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 Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Reliability

• Manage and enhance cloud environments across production, staging, and development (AWS / Kubernetes)
• Design and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions
• Lead incident response efforts and drive root cause analysis with a focus on continuous improvement
• Oversee backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity
• Conduct capacity planning and optimize system performance

Automation & Infrastructure Engineering

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
• Automate provisioning, deployments, and environment lifecycle processes
• Continuously identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation
• Manage environment configurations, secrets, and version control practices

Security & Compliance

• Implement secure access controls following least-privilege principles
• Support vulnerability remediation, patching, and dependency management
• Assist with compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)
• Ensure proper auditing, logging, and data retention standards

Technical Environment

• Kubernetes (clusters, autoscaling, Helm, service mesh concepts)
• AWS services across compute, networking, and storage
• Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform preferred)
• Observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch, New Relic, etc.)
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Bamboo, etc.)
• Linux administration and troubleshooting
• Site Reliability Engineering concepts (SLIs, SLOs, MTTR, RTO/RPO)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)