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ESG

Senior Cloud Engineer

ESG

. Lead collaboration with application development teams to design and implement reliable, automated CI/CD pipelines .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native infrastructure, and automation initiatives while ensuring system reliability and cost efficiency. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code practices and observability solutions, with strong leadership and communication skills to mentor teams and drive technical initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
CI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentInfrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)Cloud Cost OptimizationObservability Implementation (Datadog)Virtualization and Container Management (VMware, Docker, Kubernetes)

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Hard Skills
Cloud EngineeringDevOpsAutomation Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go)SQL Server AdministrationInfrastructure DesignMonitoring SolutionsCapacity PlanningDisaster Recovery PlanningConfiguration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)Cloud Migration
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationMentoringStakeholder ManagementPrioritization
Tools & Technologies
AWSAzureGCPJenkinsGitLab CIGitELK StackPrometheusGrafanaVMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter)
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or EngineeringAdvanced Degree Preferred
Industry Keywords
Cloud InfrastructureEnterprise Data Center TechnologiesFinOpsDevOps GovernanceInfrastructure Security

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPuppetPythonSQLSwitchingTerraformVMwareGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead collaboration with application development teams to design and implement reliable, automated CI/CD pipelines
  • Architect, implement, and maintain cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code best practices
  • Drive automation initiatives across provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and recovery processes
  • Design, implement, and maintain observability platforms, with a strong focus on Datadog for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
  • Establish monitoring, SLOs, and alerting strategies to improve system reliability and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR)
  • Own and optimize cloud cost efficiency, identifying savings opportunities and implementing cost controls without compromising performance
  • Implement and maintain configuration management using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
  • Own and optimize VMware environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for production incidents, performing root cause analysis and driving long-term remediation
  • Partner with security teams to enforce infrastructure security, compliance, and best practices
  • Lead disaster recovery planning, testing, and continuous improvement efforts
  • Perform regular system performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost analysis
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and contribute to technical standards and documentation
  • Create and maintain detailed architecture diagrams and operational documentation
  • Design and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Manage VMware and container platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes across Windows and Linux environments
  • Use Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Go and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation to drive standardized provisioning and delivery
  • Build deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Git
  • Support production performance and troubleshooting using SQL Server, IIS, ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred
  • 7-8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
  • 5+ years designing, operating, and optimizing complex enterprise environments across Windows, Linux, and SQL-based systems
  • Strong expertise in enterprise data center technologies, including Storage platforms, Network switching and Security infrastructure
  • Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable)
  • Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Advanced knowledge of virtualization and container platforms: VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter) and Docker/Kubernetes in production environments
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, and/or Go
  • Experience implementing observability and monitoring solutions, including Datadog
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to manage priorities, influence stakeholders, and lead technical initiatives
  • Experience leading large-scale cloud migrations to AWS
  • Strong SQL Server administration experience
  • CI/CD expertise with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Git, Jira, or CircleCI
  • Cloud cost optimization and FinOps experience (rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, tagging, budgets)
  • Ability to establish DevOps and cloud governance standards
  • This position does not offer visa sponsorship, now or at any time in the future