Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – Kubernetes; AWS

Overview

Senior Cloud Engineer – Kubernetes & IaC (AWS | Remote)

Contract:

6 months (likely extension).

Location:

Fully Remote (CST or EST). Compensation: 80/hr.

Senior Cloud Engineer to support a major cloud modernization initiative unifying three cloud environments into a single, scalable, cloud-portable platform.

This is a hands-on execution role focused on Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS CDK (Python). You’ll help migrate large-scale workloads into Kubernetes, modernize infrastructure, and improve multi-region disaster recovery.

• Build and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure (EKS preferred)
• Migrate workloads from ECS/EC2 to Kubernetes
• Write Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and AWS CDK (Python)
• Design cloud-portable patterns (AWS today, GCP next)
• Support multi-region resiliency and automated failover
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers and Cloud Leadership
• Contribute to standardized tooling across multiple legacy environments

• Strong Kubernetes experience (mandatory)
• Terraform for multi-environment automation
• AWS CDK using Python
• 7+ years in Cloud / Dev Ops / SRE engineering
• Experience supporting production-scale systems

• EKS, Git Ops (Argo, Flux), CI/CD pipelines
• Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Watch)
• GCP exposure
• Cloud portability or modernization projects

Execution-focused role. No people management. No live coding interviews.