Lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of highly complex, large-scale Azure cloud solutions, applying deep expertise across distributed systems, security, data platforms, DevOps, and application modernization.
Drive long-term technical direction using vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical thinking.
Translate business objectives and enterprise technology requirements into Azure-based engineering solutions, leveraging mastery of GCP and Azure services (e.g., App Services, AKS, Functions, Service Bus, Event Hub, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, APIM) and aligning architectures with organizational strategy, cloud governance, and modernization roadmaps.
Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to engineering teams and senior leadership, defining cloud best practices, engineering standards, reference architectures, and patterns for reliability, performance, scalability, and security within GCP and Azure.
Stay current on Azure advancements, industry best practices, and emerging technologies, and proactively recommend innovations such as cloud-native architecture, AI/ML capabilities, automation, and DevOps improvements to drive operational excellence and competitive advantage.
Engage and influence stakeholders across engineering, security, infrastructure, and product organizations, serving as a trusted expert advisor on GCP and Azure strategy, architectural decisions, and enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.

5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of overall GCP and Azure engineering experience
5+ years hands on experience with designing and operating enterprise-scale landing zones and subscription governance.
3+ years with GCP cloud foundation services (VPC networking, governance frameworks, monitoring, IAM security)
3+ years of working with Cloud Operations teams to provide L3 support for complex GCP issues, driving root cause analysis, and building processes to eliminate repeat incidents.
3+ years of Terraform experience, including authoring reusable modules, implementing IaC standards, managing state securely and delivering infrastructure automation for enterprise GCP and Azure environments.

This position requires working in a hybrid environment at one of the posted locations
There is no relocation allowance available for this position

Lead Cloud Engineer

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