Job Description

Summary

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We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer - Cloud to lead the design, automation, and operational excellence of our AWS-based Cloud Foundation. This role is pivotal in building secure, scalable, and developer-friendly cloud environments that power enterprise-grade SaaS applications globally. You will drive initiatives around infrastructure automation, GitOps adoption, CI/CD optimization, and developer experience improvements.

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Roles and Responsibilities

Design and implement secure, scalable AWS Cloud Foundation

including account strategy, VPC/network architecture, identity & access management, and security baselines.

Develop and standardize GitOps-based processes

for infrastructure and application deployments using tools like ArgoCD, Helm, and Terraform.

Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment setup

leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and AWS-native services to reduce lead time and improve reliability.

Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines

for containerized workloads (EKS/ECS) and SaaS applications using GitHub Actions or similar tools.

Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and product engineering teams

to ensure seamless integration of cloud services, operational resilience, and compliance with enterprise standards.

Define and enforce security controls and compliance frameworks

(IAM, KMS, WAF, GuardDuty, Config, SCPs) across multi-account AWS environments.

Drive developer experience improvements

by creating reusable modules, templates, and automation workflows that simplify environment provisioning and deployments.

Contribute to reliability engineering initiatives

by defining SLIs/SLOs, automating recovery, and improving observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Evaluate emerging AWS services and DevOps tools

to continuously enhance performance, security, and cost efficiency.

Mentor and guide engineering teams

on cloud architecture, GitOps principles, security best practices, and operational excellence. Document and evangelize

reference architectures, standards, and automation patterns

across teams.

Education Qualification

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with advanced experience.

Desired Characteristics/Technical Expertise:

Proven experience designing

multi-account AWS environments

with strong understanding of VPC design, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, and inter-region connectivity. Strong knowledge of

AWS security frameworks

-- IAM, KMS, Security Hub, WAF, GuardDuty, Config, and SCP-based governance. Deep understanding of

infrastructure as code (IaC)

tools such as

Terraform, CloudFormation, or Crossplane

. Experience with

containerized workloads (EKS, ECS)

and related CI/CD tools such as

GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins

, or similar. Working knowledge of

monitoring, logging, and observability stacks

(e.g., CloudWatch, Splunk/SignalFx, Prometheus, Grafana). Strong focus on

cost optimization

,

security compliance

, and

operational resilience

in AWS.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to influence and coach teams across disciplines



Leadership:

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Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions

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Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas

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Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team

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Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

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Strong ownership mindset and ability to lead architectural decisions end-to-end.

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Analytical and detail-oriented, with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks.

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Comfortable working in distributed, global teams and supporting cross-regional collaboration.

Personal Attributes:



Able to work under minimal supervision Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work
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Additional Information

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Relocation Assistance Provided:

No