Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (contract)

Responsibilities

• Maintain cloud operational health across Azure and Google Cloud (uptime, performance, stability)
• Build, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms (AKS & GKE) with zero downtime
• Design and manage multi-cloud infrastructure using Terraform
• Create reusable, secure, and scalable Terraform modules
• Implement zero-downtime deployment and upgrade strategies
• Design and manage cloud networking (VNETs/VPCs, routing, peering, VPNs, DNS)
• Troubleshoot complex network, connectivity, and performance issues
• Automate infrastructure, deployments, and operations using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and operational workflows
• Apply an automation-first approach to minimize manual effort and risk
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability
• Proactively identify issues and perform root cause analysis
• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and performant
• Develop deep understanding of platform architecture and dependencies
• Drive operational best practices, standards, and continuous improvements
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams
• Apply LLMs/AI to cloud operations, automation, diagnostics, and observability
• Stay current with AI-driven DevOps/SRE tooling
• Act as a self-starter, owning initiatives end-to-end
• Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

Compensation

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $37.37/hour - $58.39/hour.

Benefits

Our offered benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

About Tundra Technical Solutions

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.