Senior Cloud Engineer

Slalom
Chicago, IL

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team and lead the management of our multi-cloud environment, which includes AWS, GCP, Azure, and Snowflake. This is a high-impact role that involves close collaboration with Architects and Cloud Engineers across the IT department. You will be responsible for overseeing the evolution of Slalom’s multi-cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations are secure, efficient, and cost-effective. Additionally, you will mentor the Infrastructure Operations team to support Tier I/II escalations. This role is responsible for upholding infrastructure standards, contributing to design principles, and driving technical initiatives that shape the future of Slalom’s global cloud infrastructure. What You'll Do Cloud Platform Management and Excellence

  • Manage and optimize cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake.
  • Maintain Compliance baseline across all clouds.
  • Drive cost optimization by identifying and removing unused resources, managing reserved instances, and establishing monitoring for critical cloud services.
Security and Governance
  • Provision AWS accounts; apply guardrails via SCPs, IAM, and Identity Center.
  • Design and enforce IAM/RBAC across all platforms using least-privilege principles
  • Implement IAM roles and policies for Cloud Access and Configure SSO
  • Collaborate with the Infosec team to integrate monitoring and security tools (e.g., LogicMonitor, Cyera, Rapid7).
Strategic Impact
  • Partner with enterprise and infrastructure architects to translate designs into scalable cloud implementations.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions that shape Slalom’s infrastructure roadmap.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation.
  • Mentor Infrastructure Operations engineers and support escalation resolution.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration to align infrastructure with business objectives.
What We’d Like From You Core Expertise
  • AWS: Strong experience with core services (EC2, S3, API Gateway, Route 53, IAM, AWS Backup, and basic networking/security resources like ENI, subnets, load balancers, VPC, security groups).
  • Cost Management: Proficiency in tagging strategies, budgets, CUR analysis, and savings optimizations.
  • Automation: Skilled in AWS CLI, PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Go.
  • Multi-Cloud Fluency: Hands-on experience in AWS is required; experience in Azure ,GCP or Snowflake is a plus.
  • Engineering Practices: Proficient in version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration platforms (e.g., Bitbucket, GitHub, Azure DevOps). Experience with pull request workflows, branching, and code reviews is advantageous.
Specialized Knowledge
  • Troubleshooting: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across cloud stacks.
  • Documentation & Communication: Strong technical writing skills and a collaborative mindset.
  • Monitoring Integration: Experience with telemetry platforms is preferred.
What Sets You Apart
  • Customer-focused approach to infrastructure support.
  • Proactive problem-solving mindset with a focus on operational excellence.
  • Experience with rotating on-call responsibilities and incident management.
  • Passion for staying current with cloud technologies and best practices.
Why You’ll Love this role Technical Growth: Work with leading cloud providers including AWS, Azure, GCP, and Snowflake. Mentorship Opportunities: Guide and develop Tier I and Tier II engineers. Business Impact: Directly contribute to operational efficiency. Learning Opportunity: Continuous exposure to cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices through Slalom’s partnerships with major cloud providers. Collaborative Culture: Partner with diverse teams including Architecture, Technology, Consulting, Infosec, HR, and Fintech. Compensation And Benefits Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance. Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the targeted base salary pay range is $120,000-$150,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time. EEO and Accommodations Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

Posted 2025-08-28

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