Lead Cloud Engineer
Summary
A hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer who owns the company's Azure cloud platform end-to-end: designing infrastructure, building Terraform-based IaC and CI/CD pipelines, enforcing FedRAMP-aligned security and governance, and running monitoring, incident response, and reliability operations while mentoring other engineers.
Lead Cloud Engineer
Department: Engineering
Location: Remote
Reports to: Engineering Manager
Direct Reports: N/A
Overview
We are seeking a highly hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate our Azure cloud platform. This role is focused on execution - you will lead by doing, owning infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cloud operations end-to-end.
You will play a critical role in shaping a secure, scalable, and reliable Azure environment, while partnering closely with development, product, and security teams to ensure solutions meet both technical and compliance requirements.
Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture
- Design and implement Azure infrastructure
- Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Own cloud environment architecture, including networking, segmentation, and access control
CI/CD & DevOps
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)
- Improve deployment reliability, speed, and rollback strategies
- Standardize build/release processes across teams
Security & Compliance
- Partner with the Security team to implement and maintain FedRAMP-compliant controls
- Enforce best practices:
- RBAC / least privilege
- Azure Policy & governance
- Logging and monitoring
- Support audit readiness and evidence collection
Monitoring, Reliability & Operations
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics)
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis (RCA)
- Improve system reliability, availability, and performance
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with development teams to enable scalable, reliable deployments
- Partner with product teams to ensure features align with platform capabilities and compliance requirements
- Act as a bridge between engineering and security
Technical Leadership
- Define and enforce cloud best practices and standards
- Guide architectural decisions
- Mentor engineers when needed
Qualifications
Required
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Deep experience with:
- Terraform (IaC)
- CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar)
- Solid understanding of:
- Azure networking (VNet, private endpoints, NSGs)
- Identity & access (Entra ID, RBAC)
- Experience working with cloud security and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP preferred)
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and operate production systems
Nice to Have
- Experience in regulated environments (GovCloud / GCC High / FedRAMP)
- Familiarity with:
- Observability tooling
- SAST/DAST integration into pipelines
What Success Looks Like
- Reliable, repeatable infrastructure deployments via Terraform
- Stable CI/CD pipelines with minimal manual intervention
- Strong security posture aligned with FedRAMP expectations
- Clear collaboration between development, product, and security teams