Cloud Engineer

WHO WE ARE:
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Skechers is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to support the design and engineering of our cloud infrastructure using HashiCorp's suite of tools. This role is perfect for an experienced technical professional with deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and security automation who wants to expand and enhance our existing cloud infrastructure.
As a Cloud Engineer, you'll be responsible for day-to-day infrastructure automation, coordination with internal stakeholders, and continuously upgrading our cloud architecture using modern DevOps practices and HashiCorp technologies. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about cloud transformation and automation at enterprise scale.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Infrastructure & Automation:

• Design, implement, and maintain Terraform modules and configurations for multi-cloud infrastructure provisioning across various cloud providers including AWS, GCP, and Oracle.
• Develop and maintain automated machine image pipelines using Packer to create standardized, secure, and compliant AMIs.
• Integrate HashiCorp tools into CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure testing, deployment, and compliance validation.

Security & Governance:

• Implement and manage HashiCorp Vault for centralized secrets management, dynamic credentials, and encryption-as-a-service.
• Design and maintain Sentinel policies for Terraform Cloud/Enterprise to enforce security, compliance, and governance standards.
• Enforce adherence to architectural standards through automated policy enforcement and cost controls.

Strategic & Collaborative Work:

• Work with technology teams to develop target state cloud architecture using HashiCorp best practices and planning for ongoing optimization.
• Participate in cloud technology discussions and facilitate decisions regarding HashiCorp tool adoption and implementation.
• Manage and execute POCs and feasibility studies to validate next-generation product concepts and technologies.

Continuous Improvement:

• Keep current with HashiCorp product roadmaps and evolving technologies to understand how new features can be applied.
• Create technical documentation for platform architecture, strategy, and engineering processes.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• 3+ years supporting mission-critical infrastructure at large organizations with 2+ years in cloud-based network management.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python, NodeJS).
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure design and server infrastructure implementation.
• Experience with networking and web standards (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, HTTP, web security, firewalls).
• 2+ years hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• 1+ years experience each with Packer for image building and Vault for secrets management.
• Expert-level Infrastructure as Code skills with Terraform modules and Sentinel policies.
• AWS core services proficiency (IAM, ECS, Fargate, Kubernetes, DynamoDB).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet).
• Strong troubleshooting and system testing skills (platform, integration, load, and scale testing).
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent complex projects and coordinate work across teams.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks (Angular), RESTful APIs, JSON/XML preferred.
• AWS extended services experience (ElastiCache, ElasticSearch, SQS, SNS, Lambda) preferred.
• Cloud templating and automation experience preferred.
• AWS Certification preferred.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years of experience supporting mission-critical infrastructure in cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Packer, Vault).
• AWS cloud services experience with focus on security and automation.
• Ability to work 3 days in the office per week.

The pay range for this position is $130,000-$170,000/yr USD.

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® brand develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Developing comfort technologies is the foundation of all we do – delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,200 company-and third-party-owned retail locations. Headquartered in Southern California, with offices and distribution centers around the globe, Skechers has spent over 30 years helping people of all ages look and feel good.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.