Principal Cloud Platform Engineer
Core
Own the cloud foundation and infrastructure layer for Nearmap AI, supporting thousands of EKS nodes, GPU fleets across AWS and GCP, and production model endpoints.
Role type
Principal Cloud Platform Engineer (Leadership) (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000153102592-principal-cloud-platform-engineer-at-nearmap)
Builds
Kubernetes fleet (EKS/GKE), GPU-capable compute, networking, identity, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and observability foundations.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, GPU Compute, Multi-cloud (AWS/GCP)
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes at scale (EKS/GKE), Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/GCP), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), Cloud Networking, Identity and Access Management, Python or Go, CI/CD, Observability, Reliability Engineering, Cost Optimization
Preferred skills
GPU fleet management (NVIDIA drivers, MIG), Multi-tenant Kubernetes, ML workload support (Argo, Ray, Kubeflow), GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), FinOps, Cloud Security Compliance (SOC 2, NIST)
Responsibilities
Design and operate GPU-capable compute with multi-tenant isolation; Lead and mentor a team of up to three platform engineers; Own technical direction for cloud infrastructure across AICV; Write and own Terraform for the whole footprint; Build CI/CD and observability foundations; Own reliability, cost, and major incident response for the infrastructure layer.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
