Remote VP, Cloud Platform Engineering

SitusAMC Holdings Corp.; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to drive automation, security, and scalable cloud architecture in a remote, full-time role. You will mentor teammates, design IaC with Terraform on AWS, and build advanced CI/CD pipelines across monolithic, serverless, and containerized apps.

The role emphasizes AWS Well-Architected compliance, service mesh with Istio/Linkerd, and scalable Kubernetes deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years in industry, AVP level or external equivalent.
• 10-15 years cloud automation and infrastructure experience preferred.
• 8+ years AWS security and networking experience.
• Mastery of Terraform with hands-on implementation.
• 6+ years GitOps and CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, FluxCD) and automation platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• 6+ years Kubernetes and service mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd).
• Experience with Karpenter for auto-scaling.
• 6+ years Programming in Python/Shell for automation.
• Proficient in AWS services including EKS/EC2/RDS/Lambda/VPC/IAM.

Responsibilities

• Lead as contributor and mentor in Cloud Platform Engineering.
• Design, build, and maintain automated infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines across monolithic, stateless, and serverless architectures.
• Design architectures following AWS Well-Architected framework and security standards.
• Deliver solutions in multi-customer environments with speed and precision.
• Develop tactical IaC strategy across products with varying maturity levels.
• Manage IAM, security groups, NACLs, and VPCs to maintain strong security posture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on design decisions and provide updates to leadership.
• Architect and develop new AWS services using Kubernetes, Istio/Linkerd, and Karpenter for scalable cloud-native solutions.

Skills

AWS Security & Networking

IaC (Terraform)

CI/CD Pipelines

Kubernetes

Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd)

Scripting (Python, Shell)

AWS Cloud Services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda)

GitOps (ArgoCD, FluxCD)

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Karpenter

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to drive automation, security, and scalable cloud architecture in a remote, full-time role. You will mentor teammates, design IaC with Terraform on AWS, and build advanced CI/CD pipelines across monolithic, serverless, and containerized apps.

The role emphasizes AWS Well-Architected compliance, service mesh with Istio/Linkerd, and scalable Kubernetes deployments.