Top Cloud Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and maintain developer APIs and tooling for Kafka; refactor Java/Spring code; implement CI/CD pipelines; ensure platform reliability and incident response; support high-volume Kafka platform operations; deploy secure cloud-native services on OpenShift using Kubernetes and observability tools like Datadog.

Lead platform engineering for Capital One’s cloud operations resilience infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting full-stack technical solutions; improving engineering practices; ensuring availability, resilience, and scalability; partnering with product owners; mentoring engineers; and adopting emerging technologies. The role uses AWS, Docker, ECS, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, scripting languages, and networking and security technologies.

Designs, provisions, and operates secure, scalable cloud environments supporting AI, ML, LLM, and data engineering solutions. Builds Infrastructure as Code, DevOps pipelines, containerized and serverless deployments, observability platforms, and compliance guardrails. Reviews infrastructure designs, creates operational documentation, and leads cloud infrastructure decisions on client engagements. Collaborates with architects, engineers, client IT, and security teams across development and production environments.

Configure, maintain, support, upgrade, and patch software components and cloud services across on-prem and Azure/AWS environments. Perform research and proof-of-concepts, support CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub), resolve level 2/3 support tickets, analyze root causes, and share knowledge with the team.

Design, build, and operate secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and shared platform services. Develop landing zones, networking, identity, governance, PaaS, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks using Terraform, GitHub Actions, or CDKTF. Create reusable deployment patterns and automation, apply security and compliance controls, and implement monitoring and operational readiness. Partner with engineering, data, security, and risk teams to deliver foundational cloud capabilities and enable enterprise-wide Azure adoption.

Implement and support AWS cloud infrastructure, platform services, and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform. Build CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, administer AWS services including EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and VPC, and automate provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance. Troubleshoot incidents, optimize performance, monitor platform health, collaborate on secure scalable solutions, and maintain technical documentation. The role is fully remote, requires U.S. citizenship, and may involve periodic travel and after-hours mission-critical support.

Build and optimize Salesforce Marketing Cloud solutions for email, SMS, and MMS patient engagement journeys. Develop dynamic content, data extensions, automations, landing pages, and microsites; maintain REST and SOAP integrations; support reporting, production troubleshooting, deployments, and platform performance improvements. Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams in an Agile environment across Salesforce clouds and external platforms.

Lead and mentor an engineering team to build resilient, cloud-native infrastructure and observability solutions. Drive projects across container orchestration, IaC, and cloud services, collaborate with product managers, and deliver robust, scalable systems using languages and tools like Java, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, and AWS.

Senior individual contributor who defines multi-cloud infrastructure standards and reference architectures, authors reusable Terraform IaC, drives Kubernetes production patterns, leads CI/CD and observability practices, advises on security and cost optimization, mentors senior engineers, and shapes pre-sales technical solutioning across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Lead a team of developers to build cloud solutions, mentor engineers, stay updated on tech trends, and deliver robust systems using various programming languages and frameworks.

Lead a team of developers in creating full stack cloud-based solutions, focusing on resilience and regulatory needs, while mentoring peers.

Designs, secures, operates, and supports multi-account cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Responsibilities include AWS networking, Terraform infrastructure as code, GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, identity and access management, cloud governance, observability, incident response, disaster recovery, cost optimization, and compliance controls. The role also develops automation, maintains technical documentation, and provides after-hours support when needed.

Architect and operate North’s AWS and multi-cloud infrastructure, establishing IaC, CI/CD, security, observability, and disaster-recovery standards. Build AIOps capabilities including anomaly detection, predictive scaling, self-healing remediation, AI-assisted tooling, and cloud cost optimization. Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, Product Engineering, and InfoSec teams to deliver resilient, compliant, highly scalable platforms.

Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure software (primarily in Go) to manage VMs across global data centers. Collaborate on product requirements, participate in code reviews, optimize performance and reliability, contribute to architecture decisions, and stay current with industry trends.

Lead and mentor a team building cloud-native, resilient infrastructure and SRE capabilities. Drive observability, container orchestration, IaC, automation, and cloud solutions with stakeholders to improve availability and regulatory compliance.

Design, build, and lead cloud infrastructure and platform solutions; drive architecture, IaC (Terraform/Ansible), Kubernetes and AWS implementations; own system health, CI/CD, observability, and production incident resolution; collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure distributed systems.

Design, secure, and scale cloud infrastructure for federal initiatives. Lead cloud modernization and migration, develop architecture standards, embed cloud security and compliance (NIST/FedRAMP/FISMA/CIS), support IaC, CI/CD, IAM, encryption, and automation, assess risks/resiliency, and collaborate with engineering, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity teams.

Implement, automate, and maintain multi-cloud infrastructure and services. Build CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code, develop automation scripts and tooling, monitor performance and cost, troubleshoot issues, and document architecture and operational decisions while partnering with product and engineering teams to improve scalability, reliability, and security.

Operate and improve Azure-hosted SaaS infrastructure across multiple environments. Responsibilities include Terraform-based provisioning, GitHub Actions CI/CD, monitoring and observability, AI service operations, incident response, security and identity management, database, storage and messaging operations, cost optimization, disaster recovery, and operational documentation. The role partners with engineering teams to ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient production systems.

Design, provision, and deploy AWS infrastructure; execute cloud migrations; implement Zero Trust and IAM/Active Directory controls; perform security assessments and hardening; monitor performance with observability tools; support IaC and containerized application deployments using Docker; conduct root cause analysis and documentation; collaborate with stakeholders and support government customer environments requiring security clearance.

Design, build, and maintain full-stack cloud service labs that mirror customer architectures and gold standards. Integrate applications, networks, and cloud platforms; automate lab lifecycle, pipelines, and APIs; develop and run functional, regression, upgrade, stability, performance, and interoperability tests with automated test scripts; track and validate test results and produce validation reports.

The Cloud Engineer (AWS) will design, implement, and support cloud solutions, ensure compliance with security controls, and facilitate solution transitions for a federal agency.

This summer intern will work with DevOps and Cloud teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, automate cloud product delivery, enhance pipeline scripts and tools, test robustness, support deployment capabilities across product teams, and create observability dashboards for pipelines and applications. The internship is a twelve-week, onsite position in Niles, Illinois.

Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS and Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code. Develop automation, deployment pipelines, and production release processes. Contribute code to cloud services, manage networking and IAM, ensure availability and security, and respond to incidents while collaborating on observability and security practices.

Design, implement, and support cloud-based technical solutions across the organization. Collaborate with IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements, build automated cloud solutions, monitor production, document processes, and ensure alignment with architecture, security, and governance standards. Stay current with cloud offerings and assist in technical decision-making.