Cloud Engineer Senior Lead - Public Cloud Containers - Senior Vice President

About the Opportunity

Are you a seasoned technology leader with a passion for building cutting‑edge enterprise products and a hands‑on approach to engineering? Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi technology leveraging game‑changing Cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation.

We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging public cloud scale and enabling new infrastructure economics. As the Public Cloud Containers (Fleet Management) lead you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our public cloud strategy.

You will be part of a team that continues to deliver big! From building cloud‑base High Performance Compute (HPC) platform to run huge risk calculation, enabling Citi to leverage GenAI at scale, all the way to enabling payments solutions, this team is at the forefront of innovation.

• Own the public cloud Containers (Fleet Management) strategy and its execution, enabling Citi's secure and enterprise‑scale adoption of public cloud.
• Lead and grow a team of deeply technical cloud specialists and full‑stack software developers, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Drive client satisfaction and business value by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Establish partnerships across the broader Citi technology landscape to align with business growth initiatives and priorities.
• Define measurable success criteria and routinely assess service availability and reliability.
• Drive compliance with applicable standards, policies, and regulations, always assessing risk with Citi's reputation, clients, and assets in mind.

You are a talented leader with a proven track record of engineering leadership, a deep expertise in public cloud, and a passion for engineering best practices. You have:

• Cloud Engineering Expertise: a deep understanding of public cloud services adoption ert‑level understanding of AWS/GCP across:
• • Kubernetes Container Platform – AWS EKS, GCP GKE, etc.
• • Fleet Management Solutions – Rancher, Flux, ArgoCD, etc.
• • Cloud Native Virtualisation – AWS EC2, GCP Compute Engine, AWS Image builder, etc.
• • Serverless Compute – AWS Lambda, GCP Function, etc.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Hands On Expertise: demonstrable experience with the following:
• • Programming
  
  Languages:
  
  Python and Go.
• • CI/CD:
  Terraform, Harness, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.
• • Testing Automation:
  Terratest, Cucumber, Pytest
  
  BD, AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS), Chaos Mesh, etc.
• Agile and Dev Ops Mindset:
  Familiarity with Agile Development, Dev Ops, and SRE practices.
• Adaptability:
  Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to changing project requirements.
• Strategic Thinking:
  Experience evaluating complex requirements and rationalizing them into a consistent service offering.
• Excellent communication: the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Leadership
  
  Experience:
  
  A proven track record of managing a diverse, inclusive, and high‑performing Engineering team.

Talented cloud engineer with a proven track record of engineering leadership, a deep expertise in public cloud, and a passion for engineering best practices. You have at least 10 plus years of Cloud Engineering Experience and the above expertise.

We offer competitive employee benefits, including medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; wellness programs; paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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