Lee Enterprises is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer with a strong DevOps orientation to help architect, build, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure. In this role, you'll collaborate with software engineers, TechOps, and security teams to deliver highly reliable, secure, and automated cloud-based solutions. You'll be instrumental in driving our infrastructure-as-code practices, CI/CD pipelines, and observability frameworks.

Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services Ensure high availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency of cloud resources Manage VPCs, IAM, networking, security groups, load balancers, and cloud-native services Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform/AWS Cloud Formation Automate cloud provisioning, deployments, and configuration management Set up and manage patching, logging, alerting, and monitoring tools Implement proactive monitoring for performance, availability, and security incidents Collaborate closely with developers to create a developer-friendly cloud platform Support incident response, root cause analysis, and performance tuning Participate in on-call rotations for incident response/service restoration activities Qualifications

Required:

5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering and DevOps roles Strong experience with at least one public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, or AKS) Understanding of network concepts, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, and VPNs Windows/Linux Operating Systems

Preferred:

Familiarity with serverless architectures and event-driven computing Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools Cloud certifications (AWS preferred)