Senior Cloud Operations Leader, AWS & Data Platform

USP Brand; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 139,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

USP is seeking a Senior Manager, Cloud Operations to own the strategy, reliability, performance, and optimization of AWS cloud services, data platforms, ETL workloads, and Acquia/Drupal environments supporting enterprise and customer-facing applications in Rockville, MD. You will lead architectural decisions, drive automation, security, cost management, and ITIL-aligned service delivery.

You will mentor cloud and platform teams, partner with stakeholders across security, architecture, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years AWS cloud experience with 4-5 years in Senior Cloud Engineer/ Architect role.
• 5+ years of management experience leading technical teams.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer Professional.
• Experience with Acquia Cloud and Drupal platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS Cloud Operations – availability, performance, security, and capacity.
• Provide Cloud Architecture Leadership aligned with standards and cost goals.
• Manage Data Platforms & ETL Reliability across analytics workloads.
• Oversee Acquia & Drupal Platform Operations for enterprise services.
• Drive reliability, monitoring, and incident management with root-cause analysis.
• Advance automation, IaC, and CI/CD practices for efficiency.
• Ensure security, governance & compliance with audit readiness.
• Optimize cloud financial management and cost transparency.
• Lead ITIL-aligned service management and continuous improvement.
• Develop high-performing teams and cross-functional partnerships.

Skills

AWS cloud experience

Cloud architecture

Data platforms & ETL

Cloud security & compliance

Infrastructure-as-Code

DevOps & CI/CD

Monitoring & observability

IT service management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ServiceNow

Jenkins

Job description

USP is seeking a Senior Manager, Cloud Operations to own the strategy, reliability, performance, and optimization of AWS cloud services, data platforms, ETL workloads, and Acquia/Drupal environments supporting enterprise and customer-facing applications in Rockville, MD. You will lead architectural decisions, drive automation, security, cost management, and ITIL-aligned service delivery.

You will mentor cloud and platform teams, partner with stakeholders across security, architecture, and