Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (DevOps)

Wisestep - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Senior

Charlotte, NC

About the position

The Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (DevOps) role focuses on developing and maintaining cloud-based solutions using Terraform and AWS. This position requires strong coding skills and a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, with an emphasis on automation and CI/CD processes. The engineer will collaborate with cloud security partners and internal customers to design and prototype cloud services and applications, ensuring alignment with architectural standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reusable, inner-sourced Terraform modules for enterprise consumption, collaborating closely with cloud security partners and internal customers.
• Design, develop, and prototype cloud deployed services, APIs, and serverless applications using infrastructure as code (Terraform) to enable business capabilities in alignment with architecture direction and standards.
• Lead the development and deployment of new features and tooling to solve complex problems at scale.
• Participate in an agile delivery process, helping size stories and owning, researching, and recommending new solutions.
• Aid in implementation of monitoring using various tools, collection of metrics to enhance visibility, and implement alerting to enhance service reliability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in a related field.
• Strong developer/coding skills with a full understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Expert knowledge of AWS application and cloud architecture; AWS certification preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in Terraform and experience designing and building custom, reusable Terraform modules.
• Strong CI/CD process experience with tools such as Gitlab.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related relevant experience.
• Experience implementing serverless and event-driven solutions.
• Excellent technical documentation capabilities (e.g., data models, process diagrams, high-level designs).
• Strategic thinking abilities and an enterprise-wide perspective.
• Strong grasp of automation and scripting (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Familiarity with administration of Linux operating systems is a plus.