Lead Cloud Engineer

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