CloudOps Team Leader - AWS - American company

Overview

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: HTML proxy/redirect services, Start/Stop Scheduler for non-prod environments, Database replication tools 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, translating development needs into scalable, secure platform capabilities. Oversee and maintain CI/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 through IaC to speed up development work for our dev teams. Manage Kubernetes clusters, support application/service deployments, and ensure smooth onboarding to ArgoCD. Develop and maintain observability 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 and IaC use cases, and promote safe, scalable practices. Collaborate with other teams to improve platform automation, reliability, performance, and maintainability. Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience in a hands-on Platform or DevOps role Solid background in Java- 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 experience 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 We offer

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 Get in touch

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