Cloud Platform Architect
About The Position
We’re looking for a hands-on Cloud Platform Architect to lead technical strategy and drive transformation across our global SRE and DevOps operations. This is a senior individual contributor role where you’ll set the architectural vision, guide implementation, and influence technology decisions for our cloud platform—including Ruckus One —serving millions of users worldwide. As a key member of our engineering leadership team, you’ll move us from manual operations to automated, intelligent workflows. You’ll balance strategic architecture with hands-on coding (40–50%), working on multi-tenant GCP infrastructure, Kubernetes optimization, disaster recovery, automation frameworks, and compliance solutions.
Requirements
- 10+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering with large-scale production environments.
- Expert-level experience in GCP/AWS, multi-region architectures, GKE optimization, networking, and security.
- Deep Kubernetes expertise in production environments.
- Advanced Terraform development and IaC best practices.
- Strong coding skills in Python, Bash, and/or Go.
- Linux systems expertise across multiple distributions.
- Proven ability to create technical documentation and ADRs.
Nice To Haves
- Multi-cloud experience (AWS/Azure)
- Compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP)
- Cost optimization achievements
- SRE/DevOps transformation leadership
- Observability platform expertise
- Disaster recovery design and implementation
- GitOps and CI/CD pipeline expertise (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD)
Responsibilities
- Define and enforce architectural standards across our cloud product portfolio.
- Lead technology evaluations and vendor selections with clear technical recommendations.
- Create Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) for major initiatives.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams on implementation patterns.
- Drive cross-product technical alignment and establish common standards.
- Own the technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure and automation.
- Architect solutions for multi-region HA, disaster recovery, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Design automation frameworks to eliminate manual processes and reduce operational toil.
- Build observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and GCP tools.
- Write production-grade code in Python, Bash, and Go for automation and tooling.
- Develop Terraform modules and IaC patterns for enterprise-scale deployments.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- life and accidental death insurance
- a 401(k) plan
- participation in the Company’s Incentive Plan
- eleven paid holidays in a full calendar year
- two weeks of paid vacation (prorated based on start date)
- other leave options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
