Staff Cloud Engineer - AWS
About The Position
Skylo is hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer (AWS) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our AWS-based cloud infrastructure. As a senior technical expert, you will shape our cloud architecture, drive automation, and ensure scalability, reliability, and security across our environments. This role requires deep AWS expertise, a passion for solving complex infrastructure challenges, and the ability to influence engineering direction while remaining hands-on. How You Will Contribute Architecture & Design Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS architectures. Define best practices for compute (EC2, ECS, EKS), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), and networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect). Architect solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Partner with application teams to design cloud-native solutions optimized for AWS. Infrastructure Engineering & Automation Drive Infrastructure as Code initiatives (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation). Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management. Improve observability and operational efficiency through logging, monitoring, and alerting. Lead performance tuning and capacity planning for critical workloads. Security & Compliance Embed AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub). Partner with the security team to ensure compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR). Implement zero-trust principles and least-privilege access controls. Leadership & Collaboration Act as a technical leader and mentor for cloud and DevOps engineers. Influence long-term cloud strategy, tooling, and architecture decisions. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security, and engineering teams. Participate in design reviews, architecture boards, and technical roadmaps.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 5+ focused on AWS.
- Proven expertise with AWS core services (EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Route 53).
- Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
- Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and service mesh architectures.
- Deep understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management.
- Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python, Go, Bash).
- Strong knowledge of observability tooling (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
- Excellent communication, mentorship, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- AWS Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with multi-account strategy and AWS Organizations.
- Background in FinOps / cloud cost optimization.
- Prior experience in regulated industries (fintech, telecom, healthcare).
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS architectures.
- Define best practices for compute (EC2, ECS, EKS), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), and networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect).
- Architect solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
- Partner with application teams to design cloud-native solutions optimized for AWS.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code initiatives (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
- Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
- Improve observability and operational efficiency through logging, monitoring, and alerting.
- Lead performance tuning and capacity planning for critical workloads.
- Embed AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub).
- Partner with the security team to ensure compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR).
- Implement zero-trust principles and least-privilege access controls.
- Act as a technical leader and mentor for cloud and DevOps engineers.
- Influence long-term cloud strategy, tooling, and architecture decisions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security, and engineering teams.
- Participate in design reviews, architecture boards, and technical roadmaps.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan
- Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
- A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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