Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Location: Houston, TX; hybrid work may be available after training, with eligible associates working from home up to two days per week.

Company

hirify.global builds software and infrastructure for automotive dealerships.

What you will do

• Design cloud infrastructure and operating approaches aligned with system architecture, reliability, performance, and cost goals.
• Own technical decisions from architecture and tradeoff analysis through implementation, validation, and operation.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code, automation, CI/CD workflows, and observability for Linux and Windows workloads.
• Investigate latency, failures, and scaling issues, explain root causes, and improve system behavior.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation after becoming familiar with the environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Coursework in operating systems, networking, distributed systems, and system design.
• A cloud-based system or project built and operated by the candidate, with the ability to explain its design tradeoffs, failure modes, what broke, and why.
• Working knowledge of Python plus Bash or PowerShell, infrastructure as code, and Linux and Windows administration.
• Networking fundamentals including DNS, TLS, CIDR, and routing.
• Depth with one cloud provider and the ability to map its core services and concepts to another platform.
• Training includes hands-on instruction, daily tasks, mentoring, and internal courses covering network and server technologies, operations, engineering, and development responsibilities.

Nice to have

• GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• AWS certifications or Azure exposure.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience.
• Substantial open-source or independent projects.
• Research beyond coursework.
• Ability to read and build C++ from source.

Culture & Benefits

• Team-oriented, hands-on training environment with a mentor.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a health savings account.
• 401(k) with up to 6% matching.
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.
• Professional development, training, promotion from within, referral bonuses, and associate discounts.
• Onsite dining facility with complimentary breakfast and lunch, onsite medical center, sports and social leagues, and volunteering initiatives.