Associate Director of Cloud
Listed on 2026-06-03
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing, Systems Engineer
Overview
The Associate Director (Cloud Architect) is an open position for a core technical leadership role and a 100% focus on architecting, developing, and automating the most critical components of our AWS Cloud Platform and application delivery pipeline. This role requires at least 10 years of hands-on experience in application development, deep cloud expertise, and a strong product development mindset—treating the cloud platform and developer toolchain as internal products with measurable user experience and continuous iteration.
You will be the authoritative expert defining standards for IaC, CI/CD, and Sec Dev Ops using Git Hub as the primary source of truth. A key deliverable is driving innovation by incorporating AI/ML tools into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to enhance security, quality, and velocity across all application teams. Success in this role is measured strictly by the successful design, implementation, and scalability of complex, production-ready cloud solutions.
- AWS Foundational Architecture:
Serve as the technical owner and primary builder of the AWS Landing Zone architecture (Control Tower, AWS Organizations), ensuring high availability, network resilience (Transit Gateway), and cost efficiency. - Expert IaC Development:
Author and maintain advanced, enterprise-grade Infrastructure-as-Code modules using Cloud Formation and version control with Git Hub, promoting a strict Git Ops model for infrastructure delivery. - Scalable Application Architecture:
Architect, design, and validate highly scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud-native architectures for enterprise applications, enforcing best practices like serverless-first, auto-scaling, and multi-AZ deployments. Design applications for disaster recovery in IaaS Cloud platform. - Modern Application Development:
Leverage 10+ years of application development experience to build robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions (Cloud Front, Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, Dynamo
DB, S3), focusing on performance and operational excellence. - Sec Dev Ops Automation:
Embed security automation at every phase of the CI/CD pipeline, implementing policy-as-code (e.g., OPA) and automated compliance checks without sacrificing developer velocity. Knowledge of AWS Config, IAM Roles and Policies, Organization Policies, etc.
- Product Development Approach:
Own the cloud platform and developer toolchain as a product, focusing on improving developer experience (DX), reducing friction, and delivering measurable time-to-market improvements for application teams. - AI-Powered SDLC Integration:
Lead the strategy and technical integration of emerging technologies (e.g., Generative AI for code generation, intelligent testing, automated security patch recommendations) to modernize the internal SDLC toolchain. - CI/CD Mastery:
Architect and optimize the enterprise CI/CD platform (leveraging Git Hub Actions or equivalent tooling) to enable true continuous delivery workflows. - Fin Ops & Resource Optimization:
Develop automated mechanisms and reference architectures to optimize AWS spend and drive utilization efficiency across all business units.
- Technical Standard Bearer:
Establish and enforce technical standards, design patterns, and quality gates for cloud adoption, ensuring consistency and adherence to regulatory compliance. - Architecture Review:
Lead the technical review process for major cloud projects, ensuring all solutions are scalable, reliable, and adhere to defined security baselines.
- Degree:
Minimum BS level technical degree required;
Computer Science or Engineering background preferred - Experience:
10+ years of progressive experience in IT/Software Development, with 7+ years dedicated to large-scale, enterprise AWS engineering and Dev Ops delivery. - Core
Skills:
Expert-level proficiency in Python, NodeJS (or other major programming language) and Cloud Formation (Other IaC tools) for building production systems. - Version Control:
Expert-level knowledge of Git Hub for code…
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