Junior Cloud Engineer

Who we are

Small accounting firms in New York use our engagement letter and e-signature tool, and most heard about us from a colleague. Profitable, no outside investors, and no plans to take any. We grow when customers pay us. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

About the role

Pinegrid needs another Junior Cloud Engineer to design, build and support our AWS and Azure environments. Cloud infrastructure role focused on automation, security controls and cost. Expect more Terraform than console clicking. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Day to day

• Build and maintain AWS accounts or Azure subscriptions using a landing zone approach (Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones)
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog
• Support application teams with load balancers, Route 53 or Azure DNS, and certificates
• Write and review Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs
• Keep architecture diagrams and runbooks current
• Apply security controls and fix findings from AWS Security Hub, Defender for Cloud or Wiz

Requirements

• 1+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience
• Familiarity with CIS benchmarks, NIST or similar security frameworks
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash
• Networking fundamentals: CIDR, routing, firewalls, DNS, VPN

What we offer

Salary range: $113,000 - $131,000/year

• Health insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 11 paid holidays
• $1,000 home office setup budget
• Vision insurance
• Referral program

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pinegrid.