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

• 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