Staff Cloud Engineer, Skylo

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 5+ focused on AWS
• Proven expertise with AWS core services (EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Route 53)
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation)
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and service mesh architectures
• Deep understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management
• Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python, Go, Bash)
• Strong knowledge of observability tooling (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, ELK, etc.)
• Excellent communication, mentorship, and cross-functional leadership skills
• AWS Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Desirable

• Skylo is hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer (AWS) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our AWS-based cloud infrastructure
• As a senior technical expert, you will shape our cloud architecture, drive automation, and ensure scalability, reliability, and security across our environments
• This role requires deep AWS expertise, a passion for solving complex infrastructure challenges, and the ability to influence engineering direction while remaining hands-on
• Architecture & Design
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS architectures
• Define best practices for compute (EC2, ECS, EKS), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), and networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect)
• Architect solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Partner with application teams to design cloud-native solutions optimized for AWS
• Infrastructure Engineering & Automation
• Drive Infrastructure as Code initiatives (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation)
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management
• Improve observability and operational efficiency through logging, monitoring, and alerting
• Lead performance tuning and capacity planning for critical workloads
• Security & Compliance
• Embed AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub)
• Partner with the security team to ensure compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR)
• Implement zero-trust principles and least-privilege access controls
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Act as a technical leader and mentor for cloud and DevOps engineers
• Influence long-term cloud strategy, tooling, and architecture decisions
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security, and engineering teams
• Participate in design reviews, architecture boards, and technical roadmaps