We are seeking an experienced and visionary Chief Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to lead and shape the organization's cloud infrastructure strategy while championing innovations with Go Language and AWS. This role demands a deep technical and strategic mindset to design and oversee secure, scalable, and high-performing infrastructures, enhance developer experience, and ensure the overall alignment of cloud platforms with business and customer needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor the Cloud Engineering team in delivering cutting-edge solutions, with an emphasis on fostering collaboration, skill development, and innovation
- Define and steer the strategic direction of cloud infrastructure initiatives aligned with organizational goals and industry trends
- Oversee and guide services related to HashiCorp Vault, authentication and authorization, cloud platform provisioning, and certificate monitoring
- Architect, develop, and maintain high-quality, innovative code for automation and internal customer-facing APIs
- Establish best-in-class practices for incident management and participate in on-call support rotation while ensuring team readiness and performance
- Develop and maintain comprehensive High-Level Designs, developer-focused documentation, and strategic blueprints for cloud operations
- Address and resolve highly complex issues spanning all layers of the technology stack, acting as the escalation point for technical challenges
- Own release schedules, resource planning, workload estimation, and strategic priority alignment
- Champion the design of secure, high-performing, and resilient services and infrastructure capabilities while balancing operational efficiency with innovation
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to ensure cloud architecture supports evolving business needs
- Advocate for customer-centric cloud solutions while effectively managing risks, costs, and operational challenges
Requirements
- Broad engineering experience, with a minimum of 7 years developing solutions in Golang
- At least 2 years of relevant leadership experience in designing and managing cloud infrastructure teams
- Expertise in secrets management tools like Vault, along with a strong grasp of authentication and authorization protocols
- Advanced experience with certificate management and deep understanding of cryptography, encryption principles, and related technologies
- Proficiency in implementing and managing authentication/authorization systems, including protocols like OAuth 2.0, SAML, and LDAP
- Mastery of Terraform, Git, and other infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools, with a track record of designing scalable infrastructure solutions
- Extensive experience managing and provisioning AWS environments at an enterprise scale, including advanced IAM role administration and account management
- Proven hands-on expertise in Kubernetes platforms such as EKS, including experience in scaling and optimizing container orchestration platforms
- Thorough understanding of networking concepts, particularly in AWS environments, including security group configurations, routing, and DNS management
- Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence decision-making at an executive level and collaborate effectively with stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize customer needs into strategic solutions while ensuring optimal performance and scalability
- Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1 level or above)
Benefits
- Career plan and real growth opportunities
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- International Mobility Plan within 25 countries
- Constant training, mentoring, online corporate courses, eLearning and more
- English classes with a certified teacher
- Support for employee’s initiatives (Algorithms club, toastmasters, agile club and more)
- Enjoyable working environment (Gaming room, napping area, amenities, events, sport teams and more)
- Flexible work schedule and dress code
- Collaborate in a multicultural environment and share best practices from around the globe
- Hired directly by EPAM & 100% under payroll
- Law benefits (IMSS, INFONAVIT, 25% vacation bonus)
- Major medical expenses insurance: Life, Major medical expenses with dental & visual coverage (for the employee and direct family members)
- 13 % employee savings fund, capped to the law limit
- Grocery coupons
- 30 days December bonus
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 12 vacations days plus 4 floating days
- Official Mexican holidays, plus 5 extra holidays (Maundry Thursday and Friday, November 2nd, December 24th & 31st)
- Monthly non-taxable amount for the electricity and internet bills