Senior Lead Cloud Engineer

Who You Are

• We are looking for a Senior Lead - Cloud Foundations Engineer to design, build, and maintain the core cloud infrastructure and cloud services that enable our customers' technology teams and operational departments to deliver the solutions we will need in the future; thus, the team is laying the foundation for all of our cloud infrastructures.
• As a Cloud Foundations Engineer, you will work closely with the product owner, the cloud operations team, and other stakeholders to design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure, as well as ensure that all services meet requirements for availability, reliability, cost optimization, and security.
• You will also be responsible for collaborating with different teams and using methods designed for automation.

Required Skills

• Cloud Platform Engineering
  • Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise public cloud infrastructure and services (Data Modules, Foundations, Apps, and Infrastructure/Services)
  • Manage availability, reliability, sizing, and monitoring alerts across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Tooling and Automation
  • Develop and manage networking skills related to infrastructure
  • Understanding Cloud and Automation
    • Infrastructure (Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CDK, Pulumi)
  • Proficiency with Git branches and collaborative tools for the development process
  • Bash (CI/CD pipelines) to automate infrastructure deployment and updates
• Securities
  • Security Governance & Compliance
    • Implement security and compliance standards related to IAM and cloud security
    • Configure and maintain monitoring and reporting on resource security, availability, and cost controls
    • Build operational excellence through automation and optimization processes
  • Networking & Connectivity
    • Design and build public VIP/VPN architectures, routing, firewalls, VPCs, and firewalls
    • Understand and work with multi-factor authentication, session management, etc., as well as configuration and managing accessibility issues in end users' environments
  • Observability & Cost Management
    • Gather resource, logging, and auditing data across the environment
    • Build analytics for real-time insights, security patrols, and costs
    • Recommend and implement cost optimization and resource management strategies

Soft skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, cross-functional collaboration skills
• Excellent communication skills, mentoring abilities, and the ability to lead discussions with technical teams
• Demonstrated ability to expedite delivery times in line with project deadlines
• Ability to balance the demands of perfectionism with developer productivity

Preferred Skills (Nice-to-haves)

• Experience supporting cloud platforms in regulated enterprise environments
• Experience with multi-cloud environments
• Familiarity with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of service meshes, API gateways, or service fabrics
• Background in iPdOps and/or cloud infrastructure operations
• Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, CDP Professional Cloud Architect)

Measures of Success

• A stable, secure, and scalable cloud foundation adopted across teams
• A platform that meets cloud standards and compliance requirements
• Streamlined interoperability and APIs for data governance capabilities
• Shorter delivery timeline (and reduced workload) for application teams