Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (m/w/d)
- Design, develop, and implement platform solutions that enhance the reliability, security, and scalability of the Database Platform infrastructure.
- Provide technical leadership in AWS cloud infrastructure, networking, CI/CD, and security for cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Take an active role in shaping the team's strategy, roadmap, and architecture.
- Lead and drive incident management and troubleshooting efforts, ensuring a stable and predictable environment.
- Define, implement, and maintain comprehensive observability solutions (metrics, logging, tracing) to ensure the Platform meets availability targets
Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS.
- Solid experience with cloud infrastructure solutions such as ECS, EC2, AppSync, Amazon RDS, S3, or comparable technologies.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS).
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
- Experience with multi-account AWS setups, landing zones, and governance models.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language.
- Good understanding of cloud networking concepts and security best practices.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or similar.
- Ability to balance hands-on engineering with architectural and leadership responsibilities.
Nice To Have
- Deep understanding of database internals, including performance tuning, high availability setups, backup and recovery, and replication strategies.
- Practical experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar).
- Hands-on experience with AWS networking, including VPC design, subnetting, routing, security groups, NACLs, and hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect).
Traits We Value
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially across teams and disciplines.
- A high sense of ownership and accountability for systems and outcomes.
- Pragmatic problem-solver with a bias for action and continuous improvement.
- Passion for building robust, secure, and scalable platforms.
- Interest in platform engineering and enabling other teams to succeed.
Additional Information
- A competitive salary package
- Individual training and development opportunities
- Flexibility in balancing office hours and remote work
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