliency standards, participating in an on-call rotation to maintain operational availability.

Paving your way to your success: 

• You lead the shift from manual work to automation by creating clear standards and driving consistent adoption across teams.
• You partner effectively with developers to unblock deployments, using strong troubleshooting judgment and a calm, systematic approach.
• You have the ability to understand application dependencies and troubleshoot build/deployment errors to unblock developers in mixed environments.
• You balance modernization decisions pragmatically, helping teams choose between containers and VMs based on what each workload needs.

Posting Timeline: 

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for at least 15 days from the date of posting

Disclosures: 

*Washington state employees are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid sick leave annually. 

The salary range above represents the national range for this position. The salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at OnTrac, and the actual base salary offered may vary depending on several factors including, but not limited to: Geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, job-related skills and competencies, market alignment, and financial considerations.  

Compensation decisions are made based on the specific circumstances of each hire to ensure fair and competitive pay.

If you are excited to be part of our team and grow with our OnTrac family, we invite you to apply! 

OnTrac is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

Lasership, Inc. dba OnTrac Final Mile with its affiliates, including OnTrac Logistics, Inc. (collectively, "OnTrac" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, abilities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or age. Join us in our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are excited to be part of our team and contribute to our talent acquisition efforts, we invite you to apply.