Lead Systems Engineer

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The Job Details are as follows:

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Lead Engineer to manage and optimize our public cloud infrastructure, focusing on but not limited to AWS and Azure, environments. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical direction and guidance for our cloud operations and governance framework, ensuring that our cloud environments are secure, scalable, and cost-effective. You will drive the implementation of cloud governance policies, lead automation efforts, and collaborate across departments to align cloud solutions with business goals. You will be partnering with data center engineering teams to identify appropriate workload platforms and enabling flexible hybrid cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Design and Management: Lead the design, deployment, and ongoing management of scalable and secure public cloud environments, ensuring they meet business requirements for performance, security, and cost efficiency.

• Governance and Policy Enforcement: Implement and maintain governance frameworks for the effective use of cloud resources, focusing on security, compliance, cost management, and operational best practices.

• Automation and Optimization: Develop and implement automation solutions using scripting languages and infrastructure-as-code tools to improve cloud resource management, reduce manual processes, and enhance efficiency.

• Security and Compliance: Enforce strong security controls and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., FEDRAMP, GDPR, SOC 2).

• Cost Management and Optimization: Monitor cloud usage, optimize cost, and apply strategies for resource management, such as tagging, rightsizing, and utilizing reserved instances, to drive financial efficiency.

• Cloud Incident Management: Lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve complex cloud-related issues, ensuring the availability and performance of cloud infrastructure.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with security, operations and development teams to ensure cloud-native solutions are well-integrated and effectively managed across the public cloud landscape.

• Leadership and Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud engineers, providing technical direction and promoting best practices in cloud management and governance.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Multi-Cloud Expertise: Extensive experience working across various public cloud platforms, with deep knowledge of native services, tools, and governance frameworks.
• Governance & Best Practices: Proven experience in managing cloud governance policies and enforcing best practices related to compliance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Automation & Scripting: Strong proficiency in automation tools and scripting languages, such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, or PowerShell, to streamline cloud operations.
• Security: Expertise in cloud security, including encryption and compliance with industry standards like FEDRAMP, GDPR, and SOC 2.
• Cloud Cost Management: Expertise in optimizing cloud costs through strategies like resource tagging, rightsizing, reserved instances, and cloud cost management tools.
• Problem Solving: Excellent troubleshooting skills in managing and resolving complex issues in public cloud environments, ensuring high performance and availability.
• Leadership: Proven leadership experience with the ability to manage and mentor cloud engineering teams, driving the adoption of cloud governance and automation best practices.
• Certifications: Certifications such as Cloud Solutions Architect or equivalent from major cloud platforms are highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 3 years in a senior level engineering role.
• Hands-on experience managing multi-cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience, with examples, implementing and maintaining cost-control measures in public cloud environments

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA/EAA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be the principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.