Lead Cloud Engineer

at  ThoughtWorks

Lead Cloud Engineer helps clients build and evolve systems that client organizations use to deliver and run software. They are comfortable working within teams of people with diverse roles and levels of experience to find solutions that meet the needs of the organization. They combine technical expertise and understanding with consideration of different situational needs. They champion technical quality and effective ways of working as a means to better outcomes for clients, rather than an end in themselves. They help clients to understand Infrastructure as Code and DevOps as a mindset for collaboration.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• You have strong experience with Kubernetes, including deployments on cloud platforms and bare metal
• You have in-depth knowledge of data center networking principles and technologies
• You have a solid understanding of hybrid cloud architectures and integration strategies such as AWS and Azure
• You have design and architect enterprise and/or web-scale hosting platforms and can seamlessly administer application servers, web servers, and databases
• You have a deep understanding of cloud and virtualization platforms, infrastructure automation, and application hosting technologies with different public cloud providers
• You regularly apply DevOps philosophy, Agile methods, Infrastructure as Code to your work and lead infrastructure and operations with these approaches
• You have a history working with server virtualisation, IaaS and PaaS cloud, Infrastructure provisioning, and configuration management tools
• You can write scripts using at least one scripting language and are comfortable with building Linux and/or Windows servers systems
• You have experience with continuous integration tools with different tech stacks, web or mobile

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• You genuinely enjoy interacting with teammates from across the business and have a knack for communicating technical concepts to nontechnical audiences
• You love creating robust, scalable, flexible and relevant solutions that help transform businesses and industries
• You’re comfortable partnering directly with leadership teams (CTO/CIO/COO) to design technical strategies while simultaneously collaborating with senior IT groups in an advisory capacity
• You adapt effortlessly to uncertainty, embrace change and confidently make decisions with limited information to achieve positive outcomes

• You will be expected to have a highly hands-on approach on design, develop, and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration on multiple cloud platforms
• You will launch projects through hands-on implementation, evaluate and drive improvements to existing infrastructure
• You will listen to a client’s needs and formulate a technical roadmap and impactful solution that will support their ambitious business goals
• You will lead the design, implementation, and management of highly scalable and secure clusters on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS EKS, Azure AKS) and bare metal deployments
• You will be leading a team in collaboration with engineers, architects, and other stakeholders to ensure successful project execution
• You will oversee the migration and integration of workloads between our on-premises data center and cloud platforms
• You will monitor and ensure that technical expectations of deliverables are consistently met on projects
• You will establish trusting and thoughtful partnerships with a client’s CIO, CTO, and relevant teams
• You will guide the team in adopting and implementing cutting-edge cloud technologies and methodologies to current constraints and business policies
• You will stay up-to-date on the latest Kubernetes, cloud, and hybrid cloud trends and best practices