Cloud Architect, Senior Staff
Core
Define and drive the multi-year platform roadmap for GitOps-driven platform engineering capabilities, focusing on EKS maturation and multi-cloud expansion.
Role type
Senior Staff Cloud Architect (Platform Engineering)
Builds
Scalable multi-tenant Kubernetes (EKS) platforms, GitOps/CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code governance.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Platform Engineering
Required skills
Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, GitOps (Argo CD), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), AWS, Linux, Distributed Systems, Helm/Kustomize, Cilium, Kyverno, Observability (Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana)
Preferred skills
Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD/CKS), AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Karpenter, Crossplane, Self-service platform design
Technologies
EKS, Terraform, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Kyverno, Cilium, Karpenter, Helm, Kustomize, AWS
Responsibilities
Define platform strategy and architecture for multi-cloud expansion; Own infrastructure as code (IaC) platform strategy and governance; Manage end-to-end Kubernetes cluster lifecycle and autoscaling; Establish enterprise GitOps operating model and CI/CD pipelines; Drive platform reliability, observability, and cost efficiency strategies; Define secure-by-default platform patterns and policy enforcement; Mentor senior engineers and shape hiring standards; Lead incident response and operational excellence practices.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with organizational leadership