Cloud Platform Engineers (Azure and Google Cloud Platform) with retail

Cloud Platform Engineers

Full Remote as long as they live in MI, OH, IN, IL, WI, or KY

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

• Partner with architecture and DevOps teams on multi-cloud strategies (Azure and Google Cloud Platform) collaborating on design and supporting execution to enhance resiliency and availability.
• Unlock developer self-service: create golden path templates and automation so teams can quickly bootstrap new repos, pipelines, and containers while adhering to standards.
• Advocate for non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as security, reliability, performance, maintainability, scalability, and usability.
• Influence technical direction and mentor engineers on IaC best practices.
• Drive solutions in complex, multi-team environments using data to uncover root causes and operate effectively amid ambiguity.

Must-Have Skills

• Experience supporting large-scale, distributed systems in a multi-cloud environment.
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills to interact across multiple teams; able to influence without authority and work effectively with engineers, product, and architecture.
• Designing reusable Terraform modules in both Azure & Google Clouds, including PaaS offerings (not only VMs).
• Understanding multi-cloud networking patterns across Azure and Google Cloud Platform (VPC, VNets, peering, private endpoints) and implementing them via Terraform.
• Experience managing Terraform state securely and implementing automated testing for IaC (Terratest, Tftest).
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash) and ability to build automation from the ground up for IaC workflows.
• GitHub Actions experience.
• Knowledge of cloud cost management and enforcing governance through IaC (tagging strategies, budget alerts).
• Experience embedding security controls in IaC (e.g., scanning with Checkov, tfsec, or similar tools).
• Experience publishing and maintaining Terraform modules in private registries for reuse across teams.
• Ability to design IaC patterns that support high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
  Kubernetes GitOps experience (Argo CD, Helm, Kustomize), scaling using KEDA, and container security.
• Implemented identity & secrets patterns (OIDC, Azure Key Vault, Kubernetes external-secrets, workload identity federation across Azure/Google Cloud Platform).
• Policy as code/governance experience (Azure Policy, OPA Rego policy/Gatekeeper/Kyverno or equivalent).
• Observability experience monitoring IaC pipeline health and drift detection (Terraform Cloud, Spacelift, or custom solutions).

Nice-to-Have

• Experience using Terragrunt for managing complex Terraform environments, including dependency handling and environment orchestration.
• Familiarity with OpenTofu as an alternative to Terraform, including migration strategies and feature parity considerations.
• Observability experience with configuring OTel Gateway & Router Collectors.
• Advanced knowledge of software development best practices.
• Exposure to Kafka, GraphQL, Temporal, LaunchDarkly, SonarQube, mobile app platforms (iOS/Android), Backstage or other Internal Developer Portals.
• Experience with alternative IaC tools like Pulumi or Crossplane.
  Culture and Behavioral Traits
• Curious and inquisitive mind with a passion for uncovering the 'why' behind technical challenges.
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to use data to uncover root causes, operate effectively amid ambiguity, and drive solutions in complex, multi-team environments.