Job#: 3034295

Job Description:

Location: Richmond, Virginia (Partial Remote)

This role is focused on building out a newer cloud engineering team that is driving greenfield architecture and governance across multiple cloud platforms. As a Cloud Engineer III, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and governing infrastructure across GCP, AWS, and Azure. This is a senior-level, hands-on position ideal for someone who thrives in both architecture and execution and is excited to build foundational cloud capabilities. You will operate independently, leading initiatives end-to-end while helping define best practices and mentoring junior engineers.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of cloud infrastructure projects independently.
• Design and implement scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud platforms.
• Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and templates (“golden paths”) for standardized environments.
• Design and implement cloud governance frameworks, including policies and guardrails to establish secure and compliant cloud environments.
• Act as a technical leader within the team, driving best practices and standards.
• Mentor and support Level I and II Cloud Engineers.
• Balance project-based work, such as building governance and automation, with operational support, including account provisioning and access requests.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and act as a senior escalation point for critical incidents.

Experience: 4 to 6 years of cloud or infrastructure engineering experience is required.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in Terraform, with the ability to build and deploy infrastructure independently.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP); 1–2 years of recent experience is acceptable with a broader cloud background.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking fundamentals, including VPCs, subnets, routing, and public/private networking.
• Experience designing resilient, highly available infrastructure.
• Ability to work independently and lead projects with minimal oversight.
• Experience mentoring or guiding junior engineers.

• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Exposure to Microsoft Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Experience with infrastructure automation beyond Terraform.
• Knowledge of creating and implementing cloud governance policies and guardrails.
• Experience building enterprise-scale infrastructure frameworks.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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