Senior Cloud Architect – Platforms Engineering

Xona Space Systems • Burlingame, CA

4d • $173,000 - $197,000

About The Position

Xona is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to join its growing Platform Engineering team. The role is the technical owner of the company’s core AWS cloud infrastructure and network topology, building and scaling foundational systems that help software engineering teams deploy applications rapidly, securely, and reliably. Although titled Cloud Architect, the position combines architectural strategy with hands-on platform ownership and operational excellence (CloudOps).

Requirements

• At least 7 years of IT experience, including at least 4 years specializing in AWS cloud architecture and infrastructure engineering.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of AWS networking services, including VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, and Direct Connect, as well as hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Extensive Infrastructure as Code experience and some knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, including tools such as Terraform, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Solid understanding of container technologies and orchestration platforms, specifically Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.
• Demonstrated experience designing secure cloud environments that adhere to the Principle of Least Privilege and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience implementing cloud cost-management frameworks, reserved-instance or savings-plan strategies, and granular resource-tagging policies.

Nice To Haves

• Industry certifications such as AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming or scripting language, such as Python or Bash, for automation and tooling.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification, or equivalent hands-on enterprise experience.

Responsibilities

• Own, evolve, and scale the AWS multi-account cloud architecture, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
• Design and manage enterprise networking topologies, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs, and routing policies, to provide secure segmentation and low-latency connectivity.
• Standardize and automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Collaborate with Site Reliability Engineering to implement monitoring, logging, and tracing across cloud environments using tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Enable product engineering teams by providing self-service infrastructure templates, architectural guidance, and best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed