Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$55.00 to $58.00 per hour |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Englewood, Colorado |
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Job Description
Hybrid 4 onsite / 1 work from home in Greenwood Village, CO
Our client seeks a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own the lifecycle of Kubernetes-based infrastructure on AWS. You will design and manage EKS clusters, build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoot networking and deployment issues, implement security best practices, and optimize cost and performance. You will document architectures and procedures and drive incident resolution. This role supports a video service integration environment with high release volume and significant automation investment.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $55.00 to $58.00/hr. w2
JN -092026-108471
Responsibilities:- Design, provision, and manage AWS EKS clusters including node groups, autoscaling, and upgrades.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD for application and infrastructure deployments.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across VPCs, subnets, route tables, load balancers, DNS, security groups, IAM, and connectivity.
- Investigate and resolve build and deployment failures from source through running workloads.
- Manage and optimize S3 configurations including lifecycle policies, access controls, replication, and cost.
- Perform resource optimization, right-size instances, analyze cost allocation, and eliminate waste.
- Implement and maintain security best practices including least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, pod security, and secrets management.
- Monitor cluster health, configure alerting, and drive incident response.
- Document infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures.
- 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience across EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ELB, Route 53, and CloudWatch.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes and AWS EKS including provisioning, workload management, Helm, and pod or node troubleshooting.
- Proven ability to debug complex networking and routing issues in cloud environments.
- Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD including pipelines, runners, artifacts, and environments.
- Ability to work under deadlines with effective communication across teams.
- 2 to 5 years of relevant DevOps or cloud engineering experience.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:
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