Senior Cloud Engineer

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our growing engineering team, with a focus on designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure in the cloud. This role demands deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, and infrastructure automation, with a strong understanding of cloud-native patterns and DevOps best practices. You’ll play a critical role in shaping our platform capabilities, enabling development teams to deliver software efficiently while maintaining operational excellence and compliance

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS) across multiple environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Helm).
• Implement infrastructure as code and automation practices to improve deployment speed, stability, and repeatability.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, availability, and reliability.
• Drive observability strategy including logging, metrics, tracing (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Collaborate with development, security, and compliance teams to support secure application delivery.
• Mentor junior engineers and help set standards around cloud infrastructure and SRE practices.

Requirements

Must-Have Skills:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, with deep AWS expertise.
• 3+ years managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters (preferably EKS).
• Strong skills in Terraform, Helm, Atlantis and cloud-native tooling.
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) and Linux system administration.
• Solid understanding of networking, IAM, VPC, and AWS security best practices.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and modern CI/CD systems.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across cloud and container ecosystems.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience with service mesh (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
• Knowledge of cost optimization techniques and cloud cost visibility tools.
• Familiarity with serverless (e.g., Lambda) and event-driven architectures.
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001).
• Exposure to AWS Control Tower as well as Multi Account / Multi Tenant Architecture

About Kinesso

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency within IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth through optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. With a blend of performance marketing and data technology, KINESSO empowers clients to unlock the full potential of their consumer insights. As a unified entity composed of Matterkind, Reprise, and Kinesso, we are a global leader with over 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at www.KINESSO.com.

Why Join Us?

At KINESSO, we value trust, freedom, and ownership. We offer flexible working hours, allowing employees to manage their time effectively. We believe in the power of productivity, ability, and attitude, and offer a unique opportunity to shape the future of a rapidly growing organization.