Cloud Engineer

Sperry Rail•Shelton, CT

56d

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to work on our AWS infrastructure, network architecture, and security posture alongside our UK-based cloud team. This is the first US seat on a team that has been UK-based until now, so you will be joining a live environment rather than starting from a blank page. This is a shared environment and a shared responsibility. You will be our senior cloud voice in the US, contributing to design and build, to uptime and reliability, and to day-to-day support, in partnership with permanent engineers and consultants in the UK. Being the expert in your timezone matters here: you will be close to the US business and often the first person available when something needs attention, and you will work the problem with your UK colleagues rather than around them. We are actively migrating workloads out of a legacy datacenter and onto AWS, so there is substantial build work alongside the run.

Requirements

Deep expertise in AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, ECS, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Config, Security Hub)
Strong networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, firewalls, network segmentation
Strong security knowledge: IAM, encryption at rest and in transit, secrets management, compliance frameworks, vulnerability management
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform)
Experience with CI/CD tooling (CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) for automation
Experience with containerization (Docker, ECS/Fargate)
Proven ability to work independently, and equally to build and maintain systems jointly with engineers in another location
Strong communication skills for cross-timezone collaboration, including written handover that stands on its own
Familiarity with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly
Good communication skills – able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
A collaborative, team-first mindset aligned with our values of being Humble, Hungry, and Smart

Nice To Haves

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, Security Specialty, Advanced Networking)
Experience with Kubernetes/EKS
Experience with datacenter-to-cloud migration programs
Knowledge of compliance frameworks relevant to transport and rail (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001)
Experience managing cloud costs and implementing FinOps practices
Experience with observability tooling (CloudWatch, X-Ray, Datadog, Grafana)
Experience in rail testing, NDT, or sensor-based inspection industries (ultrasound, eddy current, electromagnetic, etc.)

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure for production, staging, and development environments
Contribute to network architecture including VPCs, subnets, security groups, VPNs, Direct Connect, and DNS
Implement and maintain security best practices: IAM policies, encryption, secrets management, compliance, and access controls
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform)
Support the migration of remaining datacenter workloads to AWS
Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and reliability
Implement disaster recovery, backup strategies, and incident response procedures
Manage containerized workloads (Docker, ECS/Fargate, ECR)
Act as the US-based point of contact for infrastructure questions and incidents, working them jointly with the UK team
Improve the documentation, stability, and supportability of existing infrastructure
Document architecture decisions, runbooks, and operational procedures
Work as one team with UK-based engineers and consultants across time zones, sharing standards, reviews, and on-call rather than running a parallel setup
Write clean, tested, well-documented code following engineering best practices
Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical design discussions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including inspection engineers, data scientists, and product managers
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence