Cloud Engineer

Technical Lead - Cloud

The Technical Lead will lead the delivery of a multi-cloud, multi-region, highly available eCommerce platform deployed across Azure and GCP. This includes platform infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, application architecture, MongoDB migration, and lightweight delivery management using Kanban.

What You'll Accomplish:

Technical Leadership

Architect and implement a multi-cloud (Azure + GCP) active/active platform.

Design and deploy Kubernetes workloads on AKS and GKE using Helm or Kustomize.

Lead containerization of services, define CI/CD strategy (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

Set up multi-cloud load balancing, ingress, and DNS failover patterns.

Implement monitoring and logging via Azure Monitor, GCP Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus/Grafana, or Datadog.

Lead application migration from Cosmos DB to MongoDB (including schema redesign, replication, data cutover).

Guide development of stateless services, API gateways, and caching/session handling.

Infrastructure & DevOps

Manage infrastructure-as-code via Terraform.

Implement network policies, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), secrets management.

Coordinate cross-cloud IAM, container security, and deployment automation.

Own platform readiness, SLO compliance, and production rollout strategy.

Project Delivery & Kanban Oversight

Serve as Kanban lead for one delivery stream (infra or app/data).

Maintain and prioritize technical backlog, track WIP limits, and unblock team members.

Coordinate workstreams across architecture, development, infrastructure, QA, and client stakeholders.

Contribute to technical documentation and operational runbooks.

Collaborate with client’s advisory architects and internal/external SMEs.

Coordinate and lead periodic product demos, showcasing key success metrics and overall progress to goals.

What You'll Bring:

Cloud Platforms

Deep expertise in both Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Production experience with AKS and GKE, including deployment and scaling

Familiarity with global load balancing (e.g., Azure Front Door, GCP Load Balancer)

Containers & Orchestration

Strong experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)

End-to-end knowledge of container lifecycle, CI/CD, and secure workload delivery

Databases & Data Migration

Hands-on experience with MongoDB, including clustering and multi-region replication

Experience migrating from Cosmos DB or other managed NoSQL to open-source platforms

Understanding of transactional integrity and consistency models in distributed databases

DevOps & Observability

Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform

Proficiency in setting up observability: logs, metrics, alerts, and dashboards

Experience with tools like Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, Azure Monitor, or Cloud Operations Suite

Project & Delivery

Prior experience serving as a Tech Lead or Principal Engineer in agile/kanban environments

Comfortable running standups, managing Kanban boards (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps), and reporting progress

Strong communication and coordination skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Anthos, Istio, or service mesh across clouds

Familiarity with chaos engineering or failure injection (Azure Chaos Studio, Gremlin)

Azure or GCP certifications a plus (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect)