Senior Cloud Engineer /Cloud Architect
San Diego, California, United States of America
Contract
23 hours ago
Key skills
PythonBashPowerShellAIMLAWSAzureTerraformKubernetesDockerJenkinsGitHub ActionsEKSAKSArgoCDOpenShiftAzure DevOpsAzure MonitorPrometheusGrafanaSplunkGitHubGitOpsCI/CDCommunication
About this role
Role: Senior Cloud Engineer / Cloud Architect
Experience: 10+ Years
Location: San Diego, CA
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Expert with strong expertise in designing, implementing, and managing secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud platforms. The ideal candidate should have extensive hands-on experience in cloud architecture, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD, with experience supporting enterprise engineering workloads, AI/ML platforms, embedded software development, or semiconductor product engineering environments.
Required Skills
- Strong expertise in cloud platforms.
- Experience designing multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/OpenShift) and Docker containerization.
- Expertise in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud automation.
- Strong experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins for CI/CD.
- Hands-on experience with scripting using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, ELK, or Splunk.
- Knowledge of Linux administration and enterprise storage solutions.
- Experience with cloud migration, modernization, and enterprise-scale deployments.
- Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and automation skills.
Preferred Domain Experience
- Semiconductor or Embedded Systems
- Automotive Software
- 5G/Wireless Technologies
- AI/ML Infrastructure
- Enterprise Engineering Platforms
- Silicon Validation or Engineering Compute Infrastructure
Preferred Certifications
Azure
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
AWS (Preferred Secondary)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
- AWS Certified Security Specialty
Kubernetes
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
Terraform
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Nice to Have
- OpenShift Administration
- ArgoCD / GitOps
- Experience with Qualcomm-scale engineering environments, large CI/CD platforms, or engineering compute infrastructure.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 10+ years of IT experience with at least 7+ years in Cloud Architecture and Engineering.
- Proven experience designing and operating enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes, DevSecOps, Terraform, and cloud automation.
- Experience supporting engineering organizations with large-scale CI/CD, AI/ML, semiconductor, or embedded software development workloads.
- Excellent stakeholder communication, architecture, and problem-solving skills.