Lead Engineer, Solution Architecture and Engineering

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world. We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests. The Royal Caribbean Group’s Global Information Technology Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead Engineer, Solution Architecture and Engineering reporting to the Senior Manager, Solution Engineering. This position is onsite and will be based in Miramar, Florida. This position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship. Position Summary: The Lead Engineer, Solution Architecture and Engineering reports to the Senior Manager, Solution Architecture & Engineering and serves as a technical leader across Infrastructure & Operations. This role drives the design, selection, and implementation of modern infrastructure solutions across the Royal Caribbean technology portfolio. As a hands-on engineering leader, the Lead Engineer owns solutions end-to-end—from discovery and architecture through deployment and operational readiness—working closely with infrastructure teams, product owners, enterprise architects, and operations engineers. The role requires deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), infrastructure automation, container platforms, and DevOps practices, with a strong focus on building secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions aligned to business outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or related technology roles
Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP); multi-cloud experience preferred
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM Templates
Experience with database platforms, middleware, and enterprise workloads
Strong understanding of DevOps practices and platform automation
CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and ArgoCD
Docker and Kubernetes for containerized workloads
Monitoring, logging, and cloud-native operational tooling
Strong technical leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to facilitate collaboration across engineering, operations, and architecture teams
Experience designing holistic, scalable solutions that align with long-term enterprise strategy
Solid understanding of: IT governance frameworks, Security and compliance best practices, FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization

Nice To Haves

multi-cloud experience preferred

Responsibilities

Design and deliver infrastructure solutions across Royal Caribbean Group’s enterprise technology landscape
Act as solution owner from project inception through production delivery
Lead technical discovery sessions to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical designs
Drive standardization, best practices, and reusable design patterns across infrastructure domains
Architect and implement cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
Design and deploy compute, storage, networking, and platform services with a security-first mindset
Partner with specialized infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions spanning: End-user computing, Cloud platforms, Networking, Databases and middleware, Enterprise applications
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates, and CloudFormation
Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and updates
Automate operational processes including: Scaling, Monitoring and alerting, Patch and configuration management
Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
Coordinate solution delivery across multiple infrastructure teams to ensure aligned execution
Provide clear, regular status updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks and cross-team dependencies
Ensure solutions adhere to governance, security, compliance, and FinOps standards
Lead hands-on R&D and proof-of-concept efforts to evaluate emerging technologies
Mentor and coach junior engineers on cloud platforms, automation, and DevOps best practices
Serve as a thought leader in modern infrastructure engineering and platform design