Senior Cloud Architect: Multi-Cloud & IaC Leader

Presidio; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to lead secure, scalable cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will design and automate infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines, while guiding migration programs and enforcing security best practices.

Ideal candidates have 8–10+ years in enterprise infrastructure with 5+ years in cloud design and automation, plus strong Linux/Windows administration and virtualization experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 8-10+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, with 5+ years in cloud infrastructure design and automation.
• Strong expertise with Terraform for IaC (modules, workspaces, state management, and CI/CD integration).
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking, identity, compute, storage, and security services in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proven experience executing data center or application migrations to cloud environments.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix and Windows Server administration.
• Familiarity with virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM) and hybrid connectivity solutions (ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, VPN, SD-WAN).
• Understanding of modern DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Strong documentation and client communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of secure, scalable cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Terraform modules and pipelines for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and policy enforcement.
• Automate deployments and operational workflows using Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Execute discovery and assessment activities using tools such as Flexera, Device42, Cloudamize, and native cloud utilities.
• Drive migration execution for IaaS, PaaS, and containerized workloads, ensuring performance, security, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and PMs to design and document Cloud Design Documents (CDDs), runbooks, and implementation plans.
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices including IAM, encryption, logging, monitoring, and compliance with CIS and NIST standards.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and optimize environments for performance, scalability, and cost.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to Presidio's reusable assets, templates, and automation frameworks.

Skills

Terraform IaC

Cloud networking

Security best practices

Automation pipelines

Linux/Windows admin

Hybrid connectivity

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Flexera

Device42

Cloudamize

Job description

Presidio is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to lead secure, scalable cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will design and automate infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines, while guiding migration programs and enforcing security best practices.

Ideal candidates have 8–10+ years in enterprise infrastructure with 5+ years in cloud design and automation, plus strong Linux/Windows administration and virtualization experience.