AWS EKS Lead - Cloud Platform Engineering Manager

Protiviti • New York City, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Manager to join our growing Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering team. As a Manager, you’ll partner with our clients to solve complex business problems and provide impactful advice and solutions. You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor, trainer, and coach to Consultants and Senior Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans. As an AWS EKS Lead, you will architect and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices. You will work closely with client stakeholders, engineering teams, architects, and executive leadership to accelerate cloud adoption and improve business outcomes. You will lead cloud platform assessments, modernization programs, containerization initiatives, migration efforts, and operational transformation engagements. You will also contribute to business development, solution development, and thought leadership across the cloud ecosystem.

Requirements

• 5+ years working in professional services industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, IS, Comp Sci., etc.).
• Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, implementation, and management of AWS-based cloud platforms.
• Design and administer enterprise-scale Kubernetes environments using Amazon EKS.
• Develop highly available, resilient, and scalable cloud-native architectures.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices using modern DevOps tooling.
• Build observability capabilities using monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks.
• Design secure cloud architectures aligned with industry security and compliance standards.
• Lead cloud migration, containerization, and application modernization initiatives.
• Optimize cloud performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership across client engagements and delivery teams.
• Mentor cloud engineers and architects while promoting engineering excellence.
• Support proposal development, solution architecture, and new business pursuits.
• Maintain strong relationships with delivery engineers and architects so that proposed solutions reflect real implementation experience.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to engineers, architects, business stakeholders, and senior technology leaders.
• Demonstrate consulting behaviors including active listening, structured problem solving, professional communication, clear documentation, and ownership of commitments.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverages
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• life and accident insurance
• adoption and fertility assistance
• paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• short/long term disability
• company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time
• 11 paid holidays each calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager