Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Platform [REF 99717]

Jobs.now; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobs.now seeks a technical leader to design and evolve our platform services. You will define the platform that includes database and cloud standards, provisioning, and ongoing operations, favoring cloud-first deployments over on‑premise setups.

You will articulate current and future architectures and reference designs to meet business requirements. Lead discussions on transformative technology, collaborate with security teams, mentor junior engineers, and manage vendors to deliver new

Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud-first platform services and architecture.
• Strong communication with stakeholders and leadership.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive technical excellence.
• Knowledge of security integration in SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve platform services architecture to meet business needs.
• Articulate current and future state diagrams and reference designs.
• Lead technical discussions on transformative technologies.
• Collaborate with security teams to apply best practices in code development life cycle.
• Mentor junior engineers and manage vendors/contractors to deliver new capabilities.

Job description

Support the design and creation of products and services to meet technology needs. Help define and design the company's platform service, which includes database and cloud standards (configuration, provisioning, and ongoing operations). Work with system owners and architect the right solutions preferring cloud-first deployments over on-premise setup. Plan out end-to-end migration strategies covering server, database, certificate, and security in mind to the cloud. Clearly articulate technical architecture (current and future state diagrams, solution best practices, reference architectures, design patterns) as determined by business requirements and other factors. Lead key technical discussions and considerations around transformative technology from both a technical and non-technical perspective. Collaborate with security teams to incorporate strong security controls, apply security best practices in the code development life cycle. Drive product centricity by focusing on capabilities and value versus technologies and tasks. Modernize traditional server hosting by adopting cloud services, designing, and evaluating technical architectures for new services and features with stakeholders and leveraging innovative and latest technology developments through new implementation and enhancements to existing ones. Act as the technical product owner for platform services team, including on-premises and cloud infrastructure and automation. Provide technical direction to other individuals. Mentor junior engineer staff in technical skills development. Manage vendors and contractors to deliver new capabilities and implement new technologies.