Senior Infrastructure / Cloud Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure / Cloud Engineer to join a managed engineering capacity team supporting the client's platform.

The engineer will operate within an AWS-based Kubernetes production environment and contribute to infrastructure modernization, CI/CD and tooling migrations, environment hardening, identity governance integration, observability enhancements, and cloud platform readiness initiatives.

This role will support a 12-month managed capacity engagement focused on clearing technical debt and modernization backlog while working closely with the client's infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, support, and enhance Kubernetes-based infrastructure for production web services and workers
• Drive CI/CD modernization, including GitHub Actions pipeline design, migration, optimization, and troubleshooting
• Assist with repository, tooling, and work management migrations, including GitHub and Jira-related integrations
• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code, preferably using Terraform
• Enhance deployment automation and reinforce GitOps or declarative deployment practices
• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure, including platform services such as RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, Redis, and related components
• Advance environment hardening, access control, and secure infrastructure configuration
• Enable identity and access governance initiatives, including integration with enterprise IGA platforms
• Strengthen monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability practices using tools such as Datadog
• Engage in agile ceremonies, technical design discussions, implementation planning, and infrastructure reviews
• Document infrastructure changes, operational runbooks, and handoff materials
• Partner with the client's teams to ensure changes meet security, compliance, and engineering quality standards

Requirements

• 5+ years of infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering background
• Expertise in Kubernetes in production environments and solid AWS cloud practice
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
• Extensive background in CI/CD, including GitHub Actions pipeline design and migration
• Background in deployment automation, GitOps, or declarative infrastructure practices
• Understanding of cloud security, access control, RBAC, and least-privilege principles
• Background in supporting production-grade infrastructure, monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident analysis
• Familiarity with observability tooling, preferably Datadog
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills (B2+ level)
• Minimum of 4 hours of daily overlap with US Eastern working hours

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Azure
• Background in identity governance and administration platforms
• Knowledge of AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, S3, and CloudFront or comparable cloud services
• Expertise in supporting repository migrations, CI/CD platform migrations, or work management tool integrations
• Background in enterprise security and compliance environments
• Understanding of ISO 27001-aligned controls, GDPR-related requirements, and audit logging practices
• Competency in collaborating with distributed agile engineering teams

Benefits

• Engineering Heritage: Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years.
• Advanced Tech Stack: Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies.
• World-Class Clients: Work closely with 340+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact.
• Professional Growth: Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices.
• GenAI Community: Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys.
• Entrepreneurial Culture: If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life.
• Hybrid Setup: The flexibility to work from any location in Latvia, whether it's your home or our office in Riga.
• Other Benefits: Additional vacation and trust days, private health insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and more.

• Engineering Heritage: Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years
• Advanced Tech Stack: Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies
• World-Class Clients: Work closely with 340+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact
• Professional Growth: Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices
• GenAI Community: Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys
• Entrepreneurial Culture: If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life
• Hybrid Setup: The flexibility to work from any location in Lithuania, whether it's your home or our dynamic offices in Vilnius and Kaunas
• Other Benefits: Additional vacation and trust days, private health insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and more