Lead, Systems Engineering

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Global Information Technology Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead Engineer, Solution Architecture and Engineering reporting to the Senior Manager, Solution Engineering.

This position is onsite and will be based in Miramar, Florida.

This position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Position Summary The Lead Engineer, Solution Architecture and Engineering reports to the Senior Manager, Solution Architecture & Engineering and serves as a technical leader across Infrastructure & Operations. This role drives the design, selection, and implementation of modern infrastructure solutions across the Royal Caribbean technology portfolio.  As a hands-on engineering leader, the Lead Engineer owns solutions end-to-end—from discovery and architecture through deployment and operational readiness—working closely with infrastructure teams, product owners, enterprise architects, and operations engineers.

The role requires deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), infrastructure automation, container platforms, and Dev Ops practices, with a strong focus on building secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions aligned to business outcomes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities Design and deliver infrastructure solutions across Royal Caribbean Group’s enterprise technology landscape

Act as solution owner from project inception through production delivery

Lead technical discovery sessions to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical designs

Drive standardization, best practices, and reusable design patterns across infrastructure domains

Architect and implement cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCPDesign and deploy compute, storage, networking, and platform services with a security-first mindset

Partner with specialized infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions spanning:

End-user computing, Cloud platforms, Networking, Databases and middleware, Enterprise applications

Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates, and Cloud Formation Implement  and enhance CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and updates

Automate operational processes including:

Scaling, Monitoring and alerting, Patch and configuration management

Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes Coordinate solution delivery across multiple infrastructure teams to ensure aligned execution

Provide clear, regular status updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks and cross-team dependencies

Ensure solutions adhere to governance, security, compliance, and Fin Ops standards

Lead hands-on R&D and proof-of-concept efforts to evaluate emerging technologies

Mentor and coach junior engineers on cloud platforms, automation, and Dev Ops best practices

Serve as a thought leader in modern infrastructure engineering and platform design

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, equivalent experience…