Breakthrough T1D · 1 day ago
Cloud Engineer
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $150K/yr
4+ years expBreakthrough T1D is the leading global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization, dedicated to improving lives and driving towards cures for T1D. They are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer to architect, maintain, and optimize AWS environments while ensuring secure and scalable cloud operations.
Non Profit
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and implementation of the overall enterprise architecture
Design, deploy, and manage production-grade AWS infrastructure with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
Build and maintain solutions using key AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, VPC, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFront, Route 53, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch, and KMS
Implement high-availability, multi-AZ, and failover architectures
Perform deep troubleshooting across compute, networking, storage, IAM, and application layers
Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
Implement automated build, test, deploy, and rollback processes to improve deployment velocity and reliability
Create reusable automation frameworks using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
Enable engineering teams with self-service tooling and automation
Design and manage AWS networking architectures including VPCs, subnets, routing tables, NAT gateways, VPNs, Direct Connect, transit gateways, security groups, NACLs, and load balancers
Implement and maintain secure network segmentation, traffic routing, and connectivity to on-premise or hybrid environments
Monitor and troubleshoot network performance, latency, DNS, and endpoint configuration issues
Enforce AWS security best practices: IAM least privilege, MFA, secure access patterns, key management, encryption (at rest/in-transit), and vulnerability remediation
Implement guardrails using tools such as AWS Config, GuardDuty, Inspector, CloudTrail, and Security Hub
Ensure adherence to industry compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA, PCI, etc., depending on the organization)
Respond to security incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive long-term remediation
Deploy and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, etc.)
Implement SRE-driven practices including SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and incident-response processes
Improve overall resiliency and uptime across cloud environments
Qualification
Required
4–8+ years of cloud engineering experience with a strong focus on AWS
Deep hands-on expertise across core AWS services, networking, IAM, and security
Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation)
Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
Experience managing containers (Docker) and orchestrators (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes)
Solid understanding of cloud networking: VPC design, routing, load balancing, firewalls, DNS
Experience managing production environments with strict uptime, security, and compliance requirements
Strong communication skills, able to collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams
Ability to document architectures, procedures, runbooks, and incident reports
Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills
Comfortable taking ownership of projects and mentoring junior team members
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision coverage
403(b) retirement plan
Voluntary benefits
Flexible spending and commuter benefit accounts
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Life and disability insurance
Performance-based bonuses
Generous paid time off
Company
Breakthrough T1D
Breakthrough T1D is the only global organization with a strategic research plan to end T1D.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.05MKey Investors
Perficient
2025-11-10Grant· $0.05M
2025-04-08Grant
2017-03-03Grant· $3M
Leadership Team
Aaron J. Kowalski
Chief Executive Officer
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