Lead, Cloud Engineer

Overview

Design, build, automate, and support secure, scalable cloud foundations and shared platform services, while leading technical delivery across landing zones, infrastructure automation, governance, networking, observability, and operational readiness.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise landing zones and shared cloud services.
• Manage account/subscription structures, tagging, and policy structures across Azure and/or AWS.
• Develop secure-by-default and reusable infrastructure patterns for application teams.
• Develop, test, and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code modules, with Terraform preferred; experience with Bicep or CloudFormation is beneficial.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure deployment, validation, and controlled change.
• Enable self-service provisioning through standard templates, automation, documentation, and guardrails.
• Use Python, PowerShell, or Bash to automate operational tasks and reduce manual effort.
• Implement identity and access management controls, role-based access, policy enforcement, and least-privilege practices.
• Configure and maintain cloud guardrails, policies, monitoring controls, and security baselines.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal security standards.
• Implement and support VPC/VNet architectures, subnets, routing, DNS, private endpoints, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
• Contribute to resilient and scalable connectivity designs for shared and application platforms.
• Establish hybrid connectivity solutions with on-premises environments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and auditing capabilities for cloud foundation services.
• Build dashboards to track cloud performance, security posture, and costs.
• Recommend and implement cost-saving measures.
• Partner with application, DevOps, security, architecture, and operations teams to support cloud adoption.
• Produce clear technical documentation, implementation guides, operational runbooks, and reusable standards.
• Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and mentor junior engineers through design reviews and hands-on guidance.
• Communicate risks, dependencies, progress, and technical decisions clearly to engineering and management stakeholders.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or platform operations with 8+ years of total work experience in Technology Infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience delivering and supporting production cloud environments in an enterprise setting.
• Experience leading technical tasks, small workstreams, or engineering deliverables, including coordination with cross-functional teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform, preferably Azure or AWS; working knowledge of the other is advantageous.
• Practical experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code design, version control, testing, and deployment practices.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, including VPC/VNet, DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancing, private connectivity, and hybrid networks.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI, or Jenkins.
• Working knowledge of cloud IAM, security controls, policy management, secrets handling, logging, and compliance fundamentals.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience with monitoring and logging services in Azure or AWS and familiarity with operational dashboards and alerting.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication, mentorship, and ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technically without direct authority.
• Ability to balance governance requirements with developer productivity.

Nice to have

• Experience with both Azure and AWS or with multi-cloud operating models.
• Experience operating cloud platforms in regulated enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and managed container platforms such as AKS or EKS.
• Knowledge of API gateways, serverless platforms, service mesh, or cloud-native platform services.
• Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost governance.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, or Terraform Associate.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.