[Hiring] Cloud Engineer II @ICON plc

Role Description

We’re excited to be seeking a US-based Cloud Engineer II located in the ET or CT time zones for a full-time, remote position. As a Cloud Engineer II you will provide hands-on engineering expertise for the deployment of cloud infrastructure, services and application hosting patterns, with a strong focus on automation, repeatability and operational reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy and support secure, scalable and resilient cloud solutions across one or more major public cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, CloudFormation or equivalent technologies.
• Build, maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, security validation and deployment processes.
• Deploy and operate containerized workloads and cloud-native services using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS or GKE.
• Implement cloud networking, identity, access management, secrets management, logging, monitoring and alerting.
• Work closely with application, infrastructure, security and operations teams to translate business and technical requirements into well-architected cloud solutions.
• Advise product and application teams on appropriate cloud patterns, deployment approaches and platform services.
• Contribute to a platform engineering approach by developing reusable templates, golden paths, self-service deployment patterns and standardized cloud services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across cloud platforms, deployment pipelines and production environments.
• Support cloud migration, modernization and platform engineering initiatives.
• Continuously optimize cloud environments for performance, availability, security and cost.
• Support FinOps and cost accountability practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 3 - 6+ years of strong hands-on expertise in at least one of Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Practical experience with modern CI/CD deployment practices.
• Strong scripting or automation skills, for example PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar.
• Experience in cloud cost optimization including rightsizing and use of reserved instances.
• Experience across multiple cloud platforms is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with cloud security principles, infrastructure governance, tagging, policy enforcement, monitoring and cost management.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives.
• Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
• Retirement and pension plans.
• Life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources.
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.

Inclusion and Accessibility

ICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.