VP, Cloud & Platform Engineering

KellyMitchell Group is a leading Technology provider seeking a VP, Cloud & Platform Engineering to define and execute the future-state technology vision for a fast-growing organization. This strategic role involves modernizing infrastructure, optimizing cloud spend, and building a scalable platform that supports data and AI innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the enterprise cloud and platform strategy, with a strong focus on AWS native services and AI enablement (including Claude)
• Drive migration from legacy systems (including Oracle) to modern cloud platforms such as Aurora, DynamoDB, and PostgreSQL
• Champion containerized and microservices based architectures leveraging Kubernetes
• Partner closely with Data Engineering teams to support scalable data platforms (Snowflake, event-driven architectures, etc.)
• Ensure infrastructure is built to support high volume data processing, analytics, and AI/ML workloads
• Implement best practices across DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and system reliability
• Establish governance around cloud cost management, security, and performance
• Partner with executive leadership on the company’s transition toward AI first capabilities
• Build infrastructure that supports increased automation, intelligent systems, and future product innovation

Requirements:

• 12+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, and platform leadership, including executive-level ownership
• Proven ability to define and execute cloud transformation strategies in AWS environments
• Deep experience with: AWS ecosystem, Kubernetes, Java/Python, Aurora, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
• Experience leading large-scale migrations (e.g., Oracle to cloud-native architectures)
• Experience supporting data engineering and event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar)
• Demonstrated success leading and scaling global engineering teams, including offshore models