Your work profile
Lead the enterprise-wide AWS Infrastructure strategy, cloud transformation roadmap, and platform modernization initiatives aligned with business objectives- Own end-to-end delivery accountability for AWS platform engineering, cloud infrastructure services, governance, security, reliability, and operational excellence
- Define and execute multi-year AWS cloud roadmaps, architecture strategies, and operating models to support business growth and technology transformation
- Establish and govern AWS Landing Zones, AWS Control Tower, multi-account management frameworks, and enterprise cloud governance models
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK, ensuring automation-first delivery and operational consistency
- Lead large-scale AWS modernization programs, including cloud migration, platform engineering, DevOps transformation, and cloud-native adoption initiatives
- Oversee enterprise cloud operations, platform reliability, observability, automation, and service resilience across AWS environments
- Define cloud architecture standards, reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and engineering best practices for enterprise-wide adoption
- Manage large cross-functional and globally distributed teams across Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Security, and Infrastructure functions
- Ensure successful delivery through effective program governance, resource planning, risk management, quality assurance, and executive reporting
Platform Strategy, Governance & Architecture
- Own AWS platform strategy, reference architectures, cloud governance frameworks, and enterprise cloud operating models
- Drive adoption and standardization of:
AWS Control Tower
AWS Landing Zones
AWS Organizations
Service Control Policies (SCPs)
AWS Config
Automated Governance Guardrails
- Define enterprise standards for:
AWS Networking Architecture
Transit Gateway Design
VPC Architecture
AWS PrivateLink
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
AWS SSO
OIDC Integration
Cloud Security Architecture
- Partner with Security, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant cloud platforms
Infrastructure Engineering & Automation
- Lead Infrastructure-as-Code adoption at scale using:
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CDK
- Establish automation-first engineering practices, reusable modules, self-service platforms, and cloud engineering accelerators
- Create and maintain golden AMIs, infrastructure blueprints, baseline configurations, and enterprise cloud templates
- Drive CI/CD automation, infrastructure lifecycle management, and cloud provisioning standards across the organization
- Promote platform engineering principles to improve developer experience, speed, scalability, and operational efficiency
Reliability, Observability & SRE Leadership
- Establish Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices including:
SLIs / SLOs
Error Budgets
Incident Management
Problem Management
Resilience Engineering
Chaos Engineering
- Own enterprise observability strategy leveraging:
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS CloudTrail
AWS X-Ray
Amazon EventBridge
OpenTelemetry
Third-Party APM Platforms
- Drive operational excellence through monitoring, automation, auto-healing frameworks, runbooks, and operational playbooks
- Improve platform reliability, availability, scalability, and service performance across critical workloads
Security, Risk & Compliance Management
- Integrate security-by-design principles across cloud platforms and workloads
- Drive enterprise cloud security initiatives covering:
IAM & Identity Governance
Encryption & Key Management (KMS)
Threat Detection
Security Monitoring
Logging & Audit Controls
Compliance Management
AWS Security Hub
Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon Inspector
IAM Access Analyzer
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, regulatory requirements, and risk management frameworks
Cost Optimization & FinOps Leadership
- Lead AWS FinOps strategy and cloud financial governance initiatives
- Drive cost optimization through:
Chargeback / Showback Models
Rightsizing
Savings Plans
Reserved Instances
Resource Optimization
Cloud Cost Governance
- Establish cloud financial KPIs and ROI measurement frameworks across AWS environments
- Drive continuous improvement in cloud utilization, efficiency, and business value realization
Client Engagement & Stakeholder Management
- Act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, business leaders, and senior technology stakeholders on cloud strategy and infrastructure transformation
- Lead executive governance forums, steering committee meetings, architecture reviews, and transformation discussions
- Manage program risks, escalations, dependencies, and executive communications across large-scale AWS initiatives
- Collaborate closely with business, security, infrastructure, and application teams to align cloud platforms with enterprise objectives
- Manage strategic vendor relationships and evaluate emerging AWS technologies and services to support innovation and modernization efforts
People Leadership & Capability Development
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams of AWS Architects, Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, SREs, and Cloud Specialists
- Define competency frameworks, career development paths, and cloud capability-building initiatives
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, continuous learning, and operational discipline
- Lead talent development, succession planning, and workforce transformation initiatives across cloud engineering functions
Key skills required
12–15+ years of experience in Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Enterprise Technology Leadership roles- Proven experience leading large-scale AWS transformation, modernization, and platform engineering initiatives
- Strong expertise in:
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AWS Cloud Platform
- AWS Landing Zones
- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Organizations
- Multi-Account Governance
- AWS Security & Compliance
- Deep expertise across:
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AWS Networking
- IAM & Identity Management
- Compute Services
- Storage Services
- Database Platforms
- Container Platforms
- Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Technologies
- Strong hands-on experience with:
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Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS CDK
- Python
- PowerShell
- CI/CD Platforms
- Proven experience driving:
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Platform Engineering
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Cloud Automation
- Cloud Governance
- FinOps Programs
- Operational Excellence Initiatives
- Experience managing large cloud portfolios, transformation programs, and executive stakeholder relationships
- Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic mindset with the ability to balance innovation, governance, reliability, security, and business outcomes
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities
- Experience leading Agile, DevOps, and Cloud Operating Model transformations is highly preferred
