Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, VP

Citi • Irving, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Citi is a leading global bank with approximately 200 million customer accounts and operations in over 160 countries. The Operations & Technology teams at Citi are responsible for technology solutions that underpin all aspects of the bank's operations, from security and resource management to digital architecture and customer experience. They aim to reimagine client and partner experiences through secure, reliable, and efficient services. Citi is committed to diversity and fostering an environment where the best people want to work, valuing respect, merit-based promotion, and opportunities for personal development. The role of Senior Cloud Platform Engineer is pivotal in architecting and delivering foundational Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks, automation services, and reusable cloud blueprints. This role empowers engineering teams to securely and efficiently adopt AWS and GCP at scale, focusing on platform tooling and internal service integration.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in a software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering capacity.
• Deep, hands-on experience with authoring Terraform modules and a strong interest in advanced module framework design.
• Practical experience with a major cloud provider (AWS or GCP), including provisioning via IaC, IAM design, storage patterns, and networking fundamentals.
• Extensive, hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm for defining and managing application workloads.
• Proficiency in Python for developing automation services and platform tooling.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, modular design, and writing clean, maintainable code.
• Deep understanding of microservices concepts and the patterns for how distributed applications consume platform APIs, cloud storage, IAM, and networking services.
• Proven ability to lead design discussions, influence architectural decisions, and drive technology adoption across multiple teams.
• Experience with Linux and a strong understanding of its fundamentals.

Nice To Haves

• This is not a full-stack application development, DevOps/CI-CD pipeline engineering, Kubernetes cluster administration, or SRE-specific role.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and enhance reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks and modules using Terraform for AWS and GCP services, including compute, storage, networking, and IAM.
• Establish and promote best practices and design patterns for IaC to be used across the engineering community.
• Define, implement, and maintain Kubernetes and Helm standards to simplify the deployment of secure, cloud-integrated workloads.
• Develop Python-based automation services, command-line interfaces (CLIs), validators, and diagnostic tools to improve developer workflows and enhance platform reliability.
• Engineer and evolve the end-user adoption of internally engineered solutions through the creation of blueprints, templates, documentation, and reference architectures.
• Define and manage the service contracts and integration interfaces consumed by application and platform teams.
• Liaise with other teams, including application, security, and networking, to align on architectural decisions and resolve integration bottlenecks.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and optimization efforts for platform components spanning IaC, cloud services, and Kubernetes.
• Mentor other cloud and platform developers on best practices for IaC, Kubernetes patterns, Python tooling, and secure cloud design.

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

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