Cloud Engineer

Sanford Rose JFSPartners is currently seeking a Cloud Engineer for a full-time position in Rochester Michigan. Our client is a scaling a cutting-edge, cloud-native platform that enables modern, data-driven manufacturing environments. Key ResponsibilitiesCloud Infrastructure & ReliabilityManage and enhance cloud environments across production, staging, and development (AWS / Kubernetes)Design and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutionsLead incident response efforts and drive root cause analysis with a focus on continuous improvementOversee backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and business continuityConduct capacity planning and optimize system performanceAutomation & Infrastructure EngineeringDevelop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)Automate provisioning, deployments, and environment lifecycle processesContinuously identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through automationManage environment configurations, secrets, and version control practicesSecurity & ComplianceImplement secure access controls following least-privilege principlesSupport vulnerability remediation, patching, and dependency managementAssist with compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)Ensure proper auditing, logging, and data retention standardsTechnical EnvironmentKubernetes (clusters, autoscaling, Helm, service mesh concepts)AWS services across compute, networking, and storageInfrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform preferred)Observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch, New Relic, etc.)CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Bamboo, etc.)Linux administration and troubleshootingSite Reliability Engineering concepts (SLIs, SLOs, MTTR, RTO/RPO)BenefitsMedical, Dental, and Vision Insurance401(k)