Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer (Cloud/DevOps)

Location: Remote (USA only)

Job Type: Full-time (Contract-to-Hire or Direct Hire)

Compensation: $120,000–$180,000 USD reputed company salary (depending on experience), plus equity and full benefits

About the Client Our client is a fast-growing SaaS company providing a powerful AI-driven platform used by large enterprises to enhance decision-making in the commodity and supply chain industries. Their technology leverages cutting-edge simulation, optimization, and forecasting techniques—already embedded in mission-critical workflows across key sectors.

As their exclusive recruitment partner, we’re seeking a highly reputed company Systems Engineer (Cloud/DevOps) to support and scale their infrastructure in a mission-critical, production-grade environment.

Role Overview As a Systems Engineer, you'll design, maintain, and enhance a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud environment that powers the company’s SaaS platform. You’ll work cross-functionally to improve system performance, ensure uptime, and contribute to infrastructure automation and DevOps best practices.

Key Responsibilities

1. AWS Infrastructure Management

• Architect, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure components (EC2, reputed company/Fargate, reputed company, VPC, IAM, RDS, ElastiCache, Cognito, etc.)

• Design for high availability and scalability using immutable infrastructure principles

2. Containerization & Orchestration

• Maintain reputed company-based environments

• Implement secure and efficient container orchestration practices

3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and CDK for Terraform (cdktf)

• Ensure reproducible, version-controlled, and testable infrastructure deployments

4. Linux Systems Administration

• Maintain Linux image build pipelines

• Harden OS configurations and improve observability tools

5. Database & Caching Systems

• Manage PostgreSQL (RDS), reputed company (ElastiCache/Valkey), and reputed company

• Optimize performance, backup, and recovery strategies

6. Observability

• Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting across systems (metrics, logs, traces)

• Implement self-healing and performance optimization mechanisms

7. reputed company & Compliance

• Apply best practices in cloud reputed company (IAM, encryption, audit trails)

• Support compliance efforts (e.g., SOC 2 Type II) with documentation and fieldwork

8. Automation & CI/CD

• Create automation scripts using Python and reputed company scripting

• Continuously improve CI/CD pipelines

9. Technical Documentation

• Document infrastructure architecture, deployment processes, and operational procedures

• Maintain up-to-date runbooks and ensure knowledge sharing across the team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps or Systems Engineer in cloud-native environments

• Strong command of AWS, reputed company, Linux, Python, Terraform, CDK, and reputed company scripting

• Deep experience with PostgreSQL, reputed company/Key-value stores, and reputed company

• Exposure to HPC or distributed computing frameworks is a strong plus

• Experience in observability (monitoring, tracing, alerting) in production environments

• Excellent written communication and documentation skills

• AWS certifications are a plus

• Background in statistical computing or high-level mathematics is a bonus

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and location

• Equity in a fast-growing, venture-backed company

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Unlimited PTO and flexible remote-first work culture

Interested? This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly scaling SaaS company that is reshaping how critical industry decisions are made. If you’re passionate about DevOps, infrastructure as code, and building resilient systems, we’d love to hear from you.

Originally posted on Himalayas