Vice President, Cloud Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as both an individual contributor and a mentor within the Cloud Platform Engineering team.

• Design, create, and sustain automated infrastructure utilizing Terraform and AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, RabbitMQ, and event-driven technologies.

• Develop sophisticated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and FluxCD.

• Facilitate application deployment across various architectures, including monolithic, stateless, and serverless models.

• Design cloud architecture frameworks that adhere to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and security standards like NIST and NYDFS.

• Deliver solutions in high-pressure environments serving multiple customers.

• Create tactical plans for the implementation and strategy of Infrastructure as Code across products.

• Implement and oversee IAM policies, permission sets, Security Groups, NACLs, and VPC configurations.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on design and architectural decisions.

• Provide clear and concise project updates to leadership.

• Architect and develop AWS services utilizing Kubernetes, Istio/Linkerd, and Karpenter.

• Establish and uphold best practices, templates, and processes for infrastructure design.

• Perform additional related duties as assigned by the manager.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or a comparable combination of education and experience.

• A minimum of 8+ years of relevant industry experience, generally including 2+ years in an AVP level role or an equivalent external position.

• Preferred 10–15 years of experience in cloud automation and infrastructure development.

• Over 8 years of experience managing IAM, permission sets, NACLs, Security Groups, and other security protocols.

• Proven expertise in Terraform with substantial hands-on implementation experience.

• At least 6 years of experience building pipelines with GitOps (ArgoCD, FluxCD) and automation platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

• Strong foundation in deploying Kubernetes and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).

• Experience with Karpenter and similar tools to facilitate automated API scaling in the cloud.

• Over 6 years of coding experience in Python, Shell, or other equivalent scripting languages for automation.

• Proficient in EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, VPC, IAM, and firewall configurations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility for select positions.

• PTO.

• Paid holidays.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• 401K.

• Equal Opportunity Employer.