Remote Cloud Platform Lead - AWS & Observability

Peraton; Herndon (VA); Remote; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Platform Technical Lead to drive maturity of the cloud platform, oversee end-to-end delivery of critical applications, and coordinate across diverse engineering teams in a remote work setting.

You will design and implement cloud transformations, leverage AI and analytics, and own monitoring, alerting, and incident response while communicating status to executives and customers. This role requires strong leadership and technical communication skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience building/operating on AWS, DevSecOps, application development, networking, IT Security tools.
• One relevant AWS Certification: AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Security Specialist, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• Ability to work with Terraform for infrastructure as code solutions.
• Strong understanding of identity access management roles, permissions, etc.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes-based containerized applications (AWS EKS).
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD including enabling environments, feature flags, and DORA Metrics aggregation.
• Coding proficiency in at least one software language (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby).
• Must be a self-starter and able to execute at both a tactical and strategic level - with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical acumen, solid technology experience, business judgment, and an ability to dive deep to solve complex problems.
• Must have the leadership presence and communication skills to effectively work with customers at all levels of their organization.

Responsibilities

• Be a key technical leader to drive maturity of current Cloud Platform (IaaS, PaaS, Saas) and lead continuous delivery of highly visible applications.
• Expertise in designing, architecting and implementing a broad range of technology transformation initiatives, especially those involving advanced cloud platform technologies, AI, and emerging digital solutions.
• Utilize observability metrics to identify and troubleshoot recurring enterprise or cloud platform issues and own improvements.
• Lead Agile sprints to evolve business processes, technologies, and drive improvements.
• Monitor and manage communications during high impact events; provide executive level status updates.
• Lead and coordinate incident response, root cause analyses, and remediation plans.
• Create and review polished technical documentation for incidents, RCA, mitigations.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS)

GitLab CI/CD

Java

Python

C/C++

IT Security Tools

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Datadog

Dynatrace

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Platform Technical Lead to drive maturity of the cloud platform, oversee end-to-end delivery of critical applications, and coordinate across diverse engineering teams in a remote work setting.

You will design and implement cloud transformations, leverage AI and analytics, and own monitoring, alerting, and incident response while communicating status to executives and customers. This role requires strong leadership and technical communication skills.