Principal Application Software Engineer

• *Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer — Cloud and Automation**

We’re looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to build, automate, and operate reliable cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate has hands\-on experience with Terraform, Chef, Kubernetes, and Python, and can manage cloud deployments from initial provisioning through production operations. Software development experience is a plus.

• *Responsibilities**

• Design, provision, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Develop and maintain Chef cookbooks for configuration management.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot Kubernetes workloads and clusters.
• Write Python scripts and tools to automate provisioning, deployments, maintenance, and operational tasks.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes and application deployments.
• Respond to production alerts and incidents during assigned on\-call shifts, troubleshoot issues, restore service, and coordinate escalations as needed.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, and recovery capabilities.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, configuration, and deployment issues.
• Apply security best practices, including access controls, secrets management, and patching.
• Collaborate with development and security teams to improve reliability, performance, and deployment consistency.

Maintain infrastructure documentation and operational runbooks.

• *Required Qualifications**

• Strong experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud operations, or a related role.
• Proficiency with Terraform, including reusable modules, state management, and infrastructure change workflows.
• Hands\-on experience with Chef and configuration management.
• Experience deploying and operating workloads on a major cloud platform, such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Availability to participate in a 24×7 on\-call support rotation, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and Docker.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and operational tooling.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, routing, load balancing, TLS, and firewalls.
• Experience with Git, code review, and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to diagnose problems independently and communicate clearly across teams.

• *Preferred Qualifications**

• Software development experience, including building APIs, services, or internal tools.
• Experience writing automated tests and maintaining production software.
• Familiarity with Helm, GitOps, and observability tools.
• Experience supporting highly available systems and disaster recovery.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and infrastructure security.

• *What Success Looks Like**

You deliver repeatable deployments, reduce manual operational work, and improve infrastructure reliability. You treat infrastructure changes as code—reviewed, validated, documented, and maintained.