Cloud Engineer

Insight Global; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead enterprise cloud initiatives across AWS and Azure. You will shape secure, scalable cloud architectures and drive modernization efforts with cross-functional teams.

This role emphasizes governance, cost visibility, and collaboration with cybersecurity and operations to optimize performance and risk. The position requires 10+ years in cloud engineering, deep AWS experience, Azure familiarity, and strong leadership and communication skills

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and supporting enterprise cloud environments.
• 7+ years hands-on AWS experience in large-scale deployments.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and architectures.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud modernization and platform transformation initiatives.
• Design highly available and secure cloud architectures.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity to strengthen security posture.
• Develop cloud standards and reference architectures.
• Guide executive reporting on cloud consumption and cost.
• Serve as the enterprise technical authority across teams.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS expertise

Azure cloud

Kubernetes

Cloud networking

Identity management

Security controls

Terraform

CloudFormation

Executive communication

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Job Description

• Design, implement, and support scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions primarily on AWS.
• Contribute to multi-cloud architecture initiatives involving AWS and Azure platforms.
• Develop cloud standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
• Lead cloud modernization, migration, and platform transformation initiatives.
• Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and disaster-resilient cloud architectures.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to strengthen cloud security posture.
• Design and implement cloud security controls aligned with enterprise security requirements.
• Partner with vulnerability management teams to identify and remediate cloud security risks.
• Support Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) initiatives and continuous compliance monitoring.
• Drive cloud financial governance and optimization initiatives.
• Develop cloud cost visibility, accountability, and forecasting capabilities.
• Identify opportunities for rightsizing, automation, reserved capacity planning, and consumption optimization.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align cloud spend with business outcomes.
• Support executive reporting on cloud consumption, utilization, and optimization initiatives.
• Design and support complex enterprise cloud networking solutions.
• Implement AI-enabled cloud solutions leveraging Amazon Bedrock and related AWS AI services.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and business capabilities.
• Collaborate with development teams to establish secure and scalable AI architectures.
• Design governance and security controls for AI workloads deployed within cloud environments.
• Serve as an enterprise technical authority for cloud engineering, providing technical direction across engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, application, and operations teams.
• Lead technical design reviews for complex, high-risk, and business-critical cloud solutions.
• Establish and govern reusable cloud engineering standards, patterns, reference implementations, and architectural decision records.
• Resolve complex technical challenges spanning multiple platforms, teams, and business domains.
• Influence enterprise technology decisions without relying on direct reporting authority.

Skills and Requirements

• 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise cloud environments.
• 7+ years of hands-on AWS experience in enterprise-scale environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and architectures.
• Advanced experience with Kubernetes and containerized platforms.
• Deep understanding of cloud networking concepts and architectures.
• Strong knowledge of authentication, identity management, federation, and access control technologies.
• Experience implementing cloud security frameworks and controls.
• Experience with cloud automation and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise middleware, API, and integration platforms.
• Hands-on experience with cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
• Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, logging, and operational excellence principles.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Executive communication and presentation skills
• Strategic thinking and technical leadership
• Cross-functional stakeholder engagement

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].