Lead Cloud & Compute Engineer (AWS / Azure)
Position Type: Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule: Onsite 1 day a week
Contract Length: 8 months + extensions
Position Overview:
The Lead Cloud & Compute Engineer provides strategic and technical leadership for enterprise cloud and compute operations, ensuring alignment with organizational technology vision, strategy, and service excellence. This role oversees the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud and compute environments to deliver resilient, secure, and high-performing IT services across the enterprise.
Duties:
Lead the Cloud and Compute Architecture and Engineering Team, providing direction and strategic alignment with enterprise technology goals.
Define and implement enterprise-wide cloud and compute standards, architectures, and operational best practices.
Interpret technology and market trends to guide leadership on infrastructure and product roadmaps.
Establish and maintain a customer-focused culture across IT teams, fostering collaboration and unified service delivery.
Oversee ITSM process adoption and improvement for incident, problem, change, and knowledge management.
Develop and track KPIs, SLAs, and executive dashboards to measure cloud and compute performance and service quality.
Manage hybrid and multi-cloud environments across major platforms such as AWS and Azure.
Drive governance, compliance, and security frameworks within enterprise cloud and compute systems.
Ensure system resiliency, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities meet enterprise standards.
Lead project planning, prioritization, and execution for major infrastructure initiatives.
Develop cost-benefit analyses and business cases for technology investments and optimizations.
Create and maintain operational documentation, standards, and policies for enterprise infrastructure management.
Continuously evaluate capacity, performance, and risk to maintain scalable and efficient IT operations.
Mentor technical teams and evaluate performance to ensure professional development and accountability.
Support executive leadership in technology planning, performance measurement, and enterprise IT strategy execution.
Required Skills:
5 years of proven experience leading cloud engineering teams in a large enterprise or public-sector environment.
Ability to align technology strategy, standards, and roadmaps with CIO/CTO vision and enterprise objectives.
Demonstrated success guiding organizations that support central enterprise functions, agencies, and external customers.
Track record of establishing a unified, customer-oriented culture across distributed IT teams.
Technical experience designing, deploying, and managing solutions across major public cloud providers (Azure/AWS preferred).
Proficiency in hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, including interconnectivity, workload migration, and policy enforcement.
Preferred Skills:
- Relevant cloud certifications in AWS and/or Azure (highly desired).