Remote VP, Cloud Platform Engineering

SitusAMC; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking a senior cloud platform engineer to lead and mentor within a fast-paced, remote-friendly environment. You’ll design IaC, build automated pipelines, and secure cloud architectures at scale across AWS.

The role emphasizes Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD/FluxCD, and AWS security controls, with hands-on coding in Python or shells, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver resilient, compliant solutions for multi-customer deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years industry experience, with at least 2+ years in AVP level role.
• 10–15 years in cloud automation and infrastructure development preferred.
• 8+ years AWS IAM, NACLs, Security Groups, and related controls.
• Proven mastery in Terraform with extensive hands-on implementation.
• 6+ years GitOps (ArgoCD, FluxCD) and Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions.
• Kubernetes and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• Experience with Karpenter for API auto-scaling.
• 6+ years Python or Shell automation.
• Proficient in AWS services: EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, VPC, IAM.

Responsibilities

• Engineering & Leadership: contribute as individual contributor and mentor within Cloud Platform Engineering.
• IaC: design, build, maintain automated infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services.
• CI/CD & Deployment Automation: develop pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, FluxCD.
• Cloud Architecture & Security: align with AWS Well-Architected Framework and security standards.
• Operational Excellence: deliver solutions in multi-customer environments with speed and precision.
• Strategic Planning: develop tactical IaC strategy across products with varying maturity.
• AWS Security & Networking: manage IAM policies, permission sets, SGs, NACLs, VPC.
• Collaboration & Communication: partner with stakeholders and provide leadership updates.
• Innovation & Scalability: architect new AWS services with Kubernetes, Istio/Linkerd, Karpenter.
• Best Practices & Standards: establish infrastructure design best practices and templates.
• Other activities as assigned.

Skills

Cloud automation

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Service mesh

Python scripting

AWS security

Security posture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS)

GitOps (ArgoCD, FluxCD)

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Karpenter

Istio

Linkerd

Kubernetes

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking a senior cloud platform engineer to lead and mentor within a fast-paced, remote-friendly environment. You’ll design IaC, build automated pipelines, and secure cloud architectures at scale across AWS.

The role emphasizes Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD/FluxCD, and AWS security controls, with hands-on coding in Python or shells, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver resilient, compliant solutions for multi-customer deployments.