HO - Cloud Platform Engineering Lead

Cloud Platform Lead is responsible for building and managing the cloud platform. The CPE Lead also drives platform adoption across ACB and supports application migration and modernization to the cloud platform.

The role leads platform engineering, operations, and security capabilities and works with technology and business stakeholders to deliver a secure, reliable, cost-effective, and developer-friendly cloud platform on AWS.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Leadership & Strategy

• Act as the single-threaded leader across all CPE functions, including Platform, Operations, and Security.
• Lead a technical team responsible for the overall ACB cloud platform architecture and migration to AWS.
• Align services offered by Cloud Platform Engineering with the needs of ACB business and application teams.
• Build an understanding of enterprise technology adoption and drive cloud platform adoption across ACB.
• Educate and influence senior executives on cloud differentiators, including security, reliability, availability, cost, and time to market.

Platform Engineering & Innovation

• Foster innovation across cloud technologies, including compute, storage, databases, data analytics, application-level services, networking, and serverless.
• Lead the evolution toward a platform engineering model by building internal developer platforms (IDPs), including self-service provisioning, golden paths, and developer portals.
• Standardize Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including AWS CDK and Terraform, using modular constructs, governance guardrails, and automated compliance.
• Establish container and serverless platform capabilities, including EKS/ECS clusters, service mesh, serverless patterns, and abstraction layers.
• Champion AI/ML platform capabilities using Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and managed data services to support ACB data-driven initiatives.
• Drive adoption of generative AI developer tools, including Amazon Q Developer, to improve engineering productivity.

Operations, Reliability & Cost Governance

• Implement FinOps-by-design principles in platform services through a cost-transparent service catalog, resource quotas, and showback integration.
• Establish platform reliability engineering practices, including service level objectives (SLOs), platform health dashboards, and capacity planning.
• Support the migration and modernization of applications to the cloud platform while balancing reliability, security, cost, and delivery speed.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cloud Computing, or a related field.
• Master’s degree is an advantage.

Experience

• 7+ years of experience in architecting and operating solutions on AWS and/or other cloud platforms, building internal developer platforms or platform-as-a-product organizations.
• 3+ years of leadership or team management experience.
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code at scale, including Terraform, CDK, and/or Crossplane.
• Experience with container platforms (EKS/ECS), service mesh, and serverless architectures.
• Understanding of AI/ML platforms and data engineering on AWS.
• Experience with FinOps and cloud financial governance.
• Familiarity with developer experience metrics and platform adoption strategies.

Required Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty.

Soft Skills

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong decision-making and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Strategic thinking with a strong focus on business outcomes.