Lead AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will be a key player in designing, building, and maintaining our robust and scalable AWS cloud infrastructures. This role requires a deep understanding of AWS services, best practices, and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. You will mentor a team of engineers, driving the evolution of our cloud platforms and ensuring its security, reliability, and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Mentorship: guide and mentor a tribe of Cloud Infrastructure Engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and growth. Provide technical guidance, and support their professional development.

• Customer obsession: Become the go-to AWS expert for our key customers. Explore solutions to solve their needs and the needs of their customers in mind, assist in pre-sales to bring the team to the next level.

• Architecture & Design: Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS, leveraging best practices and architectural patterns. Contribute to the overall cloud strategy and roadmap.

• Automaton & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive the adoption of IaC principles and tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and management. Implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments.

• Operations & Monitoring: Oversee the day-to-day operations of the cloud infrastructure at the customer, ensuring its stability, performance, and security. Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues. Participate in on-call rotations (depending on customer assignment).

• Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain security best practices within the AWS environment. Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations and security frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA).

• Cost Optimization: Identify and implement cost optimization strategies for AWS cloud resources. Monitor cloud spending and provide recommendations for reducing costs without compromising performance or reliability.

• Collaboration & Communication: Collaborate effectively with other engineering teams (e.g., development, security, data) to deliver seamless and integrated solutions. Communicate clearly and concisely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Problem Solving & Troubleshooting: Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex infrastructure issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.

Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS services and technologies. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in the cloud infrastructure and processes.