Distinguished Engineer - Infrastructure Automation & AIOps

Early Warning Services•San Francisco, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Distinguished Engineer - Infrastructure Automation & AIOps, is responsible for defining and driving the enterprise strategy, architecture, and technical standards for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and AI-driven infrastructure management. This role serves as the organization’s foremost technical authority for infrastructure automation, establishing a modern engineering ecosystem that enables infrastructure to be provisioned, configured, secured, and governed entirely through code. The Distinguished Engineer will own the enterprise Terraform platform and its technical roadmap, ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure, and reusable automation capabilities across cloud and on-premises environments. This includes establishing reusable modules, reference architectures, policy-as-code frameworks, automated validation pipelines, and engineering guardrails that promote consistency, compliance, security, and operational resilience. In parallel, this leader will establish a centralized, self-service AIOps capability that provides reusable frameworks, automation patterns, and intelligent operational tooling that can be consumed by teams across the enterprise. Working across engineering, cloud, security, and platform organizations, the Distinguished Engineer will drive the adoption of standardized automation practices, reduce manual infrastructure management, and deliver governed, scalable, and resilient infrastructure capabilities that accelerate technology delivery, improve infrastructure reliability, and enable enterprise-wide operational excellence.

Requirements

Education or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Highly experienced, often with 20 or more years of progressive software engineering experience, including technical leadership of large-scale enterprise initiatives.
Minimum 5 or more years of experience designing and operating highly scalable, distributed systems in cloud environments.
Minimum 5 or more years of experience implementing cloud-native solutions using containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and secure development practices.
Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through large-scale system designs, upgrades, and enterprise releases.
Deep expertise in at least one major technical domain such as distributed systems, full-stack platforms, data-intensive architectures, or cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and work effectively in cross-functional teams to generate results.
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with strong executive presence and business acumen.
Background and drug screen.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or Doctorate preferred.
Recognized industry thought leadership through published works, patents, speaking engagements, or open-source contributions.
Experience migrating complex enterprise systems from on-premises to cloud environments.
Experience leading architectural modernization or large-scale digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

Serves as a recognized technical authority across the organization, leading the design and evolution of large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems.
Drives architectural strategy, engineering standards, and key technology decisions impacting multiple platforms and teams.
Maintains hands-on involvement in architecture, system design, and coding, including development of proof-of-concepts and resolution of complex production issues.
Leads complex, multi-year enterprise initiatives from concept through delivery, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and technical excellence.
Collaborates closely with Engineering, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Data, and Operations leaders to deliver cross-functional outcomes.
Ensures solutions are built in accordance with engineering best practices, including quality standards, CI/CD, automated testing, scalability, observability, and secure development principles.
Promotes incremental, production-ready delivery and avoids large-scale “big bang” implementations.
Provides executive-level communication regarding progress, risks, architectural trade-offs, and long-term technology implications.
Mentors and elevates senior engineers and technical leaders, raising the overall engineering bar across the organization.
Ensures compliance with security policies, regulatory requirements, audit standards, and service level commitments.
Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of systems and data.

Benefits

Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans
Company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA)
Pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees
Generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees
11 paid company holidays
Paid volunteer day
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.