CloudOps Team Leader - AWS - American

Overview

American Compnay is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Platform Team Leader with a strong background in both cloud infrastructure and application development to drive engineering foundation forward. You will lead a small, talented team (3-4 people), oversee Platform tools and infrastructure, and ensure our AWS-based systems are scalable, secure, and reliable.

This is a role for someone who loves to lead from the front—mentoring, coding, and problem-solving alongside the team.

• Cloud Platform:
  AWS
• CI/CD & Source Control:
  Git Lab
  , Jenkins
  , Sonar Qube
  , Artifactory
  , Fisheye
• Deployment &
  
  Infrastructure:
  Kubernetes
  , ArgoCD
  , Pulumi
  (
  IaC
  )
• Observability & Monitoring:
  Grafana
  , Loki
  , Prometheus
  , Tempo
  , Mimir
• Languages & Frameworks:
  Java
  , JSP
  , Bash
  , Python (basic level)
• Additional Tools: HTML proxy/redirect services, Start/Stop Scheduler for non-prod environments, Database replication tools

• Lead and actively contribute to the Platform team, managing our AWS-based core engineering infrastructure.
• Serve as a bridge between backend/application development teams and the platform team, translating development needs into scalable, secure platform capabilities.
• Oversee and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including Git Lab and legacy Jenkins jobs, and guide the migration to Git Lab.
• Define, enforce, and coach teams on Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi) best practices across environments.
• Build templates through IaC to speed up development work for our dev teams.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, support application/service deployments, and ensure smooth onboarding to ArgoCD.
• Develop and maintain observability solutions, including Grafana dashboards, Loki logging, Prometheus metrics, Tempo distributed tracing, and Mimir.
• Serve as a hands-on mentor and subject-matter expert for developers and engineers across the organization.
• Establish platform standards, provide consulting on complex CI/CD and IaC use cases, and promote safe, scalable practices.
• Collaborate with other teams to improve platform automation, reliability, performance, and maintainability.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a hands-on Platform or Dev Ops role
• Solid background in Java- and Python-based application development, including working with JSPs and modern backend development practices
• Strong expertise in AWS and Infrastructure as Code, preferably Pulumi, including defining organizational standards
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, including cluster provisioning, service deployments, and operational troubleshooting
• Proven experience with observability and monitoring, including Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and distributed tracing (Tempo)
• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git Lab, and Jenkins migration/automation
• Strong collaboration, mentoring, and leadership skills with a hands-on approach to problem-solving
• A hands-on approach to leadership, leading by example in coding, debugging, and technical decision-making
• A track record of creating and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure platform services

Perks & Benefits

• 5 weeks of holidays +
  extra corporate days off
• Sick days
• Flexibility to work from home most of the week
• Certain flexibility to schedule your working hours
• Cafeteria system (use points on Pluxee, pension/life insurance, or Multisport card)
• Meal allowance

Apply now!