We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Leader Cloud Engineering
to drive cloud strategy, architecture, foundational services, security,
optimization, and multi-cloud adoption across the enterprise. This role requires
deep expertise in consulting, talent development, and solution architecture, with
a focus on multi-tenant cloud environments, IAM, service control policies, cloud
migration strategies, DevOps in cloud, FinOps, resource optimization, cloud
observability, and data platforms.
As a strategic leader, you will work closely with Agile, Info Sec, DevOps, Quality,
and SRE teams to define and implement cloud best practices, automation, and Engineering Leader governance models that ensure scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Strategy & Solution Architecture
Define and execute cloud engineering strategies that align with business and technology goals. Architect and implement multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and cloud-native solutions. Establish best practices for workload segmentation, cloud service catalog, and cloud adoption frameworks. Develop enterprise-wide cloud blueprints, ensuring standardization and security-first design.
Lead cloud migration strategies, including rehosting, re-platforming, and re-
architecting workloads.
Provide consulting on cloud-native application development, serverless
computing, and containerization.
- Multi-Tenant Cloud Foundation & Governance Architect multi-tenant cloud environments, enabling secure, scalable, and policy-driven cloud consumption.
Design and implement org/account/subscription models in AWS Organizations, Azure Management Groups, and GCP Folders.
Establish and enforce service control policies (SCPs), IAM roles, and access policies across cloud platforms.
Define cloud resource hierarchy strategies, ensuring proper segmentation for
security, cost, and compliance.
Implement policy-as-code frameworks to enforce security and compliance
controls across cloud environments.
- Identity & Access Management (IAM) & Security
Define enterprise IAM strategy, including federated identity, SSO, MFA, role-
based and attribute-based access control.
Implement least privilege access models, zero-trust architectures, and
identity governance frameworks.
Automate identity lifecycle management using tools like AWS IAM, Azure AD,
GCP IAM, Okta.
Establish cloud-native security frameworks, integrating CSPM, CWPP,
CNAPP, and SIEM solutions.
Ensure compliance with industry security standards (SOC 2, NIST, ISO
27001, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP).
- Cloud Service Catalog & Engineering Best Practices
Develop a self-service cloud service catalog, enabling teams to provision
pre-approved cloud resources.
Establish cloud engineering best practices, standardizing infrastructure
provisioning, tagging, and compliance.
Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, AWS
CDK, and CloudFormation.
Define patterns for workload segmentation, ensuring separation of concerns across environments.
Champion Cloud Smart Adoption frameworks, balancing agility, security, and
cost optimization.
- Cloud Migration & Application Modernization
Lead enterprise-wide cloud migration efforts, applying 6R migration
strategies (Rehost, Re-platform, Refactor, etc.).
Optimize application architectures for cloud-native deployment, leveraging
serverless, Kubernetes, and microservices.
Develop cloud workload placement strategies, ensuring resilience,
performance, and cost-effectiveness.
Enable data platform migrations, ensuring smooth transition of databases,
data lakes, and streaming architectures.
Partner with engineering teams to modernize legacy workloads using
containerization, event-driven architectures, and AI/ML services.
- DevOps and Automation in Cloud
Define and implement DevOps best practices in cloud environments, ensuring
scalable CI/CD pipelines.
Develop cloud-native automation frameworks using GitOps, Kubernetes
operators, and serverless automation.
Drive AI/ML-based cloud automation, enabling self-healing infrastructure
and intelligent scaling.
Standardize release automation workflows, improving deployment speed and
reducing change failure rates.
Collaborate with platform teams to build developer-friendly cloud
environments with embedded security controls.
- Cloud Security, Resilience & Compliance
Implement cloud security frameworks, ensuring end-to-end data protection,
encryption, and compliance.
Define resilience engineering principles, ensuring high availability, failover
mechanisms, and disaster recovery strategies.
Conduct cloud risk assessments, ensuring adherence to cloud security
posture management (CSPM) best practices.
Integrate zero-trust security models, identity-aware proxies, and runtime
security solutions.
Partner with InfoSec teams to embed security within DevOps (DevSecOps)
and cloud-native security tooling.
- Cloud Optimization with FinOps & Resource Optimization
Drive cloud cost optimization strategies, ensuring maximum ROI for cloud
investments.
Establish FinOps best practices, enabling real-time visibility into cloud spend
and usage patterns.
Implement automated cost governance policies, ensuring adherence to
budget and forecasting models.
Optimize resource allocation, autoscaling policies, and workload scheduling
to reduce cloud waste.
Educate teams on cost-conscious cloud engineering, implementing reserved
instances, spot instances, and savings plans.
- Cloud & Data Platform Observability & Monitoring
Define cloud observability strategies, ensuring real-time visibility across
infrastructure and applications.
Implement centralized logging, tracing, and monitoring using Datadog, New
Relic, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry.
Build AI-driven predictive analytics models for proactive incident prevention
and anomaly detection.
Establish SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to track cloud service reliability and
performance.
Develop end-to-end cloud monitoring frameworks, integrating network,
compute, database, and API observability.
- Talent Development & Thought Leadership
Mentor and coach cloud engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation
and excellence.
Define career progression frameworks, enabling skill development for
engineers at all levels.
Lead cloud training initiatives, including certification programs, workshops,
and hands-on labs.
Stay ahead of emerging cloud trends, engaging in industry forums,
conferences, and open-source contributions.
Drive a collaborative, security-first, and automation-driven cloud culture
across the organization.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Technical Expertise
15+ years of experience in cloud engineering, architecture, and DevOps.
Strong expertise in AWS, Azure, GCP, and multi-cloud architectures.
Deep knowledge of cloud identity, access management, and security.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi,
CloudFormation, Ansible).
Proficiency in FinOps, cloud cost management, and cloud governance.
Strong background in DevOps automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and
serverless.
Experience in cloud monitoring, observability, and AI-driven operations.
Leadership & Consulting Skills
Proven experience in leading large-scale cloud transformations.
Ability to influence executive leadership and shape technology roadmaps.
Experience mentoring and growing high-performing cloud engineering
teams.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management
skills.
Skills: cloud applications,data platforms,cloud governance,devops,cloud observability,ai/ml services,devops practices,iam,serverless computing,cloud migration,solution architecture,multi-cloud environments,finops,terraform,ci/cd,infrastructure as code (iac),cloud migration strategies,containerization,devsecops,resource optimization,kubernetes,automation,cloud engineering,engineering leadership
