Cloud Engineer - AWS and Google Cloud Platform

Summary: The Cloud Engineer role focuses on architecting and deploying enterprise-scale multi-cloud solutions using AWS and Google Cloud Platform. The position requires expertise in automation, infrastructure orchestration, and managing complex cloud environments. The engineer will also be responsible for implementing centralized logging, disaster recovery, and cost optimization strategies. This is a remote position based in Washington, USA, for a duration of over six months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and deploy enterprise-scale, highly available multi-cloud solutions across AWS and Google Cloud Platform with multi-region/multi-account strategies.
• Expert-level proficiency with AWS CLI, Google Cloud Platform CLI, SDK, boto3, and Python for advanced automation and infrastructure orchestration.
• Design AWS Organisations and Google Cloud Platform Organisation hierarchies with consolidated billing, IAM policies, and centralised governance.
• Configure and manage AWS Systems Manager (SSM) including Session Manager, Run Command, State Manager, and Automation for centralised fleet operations.
• Implement centralised logging using CloudWatch/CloudTrail and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Logging with S3/Cloud Storage aggregation.
• Integrate AWS and Google Cloud Platform with Splunk using HEC, CloudWatch subscriptions, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, and cloud-specific add-ons for SIEM correlation.
• Design and deploy advanced load balancing solutions with AWS ALB/NLB/ELB and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Load Balancing including SSL termination and auto-scaling.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK for repeatable multi-cloud deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure AWS SSO, cross-account IAM roles, Google Cloud Platform Workload Identity, and federated access for centralized identity management.
• Design VPC architectures with AWS Transit Gateway/PrivateLink and Google Cloud Platform Shared VPC/VPC peering for hybrid connectivity.
• Manage containerised workloads using EKS, GKE, ECS, Cloud Run with service mesh, observability, and security best practices.
• Implement disaster recovery using AWS Backup, Cross-Region Replication, Google Cloud Platform snapshots, and multi-region failover strategies.
• Troubleshoot using CloudWatch Insights, Google Cloud Platform Cloud Trace, VPC Flow Logs, X-Ray, and vendor support escalation.
• Perform cost optimisation through Reserved Instances, Committed Use Discounts, rightsizing, and automated resource lifecycle management.

Key Skills:

• 8+ years of infrastructure experience in Nutanix HCI or other virtualisation and enterprise cloud (AWS/Google Cloud Platform).
• Expert-level skills in Python, PowerShell, Bash scripting, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS/GKE).
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale environments, hybrid cloud migrations, disaster recovery, and L3 critical incident management.
• Good networking knowledge (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, VPN), security hardening, and compliance frameworks (ITIL).
• Self-motivated, continuous learner committed to staying current with evolving cloud technologies and automation opportunities.
• Available for on-call rotations with strong documentation skills and customer service orientation.
• Certifications (plus): Nutanix NCP/NCAP, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Professional, Google Cloud Platform Professional Cloud Architect, Terraform.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT