Software Engineering Lead

Jobtailor; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced AWS/Terraform professional to design and operate secure cloud foundations. You will develop reusable Terraform modules, enable automated account provisioning, and integrate CI/CD workflows across teams.

The role emphasizes identity and access controls, governance, and ongoing platform reliability. The ideal candidate has senior experience in cloud infrastructure, strong collaboration skills, and thrives in a hybrid onsite/remote environment, supporting expansion

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of related experience or Master's degree plus 8 years.
• Three or more years of professional experience designing, building, or operating infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience developing, testing, and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Experience implementing and improving AWS identity, access, security, governance, or account‑management capabilities.
• Experience using version control and CI/CD workflows to test, deploy, and manage infrastructure changes.
• Comfortable with a hybrid work arrangement balancing onsite and remote work

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure AWS cloud foundations.
• Develop, standardize, and scale reusable Terraform modules.
• Build automated account‑vending capabilities and CI/CD workflows.
• Implement identity, access, tagging, logging, secrets‑management, and configuration‑management controls.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, finance, and compliance teams.
• Resolve risks, onboard cloud services, expand into new regions, and support organizational growth.
• Measure, communicate, and improve platform performance using provisioning time, compliance drift, credential age, security‑ticket resolution, and reliability metrics.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12 years of related experience

Master's degree + 8 years of related experience

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Infrastructure As Code

Version Control

Cloud Security

Governance

Account Management

Compliance

Automated Account‑Vending

Configuration Management

Job description

• Design, build, and operate secure AWS cloud foundations


• Develop, standardize, and scale reusable Terraform modules


• Build automated account‑vending capabilities and CI/CD workflows


• Implement identity, access, tagging, logging, secrets‑management, and configuration‑management controls


• Collaborate with engineering, security, finance, and compliance teams


• Resolve risks, onboard cloud services, expand into new regions, and support organizational growth


• Measure, communicate, and improve platform performance using provisioning time, compliance drift, credential age, security‑ticket resolution, and reliability metrics

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 8 years of related experience


• Three or more years of professional experience designing, building, or operating infrastructure in AWS


• Professional experience developing, testing, and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform


• Experience implementing and improving AWS identity, access, security, governance, or account‑management capabilities


• Experience using version control and CI/CD workflows to test, deploy, and manage infrastructure changes


• Comfortable with a hybrid work arrangement balancing onsite and remote work

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating secure AWS cloud foundations, with a strong focus on developing and standardizing Terraform modules and implementing robust identity and access management controls. Proven ability to collaborate across teams and improve platform performance through effective metrics and CI/CD workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Infrastructure Design


• Terraform Module Development


• CI/CD Workflow Management


• Identity And Access Management


• Cloud Performance Measurement

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• AWS


• Terraform


• Infrastructure As Code


• Version Control


• Cloud Security


• Governance


• Account Management


• Compliance


• Automated Account‑Vending


• Configuration Management

Soft Skills

• Collaboration


• Problem Solving


• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Cloud Foundations


• Compliance Drift


• Security‑Ticket Resolution


• Provisioning Time


• Credential Age