Lead a small team of cloud engineers building and maintaining AWS hosting environments for equivant's SaaS products; set technical direction, mentor team members, and prioritize team workload
Design, implement, and optimize AWS infrastructure to meet deployment, availability, performance, scalability, and cost goals
Automate the deployment of customer environments using infrastructure as code
Manage core AWS services including compute, DB, storage, networking, IAM, and security
Oversee security, asset inventory, and lifecycle management for cloud resources
Own AWS Config and organizational guardrails (Service Control Policies, Control Tower where applicable) to enforce baseline security and compliance across the AWS organization
Design and maintain cloud backup and disaster recovery capabilities to meet defined recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO); lead DR planning and testing
Partner with R&D on architecture, performance, and troubleshooting to ensure the hosting environment evolves with the product and applications run well in a cloud-hosted environment
Build CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for web servers and web applications, including establishing capability where it's not yet in place, in partnership with R&D to reduce manual deployment and enable faster, lower-risk releases
Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and SIEM integration (CloudWatch and related tools) for hosted environments
Coordinate with ITSM processes (Jira) for change management, incident response, and request fulfillment
Support compliance with the CJIS Security Policy, AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2, and other regulatory requirements; maintain technical documentation for cloud architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures
Participate in on-call rotations and support after-hours incident response as needed
Requirements
3-5 years of experience in cloud engineering, systems administration, or related roles, including 2+ years leading or mentoring engineers
Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services (EC2, RDS, S3, VPC/networking, IAM) and multi-account AWS environments
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred; CloudFormation or similar)
Ability to understand application architecture and collaborate effectively with R&D to improve how applications run in a cloud-hosted environment
Familiarity with security, asset, and lifecycle management for cloud resources
Familiarity with ITSM platforms such as Jira
Competency with scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.)
Experience building or expanding DevOps practices and CI/CD tooling, including in environments where these practices were not already established
Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams (R&D, Security, Compliance, Technical Services)
Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities and excellent documentation and communication skills, written and verbal, for technical and non-technical audiences
The selected candidate must be able to complete vetting required by the FBI CJIS Security Policy and any applicable state or agency requirements, including fingerprint-based background investigation
Possible travel (approximately 5%)
May provide after-hours support for incidents
Preferences
Experience with CI/CD tools
Hands-on experience with monitoring/logging tools
Experience operating multi-tenant SaaS products at scale
Familiarity with the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy
Solid understanding of the AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2
Proficiency in system administration (Linux/Windows, IIS, Active Directory)
Experience with SQL Server or other RDBMS on AWS RDS
Knowledge of network security principles and firewalls
The salary range for this role is $120K-$130K annually, depending on the candidate's experience and location.
Worker Type:
Regular
Number of Openings Available:
1
Additional Information
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the AWS hosting environments that power equivant's court SaaS products. You will lead a small team of cloud engineers responsible for the availability, scalability, and security of our hosted services, and for automating the deployment of new customer tenants and environments. You will work closely with R&D, Security, Compliance, and Technical Services teams to meet deployment, performance, availability, and scalability goals, and to support compliance with the AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2 and the CJIS Security Policy.
Job Description:
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