Lead Engineer - Cloud and Platform Engineering

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Position summary:

The Cloud Engineer designs, develops, and maintains enterprise cloud infrastructure and cloud automation solutions within Stryker’s Cloud Center of Excellence. The role builds the IaC (Infrastructure as Code) and PaC (Policy as Code) needed for cloud service provisioning. The role also designs, develops, and maintains self-service cloud portals, APIs, integrations, and automation workflows that enable application and product teams to provision and manage cloud environments securely and consistently. Ideal candidates will have experience doing this in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Working with cloud architects, network engineers, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Operations, the engineer delivers reusable cloud infrastructure automation, platform capabilities, developer tooling, and shared services through modern software engineering and DevSecOps practices. The role focuses on cloud infrastructure engineering skills, including Terraform, networking, and security automation. Full-stack software delivery is also strongly preferred to support integration with and development of cloud provisioning self-service web portals.

What you will do:

• Leverage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Policy as Code (PaC) to automate cloud provisioning, enforce governance policies, and streamline cloud operations.

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade full-stack cloud platform solutions, including responsive self-service portals and backend services.

• Build APIs and automated workflows to enable seamless cloud onboarding, provisioning, access management, and decommissioning.

• Deliver secure, reliable, and scalable applications by adhering to modern architecture principles and software engineering best practices.

• Integrate cloud platforms with enterprise ecosystems, including CI/CD, Identity Management, ITSM, policy, observability, and cost-management tools.

• Develop reusable services, templates, and developer tools that accelerate cloud adoption, improve user experience, and reduce manual effort.

• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, automated testing, secure coding practices, source control, and continuous delivery pipelines.

• Enhance platform reliability and operational visibility by implementing monitoring, logging, telemetry, troubleshooting, and proactive issue resolution.

• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and global stakeholders to define requirements, manage dependencies, and deliver high-impact platform initiatives.

• Continuously improve platform performance, adoption, and developer productivity through data-driven insights, user feedback, knowledge sharing, and innovation.

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field preferred; relevant years of professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. 5-8 years of experience building and delivering scalable full-stack applications and enterprise software solutions.

• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Policy as Code (PaC) experience, including reusable modules, provisioning pipelines, governance, and automated deployments. Infrastructure and governance automation is key to this role.

• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure cloud services, networking, security, landing zones, management groups, resource groups, Entra, tenant design.

• Experience with cloud native architecture and services including PaaS, SaaS, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies.

• Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, secure coding practices, and modern DevOps methodologies.

• Experience deploying and managing cloud-native applications with expertise in authentication, authorization, monitoring, and observability.

• Proven experience designing and integrating REST APIs, microservices, and relational/NoSQL databases in cloud environments.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with global teams to build self-service platforms, developer portals, and cloud solutions that enhance productivity and operational excellence.

Travel Percentage: 20%