Staff Engineer - Cloud Engineering

Early Warning® • Scottsdale, AZ

6d • $145,000 - $223,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Staff Engineer- Cloud Engineering plays a critical role in Early Warning’s design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure and cost-effective infrastructure. The role works closely with cross-functional teams and our engineering partners to deliver high-performance cloud native solutions as we complete our multi-year cloud journey migrating mission critical application and their data from on-premise to AWS.

Requirements

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• At least 8 years in Cloud Engineering or DevOps roles, with 3+ years of hands-on experience in AWS.
• Deep expertise in AWS core services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM) and strong knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS) and Linux environments.
• Hands-on Docker experience.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems to the market.
• Ability to influence and work in a collaborative team environment.
• Knowledge of mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc.), plus software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN) and DevOps practices.
• Proven track record implementing security & compliance controls aligned with frameworks like PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FFIEC.
• Experience maintaining Infrastructure as Code with tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience in building and automating observability at scale for complex transactional systems.
• High level of customer responsiveness, excellent documentation and communication skills, attention to detail, clear understanding of how to prioritize work and deal with ambiguity.
• Current AWS (and/or other cloud-based) certification(s).
• Background and drug screen required.

Nice To Haves

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting systems (AppDynamics) and container security solutions (e.g., Twistlock, Aqua Security).
• Experience with other languages (C#, Ruby, Python).
• Knowledge of ACH/EFT and real-time payment networks (RTP, FedNow).
• Experience in FinTech, banking, or other highly regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Leads the design, implementation and optimization of cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS, and more and with a keen focus on cost management and optimization.
• Troubleshoots complex infrastructure problems, often spanning multiple layers of the stack and requiring collaboration across teams.
• Leads root cause analyses for incidents and participates in the team’s 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Partners with Security and Compliance teams to ensure cloud environments meet regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FFIEC) and leads internal and external audit reviews collecting evidence and responding to audit requests in a timely manner.
• Architects and implements disaster recovery plans ensuring that our systems are highly available, fault-tolerant, and able to recover from failure.
• Implements and enforces cloud security best practices including IAM policies, VPC design, encryption and key management (KMS).
• Drives the adoption and implementation of Infrastructure as code (IAC) using Terraform and leveraging CI/CD best practices.
• Oversees the cloud vulnerability management and configuration program ensuring patching meets our Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Maintains comprehensive technical documentation of cloud infrastructure, policies, and procedures.
• Designs cloud infrastructure for robustness, security, and observability, including logging and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk).
• Provides leadership and technical expertise in support of building a technical plan and backlog of stories, then follows through on execution of the design and build process through to production delivery.
• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Benefits

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

What This Job Offers

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