Cloud Infrastructure Engineer III
Astreya· enterprise· Information Technology And Services· Oct 16, 2026 · 12d ago
Boulder, CO
In office
Full-time
Principal
$85K–$134K
8+ years exp
Job description
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the design lead for the Security Systems Infrastructure Engineering function on a large-scale enterprise security systems programme. This senior-level position owns the architecture of the cloud and virtualized infrastructure underpinning the enterprise’s physical security applications — designing high-availability topologies, identity and access models, and tiered storage strategies, and authoring the Business Requirements and Technical Design Documentation that guide the implementation team.
You will act as the primary engineering-tier escalation point, mentor implementation engineers, and partner with sustainment, network engineering and programme governance to ensure resilient, secure and auditable infrastructure delivered against defined SLAs and KPIs.
Key Responsibilities
● Design and architect GCP environments (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage with retention
policies, VPC networking) for centralized security applications, setting the standards
implementation engineers execute.
● Architect virtualized on-premise and cloud-hosted infrastructure for Linux and Windows
enterprise operating systems.
● Design and own high-availability mechanisms — failover, hot-swap, cold-swap, clustering,
geo-redundancy and load-balancing — across physical and virtual infrastructure.
● Define the infrastructure IAM model across OS (Windows / Linux) and environment (cloud /
VM / physical server) tooling, embedding least-privilege and least-service operational
security.
● Design tiered storage and database architectures optimized for retention, uptime and
auditability, including backup / restore and audit-logging strategy.
● Establish orchestration and configuration-management standards using Terraform, Ansible,
Puppet, Git, PowerShell, DellOME and NetBox; set automation patterns in Python and Bash.
● Serve as the primary engineering-tier escalation point for operations and sustainment
functions when standard playbooks are exceeded.
● Monitor hardware and software product lifecycles; lead EOL evaluations and product
upgrade testing.
● Author Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Technical Design Documentation
(TDDs) and runbooks from baseline; manage initiatives through the programme’s PM
Workflow to align with SLAs and KPIs.
● Mentor and provide technical guidance to implementation (L2) engineers, conducting design
reviews and knowledge-transfer sessions to build team capability.
Required Qualifications & Skills
● 8–12 years of progressive experience in cloud and enterprise infrastructure engineering,
including architecture and design ownership in production environments.
● Expert GCP architecture across Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC and IAM, with
demonstrated cloud-native high-availability design.
● Deep Infrastructure-as-Code mastery — Terraform and Ansible (mandatory) — plus Puppet,
Git, Bash, Python and PowerShell for orchestration and automation.
● Strong Linux and Windows enterprise OS administration and virtualization (VMware / Hyper-
V); Dell iDRAC and DellOME hardware management.
● IAM design across OS and cloud (Active Directory, Google IAM, RBAC) with least-privilege
enforcement; storage and database architecture including retention, backup/restore and
audit logging.
● Strong technical authoring (BRDs, TDDs, runbooks from baseline); network engineering
fundamentals to coordinate with the Network Engineering team.
● Certifications — Required: GCP Professional Cloud Architect. Strongly preferred: GCP
Professional Cloud Security Engineer, GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer.
Beneficial: Red Hat RHCE, HashiCorp Terraform Associate/Professional, ITIL Foundation.
Tools Required
● Cloud & Environment: GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM) for building and
sustaining centralized security-application infrastructure.
● IaC & Orchestration: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Git, PowerShell, Bash, Python for
automated deployment, configuration management and sustainment.
● Hardware & OS: Dell iDRAC, DellOME, NetBox; Linux (RHEL / Ubuntu) and Windows
Server; VMware and Hyper-V virtualization.
● Identity & Governance: Active Directory, Google IAM, RBAC for least-privilege access;
Programme PM Workflow (BRD / TDD / Project Charter) for project governance.
Salary Range
$85,120.00 - $134,400.00 USD (Salary) Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.
Astreya offers comprehensive b enefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees, including:
Medical provided through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only
Dental provided through UHC
Nationwide Vision provided by UHC
Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care
Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)
Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera
Corporate Wellness Program provided by Goomi Group
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness Days
401k Plan
Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
Short Term & Long Term Disability
Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)
Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)
Paid Holidays
Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law
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