Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – Terraform / IaC

Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Terraform / IaC

Location: Austin, TX - Hybrid

Experience: 8+ Years

ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT

A Fortune 500 financial services and investment brokerage firm is operationalizing its multi-cloud infrastructure to enable scalable and secure migration of enterprise applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The Cloud Services organization empowers development teams with a self-service catalog of secure, regulatory-compliant cloud products. You will work alongside Cloud Architects, Cloud Security Engineers, SREs, and application teams to design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure serving millions of retail and institutional investors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP in a large-scale enterprise financial environment
• Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) efforts using Terraform including building net-new modules, maintaining existing modules, and resolving issues with existing configurations
• Architect and manage cloud networking constructs: VPCs, subnets, routing, peering, NAT, DNS, load balancing, VPNs, Direct Connect, hybrid connectivity
• Coordinate and execute cloud migrations of enterprise applications to multi-cloud infrastructure
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, or Concourse
• Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Golang
• Ensure high availability of mission-critical 24x7 financial systems through operational processes, SRE practices, and incident management
• Troubleshoot cloud and hybrid cloud-to-data center deployments using log aggregators such as Splunk, CloudWatch, or Cloud Monitoring
• Enforce cloud compliance, security, and scalability standards aligned with financial regulatory requirements (SEC, FINRA)
• Follow ITIL Operations Processes: Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, and Service Request Management
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical oversight to vendor staff
• Collaborate with Cloud Security engineers to ensure secure architecture design across all environments

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering or equivalent enterprise IT roles
• 5+ years hands-on experience with public cloud platforms AWS, Azure, or GCP (multi-cloud preferred)
• 5+ years experience with Terraform including building new modules from scratch, managing state, and identifying and resolving module-level issues
• Strong expertise in cloud networking: CIDR, NAT, DNS, load balancing, VPC peering, hybrid connectivity, VPNs, Direct Connect / Interconnect
• Proficiency in at least one scripting/automation language: Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Golang
• Solid experience with DevOps tooling: Git, GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Concourse
• Experience supporting mission-critical 24x7 enterprise systems in a regulated financial services environment
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, compliance frameworks, and access management best practices
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration
• Experience with log aggregation and observability tools: Splunk, CloudWatch, or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Ansible, Salt, or CloudFormation in addition to Terraform
• Familiarity with GCP services: BigQuery, Cloud Run, Cloud Composer, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub
• Experience with AWS serverless: Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB
• Knowledge of ITIL best practices
• Prior experience in financial services, banking, or brokerage environments (SEC/FINRA regulated)
• Cloud certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent