Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

Lead the cloud infrastructure engineering function, owning the architecture and governance of Landing Zones and setting technical standards for cloud automation across the organization.

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end architecture and governance model for Landing Zones across the organization.
• Design, evolve, and maintain scalable cloud automation platforms and tooling.
• Set global best practices and technical standards for infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud policy-as-code, and general cloud governance.
• Act as a key technical advisor to leadership and collaborate closely with Enterprise Architects.
• Coach, motivate, and develop team members to build deep expertise in cloud automation and governance.
• Plan and lead operational and project-based work using agile methodologies.
• Support a 24x7 operations environment, participating in an on-call rotation with some off-hours, weekends, and holidays as needed.

What you'll need

• 8+ years in cloud engineering with a proven track record of designing and leading enterprise-scale cloud initiatives.
• Strong experience in both AWS and GCP, with exposure to Azure.
• Deep expertise in multi-account cloud governance, Landing Zone principles, and policy enforcement tools (e.g., SCPs, GCP Org Policies, Config Rules).
• Expert proficiency in Terraform.
• Strong scripting capabilities using Python, Bash, and cloud CLI interfaces.
• Solid experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
• Outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, and mentoring capabilities with a solid background in Agile processes.
• Hands-on experience architecting and managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters (such as EKS, GKE, or AKS).
• Experience writing, refactoring, and optimizing Helm charts to deploy and manage services.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture, networking, security policies, and resource management to ensure highly resilient applications.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with configuration management frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Packer).

Details

• Location: United States, remote.
• Base salary range in the United States: $160,000 to $185,000, plus a target annual bonus of 15% of base salary.
• Monthly Connectivity Plus stipend of $150 and an annual $200 home office reimbursement.
• Export controls: any job offer is contingent on the applicant's capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.