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

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 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, so we can help our dev teams to speedup their work 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 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.

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