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Staff Cloud EngineerThe Intersect Group • Scottsdale, AZ, US
Staff Cloud Engineer

Staff Cloud Engineer

The Intersect Group • Scottsdale, AZ, US
17 days ago
Salary
$90.00 hourly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Temporary
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Job description
Staff Cloud Engineer (Contract-to-Hire)
Location: Scottsdale, AZ (preferred) | San Francisco, CA | Chicago, IL
Work Model: Hybrid (3 days onsite)
  • Contract Length: 12 months (strong conversion potential)
  • Compensation: $90–$95/hour
  • Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship available)
About the Role
Join a leading organization at the center of the U.S. financial ecosystem, powering secure, real-time payments used by hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses every day.

As a Staff Cloud Engineer, you’ll help modernize and scale cloud infrastructure supporting critical payment platforms. You’ll work at the intersection of cloud architecture, platform engineering, and security/compliance, driving solutions that operate at national scale and high reliability.

This is a 12-month contract with strong potential to convert full-time.
What You’ll Do Lead Cloud Architecture
  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available AWS-based systems
  • Define architecture patterns and standards used across multiple engineering teams
  • Solve complex, open-ended technical challenges at scale
Drive Cloud Modernization
  • Support migration of large-scale systems from on-prem environments to AWS
  • Build resilient systems with strong fault tolerance, observability, and performance
Strengthen Security & Compliance
  • Partner with audit teams to address findings and implement improvements
  • Design systems aligned with security, risk, and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2)
  • Ensure systems meet strict requirements for reliability, auditability, and data protection
Build Internal Platforms & Tooling
  • Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform and similar tools
  • Create reusable infrastructure components, APIs, and deployment pipelines
  • Improve the developer experience by simplifying and standardizing cloud infrastructure
Collaborate & Influence
  • Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and security teams
  • Drive alignment on technical decisions across multiple teams
  • Act as a key contributor to long-term cloud strategy
Operate at Scale
  • Troubleshoot complex distributed system issues in production
  • Improve monitoring, alerting, and system reliability
  • Continuously elevate engineering practices and standards
What You Bring Core Experience
  • 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, distributed systems, or platform engineering
  • Strong expertise in AWS (compute, networking, storage, security, observability)
  • Experience designing highly scalable, resilient systems
Technical Skills
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
  • Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent) and containerized environments
  • CI/CD pipeline design and automation
  • Strong understanding of networking, DNS, HTTP, TLS, and load balancing
Architecture & Leadership
  • Experience owning and driving technical architecture across teams
  • Ability to influence decisions without direct authority
  • Proven track record building systems used by multiple engineering teams
Development Background
  • Strong foundation in backend development (Java/Spring or similar)
  • Ability to debug and support application-layer issues when needed
Preferred Experience
  • Work in regulated or high-security environments
  • Exposure to audit processes or SOC 2 controls
  • Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, messaging frameworks)
  • FinTech or payments systems experience
  • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or similar)
What Success Looks Like
  • Deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions supporting critical financial systems
  • Improve system reliability, performance, and compliance posture
  • Enable engineering teams through better infrastructure, tooling, and standards
  • Influence cloud strategy and make a measurable impact across the organization
Why Join
  • Work on high-impact systems that power real-time financial transactions nationwide
  • Help shape the future of a modern cloud platform at scale
  • Operate at a staff engineering level, influencing architecture and direction
  • Collaborate with talented teams focused on innovation, security, and reliability
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