What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Cloud Platform Engineer position at Metric5?
Metric5 is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Cloud Platform Engineer to lead modernization efforts within an enterprise Federal AWS environment.
This role involves leading a team of engineers across multiple projects, architecting modern cloud application environments, and orchestrating deployment and monitoring platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, and federal compliance standards.
Required skills / Level of Experience :
- Proven experience in leading engineering teams and managing multiple projects.
- Extensive experience with Kubernetes and related technologies (EKS a plus) including blue / green environments, rolling deployments, configuration maps, secrets, reverse-proxy / LB configurations, horizontal pod scaling, etc.
- Experience architecting, implementing, and maintaining complex CI / CD pipelines in an enterprise DevSecOps environment.
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise application / infrastructure monitoring using Elastic, AWS CloudWatch / CloudTrail, or similar.
- Experience developing and operationalizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar in large enterprise environments.
- Experience with horizontal on demand scaling of servers and storage and load balancing.
- Proficient in architecting and deploying AI solutions on cloud environments (AWS GovCloud).
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Experience with Scrum methodology and Agile practices.
- Possession or ability to obtain and maintain the required a favorably adjudicated DHS Public Trust background investigation.
Preferred Skills / Level of Experience :
Location : Remote
Clearance : Possession or ability to obtain and maintain the required a favorably adjudicated DHS Public Trust background investigation.
About Metric5
Metric5 is a small business with big company benefits. We have a passionate team of smart, fun, caring professionals, and we are here for the long haul. Join our growing team in a business where your contributions make an enormous impact. Our organization offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, continuous professional development, with a best in class company culture that is enjoyable to work in and supports the growth of each of our professionals.
Our benefits include :
Metric5 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
