Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
VerTALENTS
•$85,000 - $100,000•Remote
About The Position
We are seeking a hands-on Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with strong expertise in Kubernetes and modern CI/CD practices. In this role, you will design, implement, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available cloud-native platforms that support multiple engineering teams. You will help manage the full lifecycle of containerized applications—from image build and deployment through observability, performance validation, and reliability improvements—while contributing to a resilient, well-governed platform environment.
Requirements
- 2–5+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles
- Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
- Strong containerization knowledge and security best practices
- Solid Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
- Proficiency in Python or a similar scripting language
- Understanding of networking, Kubernetes security, and deployment strategies
- Experience with load testing and performance analysis
- Ability to work effectively across technical teams in a collaborative environment
- Candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage production Kubernetes clusters, including workload scheduling, resource quotas, network policies, ingress/egress controls, and RBAC
- Develop and maintain deployment patterns using Helm, Kustomize, and Kubernetes operators
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure as Code and GitOps principles
- Provision and manage infrastructure using tools such as Terraform or similar automation platforms
- Build secure container images and manage image versioning and promotion across environments
- Implement observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or similar technologies
- Conduct load testing, resilience validation, performance tuning, and capacity planning
- Perform Linux administration, troubleshooting, and system hardening
- Support stateful workloads including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and Kafka
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives
- Document architecture, operational procedures, backup and recovery processes, and infrastructure lifecycle plans
Benefits
- Bonus eligibility available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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