Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure & Systems Engineer

Complete Staffing is partnering with a well-established organization in the financial services industry to identify a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technology professional who enjoys working across cloud infrastructure, systems administration, and development support while playing a key role in a growing IT organization.

Our client is looking for someone who can take ownership of their AWS environment while serving as a versatile technical resource across their broader technology stack. This individual will work closely with the Director of IT, helping manage day-to-day infrastructure operations, support custom software applications, and contribute to strategic technology initiatives, including the organization's expanding use of AI.

AWS Infrastructure (Primary Focus)

• Serve as the primary technical owner of the organization's AWS environment, including compute, storage, networking, identity, security, monitoring, and supporting services.
• Design, implement, and optimize AWS architecture to improve reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Manage AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, VPN connectivity, DNS, load balancing, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Perform security patching, configuration hardening, and vulnerability remediation across cloud infrastructure.
• Configure monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability using CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar platforms.
• Establish infrastructure performance metrics and respond to production alerts and incidents.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery solutions, including recovery testing and documentation.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous infrastructure improvements.
• Support security, compliance, audit, and risk management initiatives.

Development & Infrastructure Support

• Partner with software engineers to troubleshoot application infrastructure, deployments, networking, and production issues.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, build processes, source control integrations, and automated environment provisioning.
• Help bridge the gap between infrastructure and application development teams, particularly around the client's custom lending platform.

General IT Operations

• Provide technical support across a variety of infrastructure and operational initiatives as business priorities evolve.
• Assist the Director of IT by taking ownership of operational responsibilities and day-to-day technical initiatives.
• Participate in cross-functional technology projects, including AI-related initiatives and continuous process improvements.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience managing production cloud infrastructure with significant AWS experience.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, firewalls, routing, and network security.
• Experience administering Windows Server and/or Linux environments.
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Scripting or automation experience with PowerShell, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and recovery testing.
• Experience supporting highly available production applications and infrastructure.
• Strong documentation, communication, and change management skills.
• Comfortable working as a technical generalist and adapting to changing priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in banking, financial services, or another regulated industry.
• Experience supporting DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or similar) is a plus.