Top Cloud Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead and architect enterprise Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE), automate resource management and scaling (Karpenter, ScaleOps), implement IaC and CI/CD, apply FinOps to optimize cost, improve observability, mentor engineers, and drive platform resilience and operational excellence.

Design, deploy, and maintain secure AWS/Azure GovCloud environments; implement IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM), IAM/RBAC/ZTA, cloud networking (VPC, VPN), container orchestration, monitoring, cost tracking, and ATO/RMF/NIST/FedRAMP compliance. Coordinate cross-Work Order resource allocation and reporting.

Lead architecture and deliver scalable, secure Azure solutions across the enterprise. Design IaC modules (Terraform), landing zones, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions), governance (Policy as Code, RBAC), observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights), cost/performance optimization, container infrastructure, and incident response. Mentor engineers, run design/code reviews, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into production-ready cloud platforms.

Develop and operate cloud research infrastructure for scientific users, including AI-assisted configuration tools, LLM integrations, agent frameworks, retrieval pipelines, and OpenStack-based systems. Responsibilities include designing solutions, writing and testing code, deploying and maintaining infrastructure, implementing security controls, troubleshooting user issues, gathering requirements, evaluating AI tools, and contributing to academic research publications.

Design, develop, test, and extend NVIDIA’s large-scale object storage platform. Responsibilities include improving availability, reliability, durability, fault tolerance, and performance across deployments exceeding 10,000 nodes and exabytes of data. The role also automates storage infrastructure provisioning, management, and monitoring; supports AI/ML research teams; owns product delivery through support; and contributes to open-source storage projects.

Support design, implementation, and operation of cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Develop Infrastructure as Code, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, monitor and troubleshoot environments, participate in incident response and on-call rotation, and collaborate with engineering teams to improve reliability, security, and automation.

Designs, builds, operates, and automates SQL Server database infrastructure across Windows, VMware, and AWS EC2. Partners with database specialists to enhance AWS database products, implement fault-tolerant and observable systems, manage configuration and deployments, troubleshoot performance, and improve operational effectiveness using automation and AI tools. The role also supports backup and recovery, security, monitoring, auditing, licensing, and infrastructure reliability.

Design, build, test, and deploy full-stack features across a React frontend, Node.js REST API, and PostgreSQL. Manage GCP infrastructure, Terraform IaC, Docker containers, and CI/CD pipelines. Implement integration and E2E testing, translate Figma designs to responsive UI, and produce technical documentation and API contracts.

Provides enterprise technical leadership for cloud and network modernization across DoD environments. Engineers multi-cloud integrations, secure connectivity, cloud access points, routing and switching, data center technologies, F5 ADC solutions, and Zero Trust architectures. Leads migration planning, compliance with DoD security frameworks, Tier 3/4 troubleshooting, technical documentation, executive recommendations, and cross-disciplinary initiatives. The hybrid role supports DLA and requires periodic onsite work for NIPR/SIPR operations.

Operate and monitor MongoDB Atlas infrastructure, troubleshoot production incidents, automate monitoring and remediation, collaborate globally to reduce MTTR, participate in on-call rotations and second-shift weekend schedules, and support FedRAMP government environments.

Own and operate the data plane: develop Envoy/WASM filters for deep packet inspection, deploy and manage EKS workloads with Helm/GitOps and CI/CD, integrate Redis sidecars, provide observability (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry), ensure reliable audit log streaming, and author ADRs as the data plane evolves.

Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS) with IaC (Terraform), managed Kubernetes, containers, and AI platform support. Lead complex projects, define operational processes, ensure security/compliance, mentor teammates, and maintain observability for production systems.

Migrate and operate customer experience applications on Google Cloud. Perform lift-and-shift to GCP, deploy and validate releases, manage containerized microservices (GKE/Docker/Terraform), query and configure apps, use Jenkins/git for pre-staging, and troubleshoot Linux/Unix systems with scripting.

Design, implement, and transition Genesys Cloud contact center solutions. Build call flows/IVR in Genesys Architect, develop integrations using APIs/JSON/JavaScript, execute test plans, and follow change control processes while ensuring clear communication and ownership.

Lead cloud engineering strategy and architecture for enterprise AWS platforms. Design scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native solutions, establish IaC/CI-CD patterns, drive incident RCA and remediation, ensure compliance (PCI-DSS, SOC2, FFIEC), implement observability, mentor engineers, and guide large-scale cloud migration and operational readiness.

Design, operate, and automate hybrid infrastructure across Azure and on-premises hyperconverged environments. Build infrastructure-as-code solutions with Terraform and Ansible, develop reusable platforms, troubleshoot issues across cloud and infrastructure layers, and embed SRE practices. Partner with application, security, and business teams on resilient architecture, document standards and runbooks, support incident response, and reduce reliance on managed-service providers through automation and monitoring.

Lead design, development, testing, and deployment of cloud-native full‑stack applications and microservices. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, implement CI/CD and automated tests, and drive modernization using GCP or similar cloud platforms, containers, and enterprise security best practices.

Design, operate, and evolve CI/CD and delivery infrastructure for ~400 engineers. Build developer-facing tooling, champion progressive delivery (canaries, automated rollbacks), own end-to-end delivery from merge to production, improve pipeline reliability and speed, evolve the Internal Developer Portal, and embed AI-assisted workflows into the software development lifecycle.

Design, develop, maintain, and support full-stack applications, Azure cloud services, REST APIs, integrations, and data workflows. Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure automation, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational improvements. Participate in a 24x7 rotational on-call schedule, handling incidents, restoring services, documenting resolutions, and supporting continuous reliability improvements across business-critical platforms.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain cloud-native AWS applications using Node.js, React.js, and JavaScript/TypeScript. Build infrastructure as code with Terraform or AWS CDK, create CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoot Linux environments, and support secure cloud operations. Collaborate with UI/UX, cloud engineering, architecture, and DevOps teams while contributing to compliance, hardening, architectural decisions, and on-call operations.

Build and maintain network automation and orchestration software for NVIDIA GPU Cloud and SuperPod deployments. Design/configure centralized configuration management, integrate cloud provider APIs, implement data pipelines and streaming telemetry, and automate lifecycle operations from procurement to deployment. Collaborate with infrastructure experts to deliver zero-touch, production-grade network provisioning, monitoring, and management tools.

Design, deploy, and support VMware-based private cloud (SDDC/HCI/SDN) solutions. Create high/low-level designs, run POCs and health checks, perform upgrades/patching, troubleshoot RCAs, and provide SLA-aligned technical support while collaborating with architects and customers.

Build and operate managed compute primitives for Temporal Cloud, including autoscaling systems, cloud integrations, control-plane and data-plane services, and multi-tenant execution infrastructure. Own architecture, APIs, reliability, observability, rollout strategies, incident response, and long-term maintenance. Lead technical design, cross-team platform initiatives, code reviews, and mentorship while ensuring secure, performant, and fault-tolerant customer-facing services.

Design, build, and operate highly scalable distributed storage systems for Temporal Cloud. Responsibilities include developing persistence APIs, replication paths, caches, tiered storage, and observability; improving reliability and performance through SLO ownership, chaos testing, profiling, and incident reviews; and providing technical leadership through roadmap planning, RFCs, mentoring, and cross-team delivery.

Design, build, and operate highly scalable, multi-tenant cloud storage systems for workflow data. Responsibilities include developing persistence APIs, storage abstractions, replication paths, caches, tiered storage, and observability; improving reliability and performance through SLOs, chaos testing, profiling, and incident reviews; leading technical designs, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams.