Designs, deploys, and manages secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or hybrid environments. Responsibilities include cloud networking, API gateways, IAM, Kubernetes and EKS administration, infrastructure automation, monitoring, disaster recovery, security, compliance, incident troubleshooting, and performance optimization. The role collaborates with application, platform, security, and DevOps teams while maintaining infrastructure standards and documentation.
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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Experience
6-10 Years
Job TitleCloud Infrastructure Engineer
Job SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure solutions. The ideal candidate will have expertise in cloud networking, API gateways, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Kubernetes platforms, and infrastructure automation.
This role is responsible for building and maintaining enterprise cloud environments, enabling secure application deployment, optimizing platform performance, and ensuring high availability across cloud-native ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or multi-cloud environments.
- Implement and manage cloud networking components, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, load balancers, DNS, and security groups.
- Configure and maintain API gateways to support secure and scalable service communication.
- Design and implement Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, roles, and security controls.
- Build, administer, and optimize Kubernetes environments, including Amazon EKS or equivalent managed Kubernetes platforms.
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and security.
- Implement disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability strategies.
- Collaborate with application, platform, security, and DevOps teams to support cloud-native applications.
- Automate infrastructure deployment, patching, and operational processes.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure incidents and perform root cause analysis.
- Ensure compliance with organizational security, governance, and operational standards.
- Maintain architecture documentation, operational procedures, and infrastructure standards.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6-10 years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Systems Engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience designing and managing cloud networking architectures.
- Expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts and implementations.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters, preferably Amazon EKS.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools.
- Experience with cloud security best practices and compliance requirements.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 37,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 132,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Minimum Compensation: USD 37,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 132,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon New York, New York, USA Office
New York, United States
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