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Sr Cloud Engineer

Versant Media Inc, New York, NY, United States


Job Description

The Senior Cloud Engineer is a hands-on technical role responsible for designing, building, automating, and operating VERSANT’s cloud infrastructure and platforms. This engineer will work closely with application teams, platform engineers, and security teams to build scalable, secure, and highly automated cloud environments that support a wide range of media workloads.

The role focuses primarily on AWS at enterprise scale, including multi-account environments, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Identity Center, networking, and shared cloud services. The engineer will help implement cloud standards, automate infrastructure using infrastructure as code, and enable application teams through CI/CD pipelines and reusable cloud infrastructure patterns.

VERSANT operates a mix of legacy applications and modern cloud-native workloads, and this role will help migrate, modernize, and support these systems while ensuring consistent architecture and operational practices across environments.

This role also requires strong knowledge of hybrid connectivity between on-premises (internal data centers and third parties), and cloud environments, as well as cross-account resource sharing and networking. Experience working with Azure and GCP is a strong plus as the organization evolves toward broader multi-cloud capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Engineering

Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily within AWS.

Build and manage environments across

multi-account AWS organizations

using AWS Organizations and Control Tower.

Implement secure and scalable

cloud networking architectures

, including VPC design, routing, transit networking, and private connectivity.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Build and maintain infrastructure using

infrastructure as code

tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.

Develop reusable infrastructure modules and automation frameworks to standardize deployments.

Automate environment provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.

CI/CD & Platform Enablement

Design and maintain

CI/CD pipelines

that automate infrastructure and application deployments.

Integrate cloud infrastructure provisioning into build pipelines and delivery workflows.

Partner with development teams to enable reliable and repeatable deployment processes.

Identity, Security & Governance

Implement and maintain cloud identity and access controls using

AWS IAM and AWS Identity Center (SSO).

Support implementation of security controls, logging, and compliance guardrails across cloud environments.

Ensure environments follow company standards for security, monitoring, and governance.

Hybrid Connectivity & Networking

Support connectivity between

on-premises data centers and AWS environments

using VPN, Direct Connect, and hybrid networking patterns.

Implement secure

cross-account networking and shared services architectures.

Operations & Reliability

Monitor cloud infrastructure and services to ensure reliability, performance, and availability.

Participate in incident response and operational troubleshooting.

Continuously improve platform reliability through automation, observability, and operational best practices.

Qualifications:
Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

5–8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or related roles.

Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms and services.

Experience working with large AWS organizations, including AWS Organizations and multi-account architectures.

Deep understanding of AWS networking, including VPCs, routing, transit architectures, and hybrid connectivity.

Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

Strong knowledge of IAM, identity federation, and AWS Identity Center.

Experience with container platforms, serverless technologies, or cloud-native architectures is a plus.

Additional experience with Azure or GCP is a strong plus.

Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

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VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means. __

Compensation:
$175,000-$175,000 per year