Staff Cloud Engineer
Location
Virginia
Posted
56 days ago
Salary
$120K - $140K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Cloud Engineer
Babel Street
• Design, build, and scale cloud infrastructure • Support mission critical systems alongside a diverse team of Platform, Network, Cloud, and Software Engineers • Collaborate with other Cloud Engineers to maintain infrastructure, drive cloud architecture decisions, and lead initiatives that improve reliability and scalability of applications
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 4+ years of hands-on experience managing and maintaining cloud infrastructure in GCP and AWS
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to provision and manage cloud resources in a repeatable, scalable manner
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., Cloud Monitoring, CloudWatch, Prometheus) to ensure system health, performance, and reliability
- Experience planning and executing cloud-to-cloud workload migrations, including assessment, re-architecture, and cutover strategies across major cloud platforms
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
Benefits
- Health Benefits: Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances – for you and your family!
- Retirement Plans: Babel Street offers both a Traditional and Roth 401(K) with a very competitive match.
- Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
- Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.
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