Cloud Engineer

Are you a skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer with a passion for building reliable, secure, and scalable cloud environments? Do you enjoy optimizing systems, automating workflows, and ensuring mission-critical applications run seamlessly? If you thrive on tackling new challenges, collaborating across teams, and driving innovation in cloud infrastructure, this is the role for you! 

• Hybrid | Denver, CO: This role requires onsite work 1–2 days per week; candidates must live within a reasonable commuting distance or be willing to relocate.

• US Person Requirement: Due to export-control regulations, candidates must meet the federal definition of a “US person” (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee). Visa sponsorship is not available.

✨ What You’ll Do 

• Manage and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring availability, scalability, and security of all environments.
• Configure, monitor, and optimize AWS services to improve performance and cost efficiency.
• Automate routine tasks and deployments.
• Monitor system health, participate in incident response, and resolve issues to minimize downtime and service disruptions.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and IT teams to support application deployments and infrastructure needs.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of cloud environments, configurations, and procedures.

🎯 What We’re Looking For 

• 3-5 years of experience administering and supporting AWS cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, ECS, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation.
• Experience with automation tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) for automation and system administration tasks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows in collaboration with development teams.
• Ability to proactively identify opportunities for improvement and make recommendations or changes to optimize the cloud environment.
• US Person requirement *Due to export-control regulations, we can only consider “US persons” for this role. A “US person” is defined by federal law as a US citizen, lawful permanent resident (green card holder), refugee, or asylee. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship or transfer.*

💎 Nice To Have 

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business related discipline
• Strong understanding of cloud cost management, including usage tracking across departments, to ensure transparency and financial accountability.
• AWS or Advanced AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) .
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerization/orchestration platforms.
• Experience with implementing security best practices for cloud environments, including identity management, encryption, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001).
• Exposure to serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway).
• Practical knowledge of working with APIs, including integration into enterprise applications such as chat or collaboration platforms.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.

🌟 What We Offer You 

• Flexible working schedule. 
• Flexible Paid Time Off + “Real Vacation Bonus,” an additional bonus for taking more than 1-week of uninterrupted vacation.
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance + other prizes and awards. 
• We recognize employees for their achievements, offer great opportunities for career growth and development, and provide the tools they need to succeed.

💙 How is life at RTI

• We have been certified as a Great Place to Work for seven consecutive years both in Spain and the US. In addition, we were listed as one of the Best Companies for Women to Advance. 
• We live and work by our core values, which emphasize excellence, teamwork, and reaching your potential. Our motto is “Enjoy the journey,” above all we must enjoy what we do and have fun at work. At RTI, you will work in a positive, supportive, diverse environment with a team that truly cares about you.
• We are defined by our “Working as One” culture and truly care about team’s interaction. That is why we plan trips for teams to get together in person, enjoy fun team-building activities and events, and feel more connected.

🌍 What We Do / About RTI

RTI is the software framework company for physical AI systems, with a mission to run a smarter world. RTI Connext® provides the data architecture for over 2,000 designs in Aerospace and Defense, Medtech, Automotive, and Robotics – running in more than $1T of total deployed systems worldwide. Only RTI combines decades of technical expertise with industry-leading software and tools to develop smarter systems, faster. Learn more at www.rti.com.

RTI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

The compensation range for this role is 80K-125K for Denver, Colorado. The salary range displayed on this job posting reflects a minimum and maximum target. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that this range reflects the base salary target range only, and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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