Senior Engineering Leader Cloud
Senior Engineering Leader Cloud
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26-06-2025
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Key Responsibilities:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Identity & Access Management (IAM) & Security
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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).
4. 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.
5. 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.
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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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Cloud Optimization with FinOps & Resource Optimization
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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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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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
skill
solution architecture,multi-cloud solutions,cloud security,cloud cost management,cloud migration,automation,cloud,cloud engineering,observability,infrastructure as code,ai/ml automation,devops,iam,infrastructure
Employment Type
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