This is a Fully Remote Job
About Our Client:
The organization operates in the global trade network sector, addressing challenges related to security and resilience in international commerce. It provides an AI-powered product network that enables governments and businesses to maintain secure and efficient trade flows, supporting a more resilient global economy.
About the Opportunity:
The SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER, CLOUD ENGINEERING, leads a team responsible for managing regulated and sovereign cloud environments, including compliance-constrained deployments such as FedRAMP and sovereign clusters. The role focuses on standardizing and accelerating the launch of accredited environments, enabling product teams to navigate regulatory requirements without added complexity. This position plays a critical role in ensuring secure, compliant, and scalable cloud infrastructure that supports government customers.
Responsibilities:
Own architecture and operation of regulated and sovereign environments across AWS and Azure
Lead standardization of environment builds into repeatable blueprints
Ensure sound technical decisions through reviews and prototypes
Perform hands-on engineering, focusing on operational tooling and new projects
Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to embed secure-by-default patterns
Maintain accreditation health with timely vulnerability remediation and access reviews
Support infrastructure with high SLAs, progressive deployment strategies, and multi-region redundancy
Represent the team in audits, assessments, and technical customer discussions
Manage realistic planning and provide go-live dates for stakeholders
Establish operational practices including runbooks, documentation, capacity planning, and incident response
Manage environment costs and prioritize efficiency controls
Translate regulatory constraints for product and commercial planning
Build relationships across teams to negotiate dependencies and priorities
Lead, coach, and develop engineers with full ownership of performance and career growth
Manage a distributed, globally dispersed team
Assess team structure, manage hiring processes, and collaborate with recruiting
Requirements:
Background in SRE or platform engineering leadership
Experience managing engineers with full performance and hiring responsibilities
8+ years in building and operating cloud infrastructure, including end-to-end environment ownership
Experience delivering solutions into US federal or similar highly regulated government environments
Production experience with AWS and/or Azure
Strong skills in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, etc.) and Kubernetes cluster management
Strong software engineering fundamentals and technical leadership
Experience designing tooling for air-gapped and compliance-heavy infrastructure
Proven track record establishing operational practices without impeding delivery
Experience leading distributed teams across time zones with strong communication
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Nice to have:
Eligibility for US security clearance
Experience with non-US national accreditation regimes
Experience building compliance programs from inception
Startup or high-growth technology company background
Pay Range and Compensation Package:
$240,000 - $280,000 annual base salary
Benefits & Perks:
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.
Note:
TalentHop is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.