Synechron

Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Synechron$95K — $100K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
  • Hands-on experience with major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
  • Familiarity with container orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Proficiency in scripting/programming languages, such as Python, Go, or Bash.
  • Experience with designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage scalable cloud platforms across various providers.
  • Build and maintain secure and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
  • Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code modules using appropriate tools.
  • Create and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployment.
  • Develop tools that enhance developer productivity and platform capabilities.
  • Manage containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Establish architecture standards, governance policies, and best practices.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to work for a multinational organization with global presence.
  • Paid annual leave, sick leave, and recognized national holidays.
  • Comprehensive insurance plans including health and disability coverage.
  • Retirement savings plan offerings.
  • Maternity and paternity leave policies.
  • Access to extensive training and personal development programs.
Full Job Description
Our challenge

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and reliable cloud platforms that support application development and deployment. The ideal candidate will work closely with software engineering, DevOps, security, and operations teams to improve cloud infrastructure, developer productivity, automation, and platform reliability.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Charlotte, NC is $95k - $100k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:
  • Design and manage scalable cloud platforms across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Build and maintain secure, highly available, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
  • Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code modules using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support automated testing and deployments.
  • Develop self-service tools and platform capabilities that improve developer productivity.
  • Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Establish cloud architecture standards, governance policies, and best practices.
  • Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability across cloud environments.
  • Configure identity and access management, networking, encryption, and secrets management.
  • Automate provisioning, configuration, scaling, and operational processes.
  • Support platform upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery, and business continuity initiatives.
  • Monitor cloud usage and optimize infrastructure performance and costs.
  • Troubleshoot platform, networking, deployment, and application infrastructure issues.
  • Collaborate with security teams to implement DevSecOps and compliance controls.
  • Document platform architecture, processes, standards, and operational procedures.
  • Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.


Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized application platforms.
  • Proficiency with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and security controls.
  • Experience with identity and access management, secrets management, and encryption.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or OpenTelemetry.
  • Experience using Git and modern software development workflows.
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.


We offer:
  • A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
  • A multinational organization with 58 offices in 22 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
  • 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
  • Maternity & paternity leave plans.
  • A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region).
  • Retirement savings plans.
  • A higher education certification policy.
  • Commuter benefits (varies by region).
  • Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
  • On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
  • Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
  • Cutting edge projects at the world's leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
  • A flat and approachable organization.
  • A truly diverse, fun-loving, and global work culture.

About Synechron

Synechron is a digital consulting firm that provides technology solutions to financial services companies. The company's services include digital, business consulting, technology, and data analytics. Synechron serves customers in the banking, capital markets, insurance, and asset management industries. The company has offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Learn more about Synechron
Size
10,000 employees
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Founded
2001

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