Cloud IAM Engineer (AWS, Azure, GCP)

8-12+ years experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or enterprise architecture

5+ years of hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)

3+ years in technical leadership or principal engineer roles

Experience designing and implementing large-scale cloud transformations

Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures

Experience in payments, financial services, or regulated industries preferred

Track record of architecting solutions supporting thousands of concurrent usersTechnical Skills Cloud Platform Expertise:
• Expert-level knowledge of AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation)
• Strong proficiency in Azure (VMs, Storage, SQL Database, Functions, AKS, VNet, Azure AD, ARM)
• Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, GKE, VPC)
• Experience with cloud migration tools (AWS Migration Hub, Azure Migrate, CloudEndure)

Infrastructure & Automation:
• Expert in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, Pulumi)
• Strong scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go)
• Proficiency with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with GitOps practices and tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
• CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

Container & Orchestration:
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and cloud-managed Kubernetes services
• Container technologies (Docker, containerd)
• Service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)
• Helm charts and Kustomize for configuration management

Networking & Security:
• Advanced networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing, DNS)
• VPN, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity solutions
• Web Application Firewalls, DDoS protection, and security best practices
• Certificate management and secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Zero Trust architecture and microsegmentation

Data & Databases:
• Architecture experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server)
• NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, MongoDB)
• Data warehousing solutions (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery)
• Database migration strategies and replication technologies
• Backup, recovery, and high-availability architectures

Observability & Monitoring:
• Cloud-native monitoring (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Cloud Operations Suite)
• APM solutions (Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace)
• Logging platforms (ELK Stack, Splunk, CloudWatch Logs)
• Distributed tracing (Jaeger, X-Ray, Application Insights)

Methodologies & Frameworks:
• Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman)
• Well-Architected Framework principles (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Twelve-Factor App methodology
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
• FinOps and Cloud Financial Management principles
• Agile and DevOps methodologies

Professional Skills
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Strong leadership and mentorship capabilities
• Ability to influence and drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
• Executive presence and presentation skills for C-level audiences
• Collaborative mindset with ability to work across organizational boundaries
• Problem-solving and critical thinking under pressure
• Customer-focused approach with emphasis on business outcomes

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Master s degree or MBA in related field
• 10+ years of enterprise cloud architecture experience
• Multi-cloud certifications across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• TOGAF or Zachman Framework certification
• FinOps Certified Practitioner
• Experience with infrastructure at massive scale (PB-scale data, millions of transactions/day)
• Published thought leadership (blogs, whitepapers, conference presentations)
• Open-source contributions to cloud-native projects
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and MLOps platforms
• Terraform or Kubernetes certifications
• CISSP, CCSP, or other security certifications

COMPETENCIES
• Technical Cloud architecture and design mastery
• Multi-cloud platform expertise
• Security and compliance architecture
• Infrastructure automation and IaC
• System scalability and performance optimization
• Cost optimization and financial management
• DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Professional Strategic vision and innovation
• Technical leadership and mentorship
• Stakeholder management and influence
• Decision-making and judgment
• Communication excellence across all levels
• Continuous learning and adaptation
• Collaboration and cross-functional partnership
• Business alignment and value delivery

For applications and inquiries, contact: [email protected]