Senior Cloud Architect: AWS Platform & InfraOps Leader

Xona; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Xona is shaping real-time navigational intelligence with Pulsar, aiming for centimeter-level precision globally. We seek a Cloud Architect to own the AWS cloud, set architectural direction, and enable engineering teams to deploy securely and efficiently.

Responsibilities include designing multi-account AWS architectures, implementing IaC with Terraform and AWS CDK, and partnering with SRE for reliability and cost optimization. Strong networking, security, and FinOps expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT experience with at least 4+ years in cloud architecture and infrastructure engineering within AWS.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of AWS networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect) and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Solid understanding of container technologies and orchestration platforms, specifically Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.
• Security-focused design using Least Privilege and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience with FinOps: cloud cost management, reserved instances, and resource tagging policies.

Responsibilities

• Own, evolve, and scale our AWS multi-account cloud architecture.
• Design and manage enterprise networking topologies (VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect) for secure, low-latency access.
• Drive standardization and automation of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Collaborate with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to implement monitoring, logging, and tracing with Datadog, Prometheus, or CloudWatch.
• Provide internal consultancy to product teams with self-service templates and best practices.

Skills

AWS Networking

VPC Design

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

ECS

EKS

Zero Trust

Datadog

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Job description

Xona is shaping real-time navigational intelligence with Pulsar, aiming for centimeter-level precision globally. We seek a Cloud Architect to own the AWS cloud, set architectural direction, and enable engineering teams to deploy securely and efficiently.

Responsibilities include designing multi-account AWS architectures, implementing IaC with Terraform and AWS CDK, and partnering with SRE for reliability and cost optimization. Strong networking, security, and FinOps expertise are essential.