Staff Cloud Engineer

Build and maintain Terraform-based cloud provisioning frameworks.

Develop automation using Python, Go, Ansible, Bash, and cloud-native APIs.

Create reusable modules, templates, and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure delivery.

Implement automated testing, validation, compliance, and policy enforcement controls.

Drive platform modernization through automation-first engineering practices.

Translate security, compliance, and governance requirements into cloud-native policies and guardrails.

Define and implement enterprise cloud governance standards.

Partner with Security, Architecture, and Engineering teams to establish secure access control models.

Improve cloud posture management through automation and continuous compliance monitoring.

Design scalable governance frameworks that balance security with developer productivity.

Design and implement AI-assisted and agentic workflows to streamline cloud operations and governance activities.

Explore and deploy automation capabilities leveraging AI/ML technologies.

Develop operational tooling that improves incident response, remediation, and platform insights.

Operate and support business-critical cloud management platforms.

Participate in an on-call rotation supporting cloud platform services.

Drive reliability, availability, and performance improvements.

Implement robust observability, monitoring, alerting, and operational support patterns.

Act as a technical SME for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud platforms.

Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.

Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Contribute to platform strategy, architecture, and roadmap planning.

5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.

3+ years of hands-on experience building Infrastructure as Code solutions.

3+ years of experience operating cloud platforms at enterprise scale.

Experience working in multi-cloud environments.

Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, networking, and automation. Candidate must be available during US business hours through the training period. Upon successful completion of training and demonstrated independence in the role, working hours may be renegotiated to better align with UK or India time zones.

Hands-on experience with:

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (Preferred)

AWS

Azure

Additional experience with the following is highly desirable:

IBM Cloud

Strong hands-on experience with:

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Go

Bash/Shell scripting

Cloud Provider APIs and SDKs

CI/CD platforms and GitOps practices

Experience with:

Policy-as-Code

IAM and Access Governance

Compliance Automation

Security Guardrails

Cloud Security Best Practices

Logging, Monitoring, and Observability Platforms

SIEM Integration

Increased automation and reduction in manual cloud operations.

Improved cloud governance and security posture.

Faster and more consistent cloud onboarding and provisioning.

Enhanced developer experience through reusable platform services.

Scalable, reliable, and secure multi-cloud operations.

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Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: OCTO