Alight Solutions

Alight Inc. (NYSE: ALIT) is a leading cloud-based human capital technology and services provider

Cloud Platform Engineer

Cloud EngineerCloud EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 2016H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Illinois

Posted

6 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglishAnsibleAWSAzureCloudDockerEC2Google Cloud PlatformJavaJava ScriptJenkinsKubernetesPythonTerraform

Job Description

• Designing, implement, and evolve cloud-native solutions for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines. • Owning production systems end-to-end, including design decisions, implementation, operational reliability, and iterative improvement. • Developing and maintain Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible. • Designing, implementing, optimizing, and own CI/CD pipeline tooling for application and infrastructure deployments using tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins. • Designing, implementing, and own high‑quality, maintainable code in a modern language like Python, and author reliable Bash or PowerShell scripts. • Using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and contribute to internal platforms that enable teams to build and deploy AI-enabled solutions using AWS Bedrock and WatsonX. • Implementing observability, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency. • Embedding security into infrastructure and delivery workflows by applying DevSecOps practices such as least-privilege access, secure defaults, and automated policy enforcement. • Collaborating effectively with application, platform, network, and security teams, clearly communicating requirements, tradeoffs, and design decisions. • Maintaining clear documentation and proactively explore and apply emerging technologies in cloud, DevOps, and AI.

Job Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in software development, cloud engineering, or DevOps roles.
  • Experience operating automated infrastructure and delivery pipelines at scale.
  • Exposure to foundational AI concepts (e.g., LLMs, agentic patterns, RAG) and interest in applying AI to automation, developer tooling, or operational workflows.
  • Contributions to open-source projects.
  • AWS certification or equivalent cloud credentials.
  • software engineering skills in Python (preferred) and Bash.
  • Experience with Web development, Java, JavaScript, and/or PowerShell desirable.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating AWS-based systems using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, and Lambda.
  • Experience using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
  • Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines in production environments.
  • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Working knowledge of AWS networking and security, including troubleshooting connectivity issues, defining security group rules, applying least-privilege IAM policies, and partnering with network and security engineers.
  • Ability to impact reliability, scalability, and performance, and make pragmatic tradeoffs in production systems.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical outcomes across teams.
  • Demonstrated self-directed learning and curiosity—proactively seeking out and applying new technologies and approaches.
  • Contributions to open-source projects.
  • AWS certification or equivalent cloud credentials.
  • Familiarity with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban).

Benefits

  • Options include a variety of health coverage options
  • wellbeing and support programs
  • retirement
  • vacation and sick leave
  • maternity, paternity & adoption leave
  • continuing education and training
  • a number of voluntary benefit options

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