Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mastech is seeking an IT Lead Engineer – Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platform ecosystems across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data platforms. The role defines architecture strategy, governance models, and engineering standards while guiding platform modernization and aligning platforms with business, security, and compliance objectives.
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise AWS architecture patterns for multi account, secure, and scalable environments
- Govern infrastructure design across compute, storage, networking, IAM, and data services
- Set standards for resilience (HA/DR), cost optimization, and security posture
- Provide architectural oversight for RDS, OpenSearch, messaging, and distributed systems
- Define and evolve Kubernetes platform strategy (EKS) across environments
- Establish standards for GitOps, Helm, multi cluster operations, and platform abstraction
- Drive adoption of secure, scalable cloud native patterns
- Ensure integration of runtime security, observability, and policy enforcement
- Define and govern enterprise DevSecOps strategy, standards, and operating models
- Architect secure CI/CD frameworks with built in quality, security, and compliance gates
- Establish enterprise patterns for software supply chain security, including SCA, artifact governance, and policy enforcement
- Standardize and oversee tooling across SonarQube, JFrog (Artifactory/Xray), Jenkins, and GitOps (Argo CD)
- Drive shift left security adoption and developer enablement
- Align DevSecOps practices with security, risk, and compliance requirements
- Define architecture for data platforms and ETL ecosystems (e.g., Talend)
- Ensure secure, resilient integration patterns across databases, messaging, APIs, and file transfer systems
- Establish standards for data reliability, observability, and performance optimization
- Drive adoption of Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and self service capabilities
- Define reusable platform services, APIs, and golden paths for development teams
- Partner with Developer Experience teams to reduce cognitive load and improve productivity
- Define enterprise standards for observability, incident management, and SRE practices
- Drive improvements in availability, performance, and operational maturity
- Establish governance frameworks for cost management, security compliance, and risk mitigation
- Act as a technical authority across the organization, influencing architecture decisions at scale
- Lead cross functional initiatives spanning infrastructure, security, and application teams
- Mentor senior engineers and architects, raising the overall engineering bar
- Translate business objectives into scalable technical strategies and roadmaps
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in cloud, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or infrastructure architecture roles
- Proven track record designing and scaling enterprise cloud platforms on AWS
- Deep expertise in DevSecOps, secure SDLC, and software supply chain security
- Advanced experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and cloud native architectures at scale
- Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins), SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory/Xray, and GitOps
- Demonstrated ability to define architecture standards, governance, and enterprise frameworks
- Experience leading large scale transformations and influencing multi team/platform strategy
Benefits
- Remote work in the USA
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