Sr. Cloud Architect & Platform Engineer

Discover a career at Depot Connect International (DCI) a global leader in the Tank/ISO Tank Container Services and Tank Trailer Parts industry. Were more than just a service provider; were a unified team combining the expertise of industry leaders Quala Boasso Global and PSC. Headquartered in Tampa Florida with over 160 locations worldwide our team of over 3500 employees excels in offering a multitude of mission-critical services.

The Mission

We arent just using the cloud; were building a world-class engine that powers everything we do. As our Senior Cloud Architect & Platform Engineer you are the master weaver of our AWS ecosystem. Youll sit at the intersection of high-level architectural vision and deep-code execution. This isnt a role for a spectatorits for a visionary who still loves the smell of a fresh deployment and knows how to build systems that are elegant invisible and indestructible.

Location: Tampa FL; Channelview TX; Remote

Pay Range: $125000 - $145000 annual salary

DCI Benefits:

• Medical dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with generous employer match
• Paid time off including 10 paid holidays
• Optional health savings account & flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

What Youll Own:

• The Blueprint: You own the technical North Star. Youll define how our distributed systems evolve ensuring our AWS architecture is three steps ahead of our business growth.
• The Forge: Youll lead the charge in Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) moving beyond simple scripts to build modular self-healing platforms using Terraform or Pulumi.
• Security as Code: Youll bake security into the DNA of our infrastructure moving past compliance checklists to automated proactive guardrails.
• The Innovation Lab: From Serverless (Lambda/Fargate) to Kubernetes (EKS) at scale youll experiment with and implement the next generation of cloud-native patterns.
• Cultural Catalyst: You arent just a manager; youre a force multiplier. Youll mentor elite senior talent and set the definition of excellence for the entire engineering or

Your Technical Arsenal:

• Experience: 8 years of high-stakes engineering; 5 years of deep-water AWS mastery.
• Cloud Craft: Expert-level knowledge of the AWS stack (Compute Networking Global Transit Storage).
• The Stack: High proficiency in Go Python or Rust. You treat infrastructure like software.
• Orchestration: Mastery of Kubernetes (EKS) and a Serverless-first mindset.
• Reliability: A passion for Observability (Prometheus Grafana Honeycomb) and high-availability design.

Who You Are:

• A Systems Thinker: You see the big picture of a distributed system but can still debug a VPC routing issue or a race condition in a Lambda function.
• A Pragmatic Purist: You know when to build for the ideal state and when to ship a pragmatic solution that works today.
• A Leader by Influence: You dont need a title to lead a room. You communicate complex architectural trade-offs to stakeholders and junior devs with equal clarity.

The Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• You hold AWS Professional certifications (Architect or DevOps).
• Youve scaled a CI/CD platform that developers actually love using.
• You have experience migrating legacy monoliths into sleek event-driven microservices.

Ready to build the future of our platform Lets talk.