Lead Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer

Nutanix; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix is seeking a Lead Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer to drive enterprise cloud governance, FinOps, and platform automation across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will own critical capabilities, lead technical initiatives, and mentor teams while scaling secure automation.

In this senior IC role, you will design maintainable cloud platforms, enforce security guardrails with InfoSec, and implement auditable GitOps pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience operating or engineering cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Proficient in AWS IAM, Organizations, EC2, S3, EventBridge, billing and cross-account patterns.
• Strong GitOps and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and production change management.
• Hands-on IaC experience with Terraform (and exposure to Pulumi).
• Experience with Python, Go, or similar languages for automation.
• Working knowledge of GCP and Azure governance, IAM, billing, and automation concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reusable cloud platforms and self-service workflows using Python and cloud APIs.
• Lead security guardrails, privileged access controls, and account hygiene with InfoSec for AWS.
• Implement auditable GitOps and CI/CD pipelines with secure packaging and testing.
• Standardize multi-account/multi-cloud state management and drift detection in IaC.
• Drive a unified governance and FinOps model across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Skills

Cloud governance

AWS

GCP

Azure

GitOps

Terraform

Python/Go

Multi-cloud FinOps

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart

The Opportunity As a Lead Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer, you will operate as a senior individual contributor and technical lead within our G&A – IT Cloud Ops organization. You will define and implement how Nutanix governs, automates, secures, and optimizes public-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. This role allows you to own critical cloud governance, FinOps, and operational capabilities while increasing the team's ability to scale securely and efficiently through automation.

About the Team

You will join the G&A – IT Cloud Ops team, reporting to the Sr. Manager of Service Engineering. We are a team focused on building reliable automation and establishing reusable standards that eliminate manual operational overhead. We value technical mentorship, clear documentation, and cross-functional alignment. This role is aligned to Pacific Time to support core team collaboration, and candidates who can work near Nutanix headquarters are preferred.

Your Role

Cloud Automation & Platform Architecture Design, build, and operate maintainable, reusable, and observable cloud platforms and self-service workflows using Python, cloud APIs, and event-driven patterns. Replace one-off scripts with enterprise solutions across large, multi-account, and multi-region AWS environments (including cross-account access and account lifecycles). Establish operational ownership, testing, documentation, release management, and rollback standards.

AWS Technical Leadership & Security Serve as the principal SME for AWS architecture, governance, and core services (IAM, Organizations, EventBridge, EC2, S3, billing, and cross-account roles). In partnership with InfoSec, define and enforce security guardrails, privileged access controls, resource policies, account hygiene, regional/service restrictions, and exception workflows. Debug complex production issues involving IAM, networking, bucket policies, and cross-service integrations while evaluating new AWS capabilities for platform enablement.

GitOps, CI/CD & Delivery Automation Implement auditable, version-controlled GitOps and CI/CD pipelines using pull requests, peer reviews, branching strategies, and progressive delivery. Integrate security, cost, compliance, policy-as-code, secrets management, and automated testing directly into the software delivery lifecycle. Eliminate toil via event-driven remediation, scheduled automation, clear runbooks, and strict environment separation.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Configuration Management Lead the architectural design, module creation, and lifecycle management for IaC using Terraform (with exposure to Pulumi or similar). Standardize multi-account/multi-cloud state management, provider configurations, and drift detection while enforcing code-review discipline and safe state-change practices. Rationalize platform tooling to eliminate brittle or duplicative automation.

Multi-Cloud Governance & FinOps Drive a unified governance, visibility, and cost-optimization model across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Normalize cloud billing/usage data into actionable reporting models for business, finance, and engineering stakeholders. Automate rightsizing, savings commitment strategies, tagging compliance, and waste reduction—balancing cost efficiency against reliability, security, and developer speed.

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years of professional experience operating or engineering cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Demonstrated proficiency in AWS IAM, Organizations, account and access patterns, EC2, S3, EventBridge, and cloud APIs.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitOps and DevOps practices, including version control, CI/CD, automated testing, and production change management.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, especially Terraform.
• Strong automation and scripting ability in Python, Go, or a comparable language.
• At least working knowledge of GCP and Azure governance, IAM, resource organization, billing, and automation concepts.

Learn More About the Technology: https://www.nutanixbible.com/

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

We're an Equal Opportunity Employer

Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled. We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting [e-mail].