Senior Cloud & Automation Engineer

Location: NYC, NY (Onsite 5 Days a Week)
Role Type: Full-Time | Senior-Level | 100% Hands-On

Senior Cloud & Automation Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud & Automation Engineer for a critical, fully hands-on role focused on building, automating, and securing multi-cloud enterprise infrastructure environments across AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This role demands deep architectural expertise, strong automation capabilities, and a high degree of operational excellence, particularly in environments governed by strict regulatory requirements.

Position Highlights:

• 100% hands-on technical engineering and automation

• Senior-level role requiring strong architectural and coding expertise

• Focus on multi-cloud infrastructure, automation, compliance, and security

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deploy complex multi-cloud infrastructure architectures (AWS, OCI) with a focus on resilience, scalability, and security

• Implement AWS Control Tower with custom guardrails, policies, and compliance automation

• Develop and maintain multi-account AWS environments, landing zones, and centralized governance controls

• Build and optimize automated account provisioning frameworks using AWS Account Factory

• Manage dedicated connectivity (AWS Direct Connect & OCI Fast Connect) including monitoring, alerting, and failover strategies

• Lead cloud migration initiatives including workload discovery, dependency mapping, and tooling automation

• Drive cost optimization efforts through automation, resource right-sizing, and cross-cloud cost visibility

• Build robust infrastructure automation using Terraform (advanced modules), CloudFormation, and Ansible

• Customize AWS Control Tower with automation tooling such as Lambda-based policy enforcement and remediation

• Develop Account Factory blueprints for consistent provisioning and compliance enforcement

• Automate golden image creation with Packer, incorporating security hardening and validation steps

• Engineer scalable CI/CD pipelines incorporating testing, security scanning, and deployment automation

• Create custom orchestration tooling and APIs for seamless multi-cloud provisioning workflows

• Implement configuration management systems with drift detection, automated remediation, and compliance auditing

• Architect and implement cloud-native and enterprise-grade monitoring solutions with advanced telemetry

• Build and maintain centralized logging platforms with parsing rules, retention policies, and compliance reporting

• Design and deploy intelligent alerting systems leveraging anomaly detection and event correlation

• Develop executive dashboards and observability platforms tailored for operations and leadership reporting

• Automate incident response mechanisms with runbooks, escalation frameworks, and self-healing capabilities

• Design and implement multi-layered security controls and automated compliance frameworks

• Engineer secure network architectures using zero-trust, micro-segmentation, and advanced access controls

• Build and maintain IAM policies with RBAC, attribute-based access, and automated provisioning

• Lead encryption strategies for data in transit, at rest, and in processing, along with key rotation mechanisms

• Integrate continuous vulnerability scanning and compliance tools with infrastructure pipelines

• Support implementation of compliance frameworks such as HIPAA using automation and policy-as-code

Required Experience & Skills

• Cloud Platforms: 5+ years hands-on expertise in AWS and OCI (Google Cloud Platform a plus)

• Advanced AWS Services: Deep experience with AWS Control Tower, Landing Zones, Organizations, Account Factory

• Infrastructure as Code: Strong development experience in Terraform (state management, complex modules), CloudFormation, and Ansible

• Programming/Scripting: Proficiency in Python, Bash, and PowerShell for infrastructure automation

• Enterprise Connectivity: Practical experience with AWS Direct Connect and OCI Fast Connect in high-availability environments

• Security & Compliance: Hands-on experience with security tooling, IAM, encryption strategies, and compliance automation (e.g., HIPAA)

• Monitoring & Logging: Experience implementing SIEMs, observability platforms, and real-time alerting systems

• CI/CD & DevOps: Strong expertise building secure, scalable, and automated deployment pipelines

Preferred Background

• Strong knowledge of HIPAA safeguards and regulatory compliance practices

• Demonstrated experience in regulated or security-sensitive environments

• Excellent written documentation and systems design communication

• Proven leadership in driving cloud automation and modernization initiatives

Additional Responsibilities (Leadership & Project Management)

In addition to technical responsibilities, the role includes supporting leadership through project execution, analysis, and team coordination:

• Provide technical consulting and advisory support to leadership and project stakeholders

• Manage administrative tasks and support program development within the unit

• Conduct research, assessments, and risk analyses in support of operational decisions

• Coordinate and monitor project teams, resources, and timelines

• Support budgeting, reporting, and policy analysis aligned with regulatory standards

• Represent departmental interests in internal and external forums

Education & Qualifications

• Master s Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Healthcare, Business Administration, IT, Organizational Psychology) + 3 years relevant experience (1 year in a managerial capacity)
  OR

• Bachelor s Degree in a related field + 4 years relevant experience (2 years managerial)
  OR

• Equivalent combination of education and experience