Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

The Mutual Group

$100K — $150K *
Iowa, LA 70647In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in infrastructure/operations/DevOps/SRE roles, with 5+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering.
  • Hands-on experience running production workloads in AWS and/or Azure.
  • Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills (Terraform or equivalent) and CI/CD automation experience.
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM/RBAC, security, and cost management.
  • Experience managing a cloud service provider, including SLA interpretation and escalation processes.
  • Strong troubleshooting and incident-response experience in cloud.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver cloud foundations, including secure architecture patterns across AWS and Azure.
  • Implement automation through Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Monitor system health and performance, respond to incidents, and drive root-cause analysis.
  • Support modernization and migrations to enhance cloud resilience.
  • Serve as primary technical interface with Cloud Infrastructure Managed Services provider.
  • Oversee supplier compliance with service obligations and review vendor-delivered corrective actions.
  • Lead response for cloud-related incidents, ensuring SLAs are met.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary plus incentive plans.
  • 401(K) retirement plan with company match of up to 6%.
  • Free basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Wellness incentives to promote personal health.
  • Generous time off program, including paid personal, holiday, and volunteer time.
  • Flexible work schedules with hybrid/remote options.
  • Educational assistance for ongoing development.
Full Job Description
Department:
Information Technology

Job Description:

Join a growing Infrastructure team to help design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure cloud environments that power our organization's operations. As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will also lead governance and oversight of our Cloud Infrastructure Managed Services (CIMS) provider -ensuring that contracted services are delivered reliably, securely, and cost-effectively in alignment with the organization's cloud strategy. This role blends deep cloud engineering with operational excellence, incident leadership, and vendor performance management.

Work Arrangement:
  • Employees who live within 30 miles of the TMG home office are expected to follow a hybrid or in-office schedule. The initial training period may require additional in-office days.


Accountabilities:

Cloud Engineering & Platform Operations
  • Design & deliver cloud foundations including account/subscription setup, networking, access controls, guardrails, and secure, scalable architecture patterns across AWS and Azure.
  • Implement automation through Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipelines to provision, update, and maintain environments.
  • Run reliable services by monitoring system health, performance, logs, and security events, responding to incidents, and driving root-cause analysis.
  • Support modernization & migrations, including containerization, serverless adoption, and transition to resilient multi-AZ/region patterns.

Vendor Governance & Managed Services Oversight
  • Serve as the primary technical day-to-day interface with the Cloud Infrastructure Managed Services (CIMS) provider supporting our AWS and Azure environments.
  • Oversee adherence to SOW/MSA obligations, including scope, SLAs, security tasks, DR drills, ticket concurrency limits, escalation matrix steps, cost reporting, and monthly governance deliverables.
  • Review and validate supplier-delivered RCAs, ensuring corrective actions are completed and prevention steps are implemented.
  • Review and approve vendor-initiated changes to ensure alignment with internal standards.
  • Participate in bi-weekly governance meetings, contributing to KPI reviews, risk tracking, cost insights, and optimization recommendations.

Incident & Problem Management
  • Lead technical response for cloud-related Severity 1 & 2 incidents, coordinating with the supplier and internal teams to restore service quickly.
  • Ensure incidents meet response and resolution SLAs and escalate via the SOW's escalation matrix when needed.
  • Drive problem management by identifying recurring patterns and implementing remediation with the supplier.

Security, Identity & Compliance
  • Apply and enforce cloud security baselines, including MFA, PAM, RBAC, encryption, logging, monitoring, and identity governance.
  • Validate periodic vulnerability assessments and cloud security scoring delivered by the supplier; ensure remediation progress.
  • Partner with Security and Compliance to ensure cloud environments adhere to data-protection requirements.

Cost Optimization & FinOps Collaboration
  • Review monthly cloud consumption and cost reports delivered by the supplier; validate accuracy of consumption-based CIMS billing tiers.
  • Identify and action cost optimization opportunities including rightsizing, scheduling, storage optimization, and cleanup activities.
  • Enforce tagging and cost-allocation standards for consistent reporting and chargeback readiness.

Documentation, Standards & Knowledge Sharing
  • Maintain up-to-date runbooks, diagrams, and SOPs; ensure supplier documentation meets internal expectations.
  • Share best practices and mentor teammates in modern cloud practices, automation, and operational excellence.


Qualifications:
  • 8+ years in infrastructure/operations/DevOps/SRE roles, with 5+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering.
  • Hands-on experience running production workloads in AWS and/or Azure.
  • Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills (Terraform or equivalent) and experience with CI/CD automation.
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM/RBAC, security, and cost management.
  • Experience working with or overseeing a cloud managed services provider, including ticket management, SLA interpretation, and escalation processes.
  • Strong troubleshooting and incident-response experience, especially in cloud environments.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Experience with containers, orchestration, and GitOps workflows.
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA) and policy-as-code concepts.
  • Cloud certifications (AWS or Azure) strongly preferred but not required.


Pay Range:

Anticipated Hiring Range:
  • $100,000 - $150,000 annual base salary depending on experience, qualifications, and geographic location


Benefits:

We are proud to offer our full-time regular employees a robust benefits suite that includes:
  • Competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members
  • 401(K) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary
  • Free basic life and AD&D, long-term disability and short-term disability insurance
  • Medical, dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs
  • Wellness incentives
  • Generous time off program that includes personal, holiday and volunteer paid time off
  • Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions
  • Educational assistance


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