Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Job summary

About this role: Wel*** is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to drive the evolution of our AWS cloud platform by designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and resilient cloud foundations.

Benefits

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will possess deep hands-on experience with AWS Landing Zones, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), cloud governance, event-driven architectures, and modern DevOps/GitOps practices.
• implement enterprise IAM solutions and access control strategies
• Follow standards for federation, IAM Identity Center, role-based access controls, and privileged access management
• Lead ongoing evolution of AWS Landing Zones and multi-account operating models
• Lead and manage governance controls using AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), Control Tower, and policy-based guardrails
• Drive infrastructure automation and standardization through Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps methodologies, enabling consistent, repeatable, and secure cloud deployments across the organization.
• Required
• 5+ years of Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms
• 5+ years of experience designing and managing AWS Landing Zones, multi-account strategies, and enterprise governance frameworks using AWS Organizations and Control Tower
• 3+ years of experience with AWS foundational services, including networking, identity and access management, security, monitoring, logging, and compliance
• 3+ years of Terraform experience, including developing reusable modules, implementing Infrastructure as Code standards, managing remote state securely, and automating AWS infrastructure deployments at scale.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will provide technical leadership across engineering teams, mentor infrastructure engineers, establish and promote cloud engineering best practices, and influence enterprise cloud strategy.
• In this role, you will:
• and cloud security best practices
• Hands-on experience building event-driven automation solutions using AWS Lambda, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, or similar cloud-native services
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives, and influence global cross-functional engineering teams
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, or AWS Advanced Networking Specialty are highly preferred.
• Job Expectations:
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Ability to work additional hours as needed
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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