Cloud Platform and Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +14 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize AWS infrastructure encompassing compute, storage, networking, and databases.

• Provide support for Salesforce-based solutions and associated systems, including workflows, integrations, and data access.

• Assist with APIs, data ingestion, and ETL processes that connect Salesforce with AWS-hosted applications and other systems.

• Analyze data-flow issues and ensure data accuracy and consistency.

• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines that include testing, security checks, and deployment validation.

• Develop and sustain infrastructure-as-code configurations utilizing Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

• Support containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, or other relevant AWS services.

• Monitor systems, logs, and diagnostics to enhance performance, availability, and resource utilization.

• Investigate and resolve issues related to infrastructure, applications, APIs, integrations, and databases.

• Automate repetitive operational tasks.

• Implement secure networking, access controls, encryption, and secrets management practices.

• Contribute to automated infrastructure and deployment testing, while maintaining technical documentation.

• Engage in Agile teams, sprint activities, technical reviews, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Work together with developers, platform specialists, security, data, and client teams.

• Conduct client-facing virtual collaborations and occasional customer interactions.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Must currently reside in the United States.

• Must have lived in the U.S. for at least 3 of the past 5 years.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain the required U.S. government Public Trust suitability determination.

• Must successfully complete the necessary background investigation, including a credit check, prior to starting work.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is required.

• 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, data engineering, or a closely related area.

• Practical experience with the Salesforce platform, including its data model, permissions, application workflows, and integration capabilities.

• Hands-on experience in deploying and supporting applications or infrastructure on AWS.

• Experience in building, supporting, or troubleshooting APIs and data exchanges.

• Experience in creating or maintaining automated build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.

• Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.

• Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS.

• Experience using Python, Bash, Java, or comparable languages for automation purposes.

• Knowledge of SQL, relational databases, data modeling, and ETL processes.

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and diagnostic tools.

• Understanding of cloud security practices, including identity and access management, encryption, secure networking, and secrets management.

• Experience with Git, technical reviews, testing, and collaborative delivery in an Agile environment.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across development, platform, security, data, and client teams.

• Availability for meetings and collaboration during Eastern Time work hours.

• Preferred experience includes Salesforce/AWS integration, specific AWS services, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redis, Helm, New Relic, Tableau, Power BI, FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, federal government/DHS work, or a favorable Public Trust determination.

• Technical certifications are a plus, although they are not required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first flexibility within the U.S.

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO).

• A collaborative and supportive team culture that emphasizes growth and continuous learning.

• Opportunities to expand into broader cloud, platform, data, and DevSecOps responsibilities.

• Engaging work that supports mission-driven programs with a real-world impact.