Senior Cloud Engineer

McLean, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Hello There

My name is Himanshu Sharma and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Senior Cloud Engineer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at

Job Description

Position : Senior Cloud Engineer

Location : McLean Virginia Onsite

Duration : Long term contract

Interview : Both Web Cam and Inperson Interview

Must Have Qualifications:

Must have 6 years of relevant experience with working knowledge of

AWS Cloud Computing Cloud Infrastructure and Kubernetes. Nice to have would be Istio and

Service Mesh

Key Responsibilities:

Design implement and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS/GCP/Azure ensuring high

availability and scalability.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions or AWS

CodePipeline.

Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform and AWS

CloudFormation.

Integrate AWS Lambda functions into platform workflows for event-driven automation.

Manage AWS resources such as S3 RDS and secrets using AWS Secrets Manager or

Hashicorp Vault.

Implement robust secrets management strategies across platforms and environments.

Monitor troubleshoot and optimize system performance security and reliability.

Collaborate with development security and operations teams to ensure seamless platform

integration and support.

Stay updated on industry trends emerging technologies and AWS best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

6 years of hands-on experience in DevOps cloud engineering SRE or platform

engineering roles.

Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture deployment scaling and monitoring.

Strong experience in AWS services including Lambda S3 RDS IAM and VPC.

Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and CloudFormation.

Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and pipeline implementation.

Advanced knowledge of secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager HashiCorp Vault

etc.).

Strong scripting skills (Python Bash Go etc.).

Solid understanding of networking security and observability in Kubernetes.

Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools like Flux or ArgoCD.

Excellent problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect DevOps Engineer etc.) and Certified Kubernetes

Administrator (CKA) or similar certification are a plus.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with container security and compliance.

Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio Linkerd etc.).

Knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK etc.).

Keys to success in this role:

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.

Education:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent work

experience(required)

Hello There My name is Himanshu Sharma and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Senior Cloud Engineer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at Job Description Po...