Cloud Engineer - AWS CloudOps

About Gray Media

Gray Media, or Gray, is a prominent multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formerly known as Gray Television, Inc. As the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets, Gray serves 113 television markets, collectively reaching approximately 36 percent of US television households. The company's extensive portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station. Additionally, Gray owns the largest Telemundo Affiliate group across 45 markets, serving nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV households. The company also operates Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency that offers digital marketing strategies utilizing the most advanced digital products and services for both national and local clients. Gray’s media properties extend to video production entities such as Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, along with studio production facilities including Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. Gray Media is committed to innovation, quality content, and community engagement, making it a leader in the media industry.

About The Role

Gray Media is seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer to join the Gray Digital Development CloudOps team. This fully remote role involves collaborating closely with our Staff Engineer and development teams to design, deploy, and maintain robust cloud infrastructure and services within Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Cloud Engineer will play a vital role in assisting developers with secure application deployment, enhancing system reliability, and building scalable cloud architectures for both public-facing products and internal platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS, a passion for cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps practices, and a desire to work across multiple teams and applications. This position offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your expertise in cloud engineering, automation, and infrastructure management while contributing to innovative media solutions at Gray Media.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should possess at least 2+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS in a professional or production environment. Proficiency in building or supporting applications utilizing AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, or RDS is essential. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform is required. Candidates should have experience using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration, along with a solid understanding of RESTful APIs and basic web application architecture. Troubleshooting skills related to deployments, application errors, and cloud service issues are necessary. A good grasp of monitoring and logging via CloudWatch, as well as authentication and authorization concepts like OAuth and identity providers, is also important. The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multiple teams, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn new technologies, is highly valued.

Responsibilities

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for assisting in the design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of AWS cloud infrastructure tailored for web applications and internal systems. Developing and supporting serverless applications using AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB will be a core part of the role. The engineer will support and enhance CI/CD pipelines leveraging AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, and related automation tools to streamline deployment processes. Collaborating with developers to review AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) infrastructure code and deployment strategies is essential. The role also involves maintaining authentication services with Amazon Cognito, configuring and monitoring application logs, metrics, alarms, and uptime reporting through CloudWatch. Implementing secure configurations with appropriate IAM roles and policies, managing API integrations, routing, and networking within AWS environments are key tasks. Additionally, the engineer will oversee storage solutions such as S3, DynamoDB, and RDS, while working with the CloudOps team to improve the reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency of cloud resources. Providing guidance and documentation to development teams for deploying and operating applications in AWS, participating in code reviews for infrastructure automation, and staying current with emerging AWS services and capabilities are also part of the responsibilities.

Benefits

Gray Media offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of its employees and their families. Benefits include extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with a Health Savings Account (HSA) that features company contributions. Employees can also take advantage of Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), employer-paid life and disability insurance, and paid parental leave. The company supports adoption and surrogacy benefits, ensuring employees have resources for family planning. Retirement planning is facilitated through a 401(k) plan with matching and profit-sharing contributions. Additional perks include an Employee Assistance Program, voluntary benefits such as hospital indemnity, critical illness, accident insurance, and supplemental life insurance coverage. Paid Time Off (PTO), including relocation PTO, is provided to promote work-life balance. Gray Media values its employees’ well-being and strives to foster a caring and supportive work environment.

Equal Opportunity

Gray Media is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. Gray Media complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and ensures that all employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, and training, are conducted fairly. The company strictly prohibits workplace harassment or discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or veteran status. Gray Media values diversity and is dedicated to fostering an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute to the company's success.</