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Senior Central Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · full time · Senior

$170,000 – $225,000

Listed on Metropolis Technologies’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Metropolis is looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer to architect and operate their central cloud platform supporting multiple products, with responsibility for modernization initiatives, disaster recovery, and technical leadership. This role suits someone who excels at designing resilient systems at scale and enjoys mentoring others across complex cloud environments.

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What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline
5+ years hands-on cloud infrastructure experience (or 8+ years equivalent)
Production-level experience with AWS, Terraform, Atmos, and Python or Bash/Go
Hands-on expertise with modern observability stack (Datadog or equivalent) including SLOs/SLIs
Production experience with service mesh and L7 proxies (Envoy/Istio) and Kubernetes ingress
Advanced operational knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, Helm, and container orchestration
Secrets management and rotation practices (Infisical, Vault, AWS Secrets Manager) in PCI/SOC2 context
Experience with managed streaming (AWS MSK/Kafka) and AWS managed databases including Aurora
Strong understanding of cloud networking, security protocols, and firewalls
Expert-level Linux and Windows server management and troubleshooting
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

Experience in high-growth tech startups or fast-paced corporate engineering environments