Senior Cloud Operations Engineer
Nimble | Career PageJob Openings Senior Cloud Operations Engineer About the job Senior Cloud Operations Engineer Senior Cloud Operations Engineer Location: Remote (Global) Team: Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps Summary You'll design, build, and operate the CI/CD and cloud infrastructure backbone that powers this client's software products across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You'll work directly with engineering teams to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud, harden security, and automate everything that shouldn't be touched by hand. This is a hands-on engineering role — expect to write as much code as you do architecture. Requirements (Must-Haves) Excellent English communication skills — you'll interact directly with client-side engineering leads, present architecture decisions, and own cross-team coordination without hand-holding 7+ years of hands-on experience deploying and operating software on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) — real production environments, not sandbox tinkering 7+ years building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines — Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent; you should be able to debug a broken pipeline at 2am Strong Azure expertise — this is the primary cloud; Azure networking, IAM, monitoring, and PaaS services are day-to-day territory Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code — CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible; you've used it to build environments from scratch, not just tweak existing templates Expert-level scripting and programming — Python, Bash, and at least one compiled language (C#/.NET, Java); you write clean, reviewable code Solid grasp of security, access control, and compliance — you can configure least-privilege IAM, set up monitoring/alerting, and explain the security posture of an environment clearly Experience migrating on-prem applications to the cloud — you've done it at least once end-to-end, not just helped Hands-on with containerization — Docker and/or Kubernetes in production Requirements (Nice-to-Haves) Experience with multi-cloud environments — able to navigate differences between AWS, Azure, and GCP without starting from scratch each time Familiarity with compliance frameworks — SOX, HIPAA, or similar; you've worked in regulated environments and know what "audit-ready infrastructure" means Integration experience with on-prem enterprise tech — Microsoft, IBM, or HP stacks alongside cloud-hosted services Working knowledge of multiple OS environments — Windows and Linux are standard; macOS or mobile build environments are a plus Experience with APM and cloud monitoring tooling — Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor — you set it up, you tune the alerts, you own the dashboards Bonus Points Hands-on Jenkins plugin ecosystem knowledge — build job configuration, front-end build pipelines, plugin management Experience with mobile build and test automation — iOS/Android CI pipelines are rare and valuable Cloud certifications — AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator (AZ-104), or GCP Professional Cloud Architect Open source contributions or published tooling in DevOps/infrastructure space Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux) — increasingly relevant for teams moving toward Kubernetes-native delivery Apply for Position Share Facebook Line LinkedIn X (Formerly Twitter) Whatsapp EmailRemoteSenior
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Senior Cloud Operations Engineer Location: Remote (Global) Team: Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps Summary You'll design, build, and operate the CI/CD and cloud infrastructure backbone that powers this client's software products across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You'll work directly with engineering teams to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud, harden security, and automate everything that shouldn't be touched by hand. This is a hands-on engineering role — expect to write as much code as you do architecture. Requirements (Must-Haves) Excellent English communication skills — you'll interact directly with client-side engineering leads, present architecture decisions, and own cross-team coordination without hand-holding 7+ years of hands-on experience deploying and operating software on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) — real production environments, not sandbox tinkering 7+ years building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines — Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent; you should be able to debug a broken pipeline at 2am Strong Azure expertise — this is the primary cloud; Azure networking, IAM, monitoring, and PaaS services are day-to-day territory Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code — CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible; you've used it to build environments from scratch, not just tweak existing templates Expert-level scripting and programming — Python, Bash, and at least one compiled language (C#/.NET, Java); you write clean, reviewable code Solid grasp of security, access control, and compliance — you can configure least-privilege IAM, set up monitoring/alerting, and explain the security posture of an environment clearly Experience migrating on-prem applications to the cloud — you've done it at least once end-to-end, not just helped Hands-on with containerization — Docker and/or Kubernetes in production Requirements (Nice-to-Haves) Experience with multi-cloud environments — able to navigate differences between AWS, Azure, and GCP without starting from scratch each time Familiarity with compliance frameworks — SOX, HIPAA, or similar; you've worked in regulated environments and know what "audit-ready infrastructure" means Integration experience with on-prem enterprise tech — Microsoft, IBM, or HP stacks alongside cloud-hosted services Working knowledge of multiple OS environments — Windows and Linux are standard; macOS or mobile build environments are a plus Experience with APM and cloud monitoring tooling — Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor — you set it up, you tune the alerts, you own the dashboards Bonus Points Hands-on Jenkins plugin ecosystem knowledge — build job configuration, front-end build pipelines, plugin management Experience with mobile build and test automation — iOS/Android CI pipelines are rare and valuable Cloud certifications — AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator (AZ-104), or GCP Professional Cloud Architect Open source contributions or published tooling in DevOps/infrastructure space Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux) — increasingly relevant for teams moving toward Kubernetes-native delivery
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer
Senior Cloud Operations EngineerLocation: Remote (Global)
Location:Team: Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps
Team:Summary
SummaryYou'll design, build, and operate the CI/CD and cloud infrastructure backbone that powers this client's software products across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You'll work directly with engineering teams to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud, harden security, and automate everything that shouldn't be touched by hand. This is a hands-on engineering role — expect to write as much code as you do architecture.
Requirements (Must-Haves)
Requirements (Must-Haves)- Excellent English communication skills — you'll interact directly with client-side engineering leads, present architecture decisions, and own cross-team coordination without hand-holding
- 7+ years of hands-on experience deploying and operating software on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) — real production environments, not sandbox tinkering
- 7+ years building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines — Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent; you should be able to debug a broken pipeline at 2am
- Strong Azure expertise — this is the primary cloud; Azure networking, IAM, monitoring, and PaaS services are day-to-day territory
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code — CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible; you've used it to build environments from scratch, not just tweak existing templates
- Expert-level scripting and programming — Python, Bash, and at least one compiled language (C#/.NET, Java); you write clean, reviewable code
- Solid grasp of security, access control, and compliance — you can configure least-privilege IAM, set up monitoring/alerting, and explain the security posture of an environment clearly
- Experience migrating on-prem applications to the cloud — you've done it at least once end-to-end, not just helped
- Hands-on with containerization — Docker and/or Kubernetes in production
Requirements (Nice-to-Haves)
Requirements (Nice-to-Haves)- Experience with multi-cloud environments — able to navigate differences between AWS, Azure, and GCP without starting from scratch each time
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks — SOX, HIPAA, or similar; you've worked in regulated environments and know what "audit-ready infrastructure" means
- Integration experience with on-prem enterprise tech — Microsoft, IBM, or HP stacks alongside cloud-hosted services
- Working knowledge of multiple OS environments — Windows and Linux are standard; macOS or mobile build environments are a plus
- Experience with APM and cloud monitoring tooling — Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor — you set it up, you tune the alerts, you own the dashboards
Bonus Points
Bonus Points- Hands-on Jenkins plugin ecosystem knowledge — build job configuration, front-end build pipelines, plugin management
- Experience with mobile build and test automation — iOS/Android CI pipelines are rare and valuable
- Cloud certifications — AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator (AZ-104), or GCP Professional Cloud Architect
- Open source contributions or published tooling in DevOps/infrastructure space
- Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux) — increasingly relevant for teams moving toward Kubernetes-native delivery