Cloud Platform Engineer
About The Position
When you join the E3 team, you will be working on some of the most important energy issues with some of the top minds in the electricity industry. We help shape energy and climate policy, play vital roles in regulatory proceedings, advise executives, and inform investment and planning selections. At E3, you will be challenged and inspired. E3 supports regulators, utilities, investors, and policymakers with rigorous energy and climate modeling that informs real-world decisions. Our analyses shape regulatory proceedings, grid planning, and long-term decarbonization strategies. The Cloud Platform Engineer enables that work. You will design and operate the cloud infrastructure that powers large-scale modeling and analytics across the firm. Your work will ensure the reliability, security, and transparency of systems used to create high-impact, client-facing analyses and reports. These reports directly impact actions that are actively decarbonizing the energy system. This is a hands-on platform ownership role. As a member of a small technology team, you will be the resident expert for cloud systems and need to wear other hats as required: software developer, data scientist, IT support, etc. You will own the architecture and governance of E3’s AWS, GitHub, and related environments. You will implement the standards, automation, and guardrails that allow our teams to move quickly without losing discipline. You will work closely with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and corporate IT while directly implementing infrastructure improvements. This is not a ticket-based operations role; it requires a high level of autonomy with authority over cloud architecture and provisioning. E3 has adopted a hybrid and flexible work environment that adapts to changing needs of projects and safety requirements. Because E3 thrives in a strong collaborative office-based working environment, we encourage our E3 employees to work from the office at least 2-3 days per week, usually including Tuesdays and Thursdays. Must be able to work for extended hours in front of a computer screen and conduct meetings on the telephone and virtually.
Requirements
- Prior experience in cloud, platform, or DevOps engineering in a professional capacity
- Demonstrated ownership of cloud architecture in a production environment
- You communicate clearly and work effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Hands on experience in core AWS services (e.g., IAM, EC2, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, quotas)
- Deep experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, or equivalent)
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitHub Actions
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Working knowledge of cloud security principles and identity management
Nice To Haves
- You enjoy learning and are open to rethinking how you approach solutions
- You are comfortable operating with high autonomy
- You establish standards and implement them
- You prefer automation and structural fixes over manual work
- You apply governance proportionally – enabling innovation while protecting production systems
- You work collaboratively and help each member of your team to do their finest work, aware that each brings different experiences, techniques, and qualifications to the table
- You are motivated by enabling high-impact work in the transition to a low-carbon energy system
- You take ownership of your work, proactively seeking out answers to questions and enjoy finding creative solutions to issues you encounter
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve E3’s cloud infrastructure
- Ensure all infrastructure is provisioned through infrastructure-as-code and automated workflows
- Define and enforce tagging, security, and governance standards
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or AWS services
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and container orchestration issues
- Implement and maintain integrations between internal systems, third-party applications, and external partners
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, ECS), and Helm
- Integrate and manage monitoring and logging solutions such as DataDog and CloudWatch
- Work with security and legal teams to support data and access governance requirements
- Optimize cloud cost and performance; enable project-level cost attribution
- Contribute to platform documentation, runbooks, and best practices to support adoption and operational readiness
- Other software and data duties as needed
Benefits
- Base and bonus commensurate with experience and performance
- Health benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance plans (US) or health benefit stipend (Canada)
- Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts (US)
- 401k (Retirement) with corporate match (US) or pension contribution (Canada)
- Flexible Paid Time Off plus standard company holidays
- Short-term and long-term disability (US)
- Fitness and wellness stipend and corporate discounts
- Professional Development annual stipend
- Relocation assistance
- Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
- Mentorship program
- Employee referral program
- Commuter benefits (US)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
