Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Location: Austin, TX (Partial Remote) | C2C About the Role Are you a highly skilled Cloud Platform Engineer ready to make an impact at scale? Join our Cloud Engineering team, where you\'ll bridge the gap between platform reliability and product excellence in a dynamic, hybrid work environment. As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you will serve as the trusted Cloud Engineering partner for product and vendor teams, driving architecture, automation, and operational best practices across GCP and Azure. Responsibilities - Act as the embedded Cloud Engineering contact for assigned product and vendor delivery teams throughout the product lifecycle. - Translate complex requirements into secure, scalable cloud designs using GCP and Azure, ensuring alignment with published standards. - Build and manage Infrastructure as Code in Terraform, developing and maintaining reusable modules and remote state in CI workflows. - Lead first deployments, validate environments, resolve defects, and support smooth go-lives. - Provide operational support post-launch, quickly diagnosing and resolving issues related to access, connectivity, capacity, cost, and security. - Review infrastructure code, architecture decisions, and pull requests to ensure compliance with Cloud Engineering standards. - Implement and optimize security controls including VPC Service Controls, organization policies, and Identity-Aware Proxy. - Collaborate with external partners to ensure secure, compliant, and reliable cloud solutions. - Contribute to shared Terraform module libraries and document reusable assets for future projects. - Maintain traceability of your work through Jira and clear, concise documentation. Required Skills and Experience - 10+ years in hands-on cloud, platform, or solutions engineering roles supporting application teams. - Expertise with Google Cloud Platform: projects, IAM, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Cloud DNS, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, and Pub/Sub. - Proficient in Microsoft Azure: subscriptions, Entra ID, virtual networking, Azure Firewall. - Advanced Terraform skills: module authoring, remote state management, CI integration. - CI/CD pipeline experience in Azure DevOps or Cloud Build with Workload Identity Federation. - Strong grasp of cloud networking, DNS, TLS, OAuth2/OIDC, least-privilege design. - Proven ability to diagnose production issues using logs, audit trails, and IAM policy state. - Direct collaboration with product owners and developers on requirements and documentation. - Excellent written communication for design rationale, reviews, and handoffs. - Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience. Preferred Skills - Google Professional Cloud Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certifications. - Experience with VPC Service Controls, org policy, domain-restricted sharing on GCP. - Familiarity with Apigee X, GKE/Kubernetes, Pub/Sub, Kafka, or event-driven integration. - Experience as the cloud-side counterpart to vendor-delivered platforms. - FinOps exposure: cost estimation, spend review. - Background in Product, Agile, or DevSecOps frameworks. - Understanding of supply chain, distribution, or logistics domains. Benefits - Competitive compensation and partial remote flexibility. - Collaborative, high-impact engineering culture focused on innovation and growth. - Exposure to leading cloud technologies across GCP and Azure. - Opportunity to influence cloud engineering standards and best practices. - Professional growth through challenging projects and cross-team collaboration. How to Apply Ready to engineer the future of cloud platforms? Submit your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience.