Creative Chaos
Infrastructure Cloud Engineer
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
Pakistan only
Employer listed it 10 months ago · Found 4h ago
Been open since 10 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Pakistan only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $140k–$245k a year, a typical range taken from 591 mid-level software roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in Pakistan. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Pakistan, Remote"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in Pakistan
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Job Summary: Creative Chaos is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to design, automate, secure, and operate cloud workloads across Azure and AWS. This role owns core platform components including infrastructure as code (Terraform), Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), secure networking, CI/CD enablement, observability, and FinOps. You will work closely with DevOps, software, and web engineering teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and compliant cloud platforms. The ideal candidate is strong in multi-cloud architecture, Kubernetes operations, identity and access management, security guardrails, automation, and platform reliability—bringing a pragmatic, automation-first mindset to cloud engineering.
Key Responsibilities: Platform Engineering
Design and implement landing zones (hub-and-spoke, policy guardrails) across Azure and AWS.
Build and maintain Terraform modules, workspaces, remote state, and automated environment provisioning (dev → prod).
Operate and harden AKS/EKS clusters including node pools, autoscaling, ingress, image scanning/signing, and zero-downtime upgrades.
Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins) for build, test, scan, deploy, and gated promotions.
Enable application platforms such as API Management/API Gateway, Azure Functions/AWS Lambda, and messaging services (Service Bus, SNS/SQS, EventBridge).
Own observability across Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, CloudWatch, X-Ray, and OpenTelemetry, ensuring actionable alerts, runbooks, SLIs/SLOs, and on-call participation.
Drive FinOps practices including tagging standards, cost allocation, rightsizing, reserved instances/savings plans, egress optimization, and Well-Architected reviews.
Security, Governance & Operations
Onboard logs/telemetry and integrate data sources with the SIEM.
Implement and maintain security guardrails using Azure Policy, AWS Config, Defender for Cloud, Security Hub, GuardDuty, and WAF policies.
Enforce least-privilege access across Entra ID (PIM, managed identities) and AWS IAM/Identity Center, including workload identity federation for CI/CD.
Manage change control and audit processes through IaC-first workflows, along with runbooks and architectural decision records.
Maintain patch and version hygiene for Kubernetes, node OS/AMIs, container images, and managed services, including automated drift detection.
Lead incident investigations across Azure/AWS, perform RCA, and implement preventative controls (policies, guardrails, pipeline checks).
Provide architectural input on security, reliability, networking, and cost during design reviews.
Requirements
Bachelors in IT, CS or related field
Minimum 5 years of related experience
Hands-on production experience in both Azure and AWS .
Deep expertise in Terraform (modules, workspaces, state, policy as code).
Strong Kubernetes operational experience (AKS/EKS), including Helm, ingress controllers, ACR/ECR.
Solid networking fundamentals: VNet/VPC, routing, VPNs, Private Link/Endpoints, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, load balancers, WAF, DNS.
Requirements
- ·Bachelors in IT, CS or related field
- ·Minimum 5 years of related experience
- ·Hands-on production experience in both Azure and AWS .
- ·Deep expertise in Terraform (modules, workspaces, state, policy as code).
- ·Strong Kubernetes operational experience (AKS/EKS), including Helm, ingress controllers, ACR/ECR.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Creative Chaos, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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