CloudOps Team Leader - AWS - American company

American Compnay is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Platform Team Leader with a strong background in both cloud infrastructure and application development to drive engineering foundation forward. You will lead a small, talented team (3-4 people), oversee Platform tools and infrastructure, and ensure our AWS-based systems are scalable, secure, and reliable.

This is a role for someone who loves to lead from the front—mentoring, coding, and problem-solving alongside the team.

Tech Stack:

• Cloud Platform: AWS

• CI/CD & Source Control: GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Fisheye

• Deployment & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Pulumi (IaC)

• Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo, Mimir

• Languages & Frameworks: Java, JSP, Bash, Python (basic level)

• Additional Tools: HTTP(S) redirect/proxy services, Start/Stop Scheduler for non-prod environments, Database replication tools

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Responsibilities

• Lead and actively contribute to the Platform team, managing our AWS-based core engineering infrastructure.

• Serve as a bridge between backend/application development teams and the platform team, helping translate development needs into scalable, secure platform capabilities.

• Oversee andmaintainCI/CD pipelines, including GitLab and legacy Jenkins jobs, and guide the migration to GitLab.

• Define, enforce, and coach teams on Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi) best practices across environments.

• Build templates throughIaC, so we can help our dev teams tospeeduptheir work

• Manage Kubernetes clusters, support application/service deployments, and ensure smooth onboarding toArgoCD.

• Develop andmaintainobservability solutions, including Grafana dashboards, Loki logging, Prometheus metrics, Tempo distributed tracing, and Mimir.

• Serve as a hands-on mentor and subject-matter expert for developers and engineers across the organization.

• Establish platform standards, provide consulting on complex CI/CD andIaCuse cases, and promote safe, scalable practices.

• Collaborate with other teams to improve platform automation, reliability, performance, and maintainability.

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Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a hands-on Platform or DevOps

• Solid background in Java-based and Python-based application development, including working with JSPs and modern backend development practices.

• Strong expertise in AWS and Infrastructure as Code, preferably Pulumi, including defining organizational standards.

• Deep experience with Kubernetes, including cluster provisioning, service deployments, and operational troubleshooting.

• Proven ability with observability and monitoring, including Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and distributed tracing (Tempo).

• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, and Jenkins migration/automation.

• Strong collaboration, mentoring, and leadership skills, with a hands-on approach to problem-solving.

• A hands-on approach to leadership, leading by example in coding, debugging, and technical decision-making.

• A track record of creating and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure platform services.

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Perks & Benefits

• 5 weeks of holidays + extra corporate days off
• Sick days
• Flexibility to work from home most of the week
• Certain flexibility to schedule your working hours
• Cafeteria system (use points on Pluxee, pension/life insurance, or Multisport card)
• Meal allowance