Baker Tilly

Senior Cloud Engineer

Baker Tilly • $74K — $148K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5+ years in cloud engineering or related roles
  • Hands-on experience with at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI)
  • Strong IaC skills, preferably Terraform and Ansible
  • Proficient in scripting/automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
  • Experience in improving CI/CD practices
  • Strong operational ownership with incident response and troubleshooting capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and operate scalable infrastructure across multiple cloud providers
  • Engineer foundational services like identity integration and security controls
  • Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code modules
  • Automate workflows and scripts to reduce manual tasks
  • Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and preventative actions
  • Ensure security and compliance of deployments with technical controls
  • Mentor engineers and influence cross-team standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive compensation package
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Flexible work location options
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Professional certification support
Full Job Description
Overview

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Job Description:


This position is responsible for the completion of technical work on client engagements involving accounting and consulting matters while maintaining positive client relationships.

Responsibilities

Multi-cloud platform engineering and operations (design and operate foundations) (25%)

  • Design, implement, and operate scalable infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and other providers, with hands-on depth in at least two.
  • Engineer and improve foundational services and standard patterns (identity integration, networking, logging/monitoring, compute, storage, security controls).
  • Own lifecycle management for key services (upgrades, deprecation planning, operational readiness).

IaC ownership: reusable modules, standardized patterns, environment consistency (25%)

  • Develop and maintain IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Bicep) with focus on reusable modules, standardized patterns, and consistency.
  • Establish code quality expectations (reviews, documentation, versioning, validation) to improve repeatability and reduce risk.

Automation-first engineering for efficiency and improve reliability (15%)

  • Build automation workflows and scripts (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to eliminate manual operational tasks and improve reliability.

Reliability ownership and operational standards (lead, don’t just participate) (15%)

  • Own reliability outcomes for cloud services.
  • Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis; implement preventative improvements.
  • Define and improve runbooks, monitoring standards, alerting practices, and support models.

Security, compliance, resilience, and vulnerability management as engineered guardrails (12%)

  • Ensure deployments meet security and compliance expectations through guardrails, patterns, and technical controls with Security/Risk.
  • Support audit readiness (SOC, HIPAA, CMMC examples) with evidence support and control implementation.
  • Design and validate backup, recovery, and resilience patterns; ensure objectives are tested and reliable.
  • Lead and automate patching and vulnerability management improvements.

Technical leadership: mentoring and cross-team influence (*8%)

  • Translate requirements into designs, implementation plans, and roadmaps aligned to cloud-first.
  • Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
  • Provide technical guidance across teams, influencing patterns and decisions to reduce delivery friction

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 5+ years in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.
  • Hands-on engineering depth in at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
  • Strong IaC (Terraform preferred and/or Ansible) including module development and pattern standardization.
  • Strong scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash or equivalent).
  • Experience implementing or significantly improving CI/CD practices for infrastructure delivery.
  • Strong operational ownership: incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and preventative remediation.

Certifications / licenses (2 or more preferred)

  • AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
  • Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional

Knowledge

  • Deep knowledge of multi-cloud design and operations, with hands-on depth in at least two: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI.
  • Knowledge of building and improving foundational services and standard patterns: identity integration, networking, logging and monitoring, compute, storage, security controls.
  • Knowledge of operational excellence practices: runbooks, monitoring standards, alerting practices, operational readiness, lifecycle management.
  • Knowledge of security and compliance implementation patterns and audit readiness (SOC, HIPAA, CMMC examples).

Skills

  • Engineer, automate, and operate cloud services end-to-end; drive ambiguous work to clarity.
  • IaC engineering with emphasis on reusable modules, pattern standardization, and environment consistency (Terraform preferred and or Ansible).
  • Build automation workflows and enforce code quality expectations (reviews, documentation, versioning, validation).
  • Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.
  • Optimize for performance and cost-efficiency, including enforcing tagging standards and cost allocation practices.

Abilities

  • Ability to own reliability outcomes and reduce operational toil through automation.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs, implementation plans, and roadmaps.
  • Ability to mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, and influence cross-team patterns.

Languages and tools

  • Scripting and automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash (or equivalent).
  • IaC: Terraform (preferred), Ansible, Bicep.
  • Containers and orchestration (preferred): container platforms and orchestration experience.
  • Governance and guardrails (preferred): Azure Policy, AWS Organizations controls, GCP org policies.

Preferred

  • Containers and orchestration.
  • Cloud governance and guardrails (Azure Policy, AWS Organizations controls, org policies).
  • Centralized logging and security monitoring integrations (SIEM examples).
  • Regulated environments and audit readiness (SOC, HIPAA, CMMC).
  • Multi-region patterns, shared services networking, private connectivity.

The pay rate range for this job position is $74,200 to $148,230. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant’s skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.

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