Cloud Engineer, Contract

Overview of 66degrees

66degrees is an end-to-end AI transformation partner that guides enterprises from complex business challenges to clear, quantifiable outcomes. Our company is the culmination of several successful firms, each a leader in its own right in cloud, artificial intelligence, and data. This convergence of talent and expertise is how we help businesses reach their own "inflection point," where chaotic data becomes a strategic asset, complexity becomes clarity, and AI becomes an engine for growth. Our ultimate vision is to be the catalyst for a future where every business operates as an intelligent enterprise, with autonomous systems unlocking human potential.

At 66degrees, we believe in thriving through challenges and winning together. These values not only guide us in achieving our goals as a company but also for our people. We are dedicated to creating a significant impact for our employees by fostering a culture that sparks innovation and supports professional and personal growth along the way.

Overview of Role

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will be the architect of the client's cloud ecosystem. You will bridge the gap between development and operations by building automated, scalable, and resilient systems. The contract duration is up to 12 months and remote 100%. The work timings are ET Zone.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Lead the design and implementation of cloud resources using Terraform. Ensure all environments (Dev, Staging, Prod) are version-controlled and reproducible.

• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design, build, and optimize automated deployment pipelines (using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins) to facilitate seamless code releases.

• Cloud Architecture: Manage and scale our cloud footprint (AWS, Azure, or GCP), optimizing for performance, high availability, and cost-efficiency.

• Observability & Monitoring: Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks before they impact users.

• Security & Compliance: Embed security into the infrastructure (DevSecOps), managing secrets, IAM policies, and network security groups to protect sensitive data.

• Collaboration: Work closely with software engineers to optimize application performance and provide a "self-service" platform that empowers them to manage their own services.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years in an Infrastructure, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role.

• Mentality: "Automation first" mindset; if you have to do it twice, you automate it.

• Troubleshooting: Ability to perform root-cause analysis (RCA) on complex distributed systems.

• Communication: Strong ability to explain complex infrastructure concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related or equivalent work experience required.

66degrees is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status or other legally protected class.