Cloud Platform Engineer
Core
Build reusable cloud infrastructure, automation, and engineering foundations for product teams to enable secure, reliable, and observable environments.
Role type
Cloud Platform Engineer (IC to Lead)
Builds
Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, and platform capabilities on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Domain
US Federal Government / Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep), CI/CD pipeline design, Container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes), Cloud networking, Identity and access management, Observability and reliability engineering, Scripting and automation, Incident troubleshooting.
Preferred skills
Helm, Argo CD, GitOps, Service mesh, Policy as code, Secrets management, SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs), FinOps, Disaster recovery, Federal cloud security (FedRAMP/Zero Trust).
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Python/PowerShell/Bash.
Responsibilities
Design and automate cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities; Create and maintain infrastructure as code; Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation; Deploy and operate containerized workloads; Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and resilience practices; Apply DevSecOps controls and security configurations; Automate operational work and support incident troubleshooting; Partner with product engineers, architects, and security teams.
Seniority
Mid-Senior level, potential for lead/mentorship roles.