Senior Cloud Engineer

Capgemini • Dallas, TX

2d • $70,176 - $170,040 • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure / Cloud Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure across AWS using enterprise toolset. This role focuses on OS configuration management, golden image engineering, and Infrastructure as Code, working closely with security, platform, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable, compliant cloud environments at enterprise scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5–8+ years of hands on experience in Linux systems engineering and OS hardening.
• Proven experience in infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms: AWS and Azure.
• Hands on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD automation.
• Solid working knowledge of Linux OS internals, security baselines, and compliance.
• Proficiency with Chef and Terraform

Nice To Haves

• AWS certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Chef cookbooks, recipes, and policies to enforce Linux OS baseline configurations and compliance.
• Automate onboarding of Linux systems into Chef, including bootstrapping, configuration, and compliance validation.
• Own the monthly golden image lifecycle (patching, hardening, validation, versioning, and deprecation).
• Build and manage AWS AMIs and Azure Managed Images / Shared Image Gallery (SIG) across accounts and regions.
• Ensure images include required monitoring, security, EDR, and vulnerability scanning agents.
• Design and maintain reusable Terraform modules for AWS infrastructure with secure defaults and standards.
• Integrate image engineering and IaC workflows into CI/CD pipelines, with testing, validation, and quality controls.

Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level