Vice President, Cloud Platform Engineer

The Vice President, Cloud Platform Engineer will provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering expertise to advance enterprise-wide cloud infrastructure and automation capabilities. This fully remote, full-time role focuses on designing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms using AWS and modern DevOps technologies. You will lead infrastructure-as-code initiatives, develop sophisticated CI/CD pipelines, and support cloud-native application deployments across diverse architectures. Combining strategic planning with practical implementation, you will mentor engineering colleagues while establishing standards and best practices across the platform engineering function. Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you will drive architecture decisions and deliver solutions in complex, multi-customer environments. This is an opportunity to shape digital transformation through resilient, automated, and secure cloud technologies.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

• At least 8 years of relevant industry experience, typically including 2 or more years in an AVP-level role or equivalent external position.

• 10–15 years of experience in cloud automation and infrastructure development preferred.

• At least 8 years of experience managing AWS security and networking configurations, including IAM, permission sets, NACLs, Security Groups, and related controls.

• Extensive hands-on experience and strong technical proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• At least 6 years of experience developing CI/CD pipelines and implementing GitOps practices using tools such as ArgoCD, FluxCD, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.

• Strong experience deploying and managing Kubernetes environments and service mesh technologies such as Istio and Linkerd.

• Familiarity with Karpenter and similar tools for automated cloud-native scaling of APIs and workloads.

• At least 6 years of programming and automation experience using Python, Shell, or comparable scripting languages.

• Strong knowledge of AWS services and architecture, including EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, VPC, IAM, and firewall configurations.

• Ability to combine strategic technical leadership with hands-on engineering, problem-solving, and implementation.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to mentor colleagues and work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.