Cloud Platform Specialist Role Summary
This role is responsible for designing and implementing cloud infrastructure that powers high-scale financial transactions. As a key member of the cloud platform team, you will focus on developing scalable, resilient cloud components using AWS and Terraform.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design and implement secure multi-account AWS environments following Well-Architected principles
* Own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (modular, reusable architectures)
* Develop internal platform tooling, automation, templates, and golden paths
* Support EKS/Kubernetes environments and microservice deployment foundations
* Build and support Kafka-based event streaming and messaging capabilities
* Ensure high availability, reliability, and idempotent service patterns
* Work with engineers to define infrastructure for distributed, real-time systems
* Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and distributed tracing (Datadog/Grafana/ELK)
* Ensure SLAs/SLOs for platform components are met
* Contribute to disaster recovery design, multi-region readiness, and resilience testing
* Enforce best practices for IAM, secrets management, encryption, and network security
* Build guardrails, policies, and automated compliance into CI/CD and IaC workflows
* Contribute to platform risk assessments and mitigation strategies
* Partner with architects, platform leads, and product teams to translate requirements into technical designs
* Work with developers to guide best practices for cloud-native builds
* Mentor engineers in IaC, automation, and platform engineering patterns
This position requires expertise in cloud infrastructure, scalability, and security. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business needs.