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Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Forward Deployed

$160k - $180k

Automated Industries

Job Description

Job Description

Position Type: Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE) | Consultant 
Location: On-site 3 days/week; 2 days remote 
Start Date: On or about August 18, 2026
Engagement Duration: 3-month initial term 
Compensation: $160k–$180k annually (full-time)

Overview

Automated Industries is seeking a  Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to serve as a Principal-level consultant and hands-on infrastructure leader. You will own the design, deployment, and operation of their cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP, dotline-manage a team of 3 offshore DevOps engineers, and drive operational excellence alongside the internal engineering team of one of our clients based in New York, NY.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Ownership & Leadership

  • Design and implement scalable, production-grade cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP
  • Establish infrastructure standards, best practices, and runbooks for the organization
  • Serve as the technical authority on cloud architecture decisions and trade-offs
  • Mentor and manage 3 offshore DevOps engineers; provide technical direction and career guidance
  • Oversee platform-layer design, complex builds, and engineering standards

Team Collaboration

  • Collaborate with internal engineers and PM to align infrastructure roadmap
  • Work closely with engineering leadership to support product and AI/ML workloads
  • Manage consultant resources and external partnerships
  • Drive knowledge transfer and upskilling of internal teams

Operational Excellence

  • Establish CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and monitoring/observability frameworks
  • Implement security best practices, compliance controls, and disaster recovery procedures
  • Optimize cloud costs and resource utilization across multi-cloud environments
  • Lead incident response and post-mortems; drive continuous improvement

Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of infrastructure engineering or DevOps experience
  • Principal or Staff Engineer level technical depth: AWS and GCP expertise (IAM, compute, storage, networking, databases)
  • Team leadership experience: Managing engineers (direct reports or mentoring at scale)
  • Production systems ownership: Design, scaling, resilience, and operational oversight
  • Multi-cloud architecture: Comfortable operating across AWS, GCP, and hybrid environments
  • Automation mindset: Infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, scripting (Python, Bash, Terraform, etc.)
  • Communication: Clear articulation of technical trade-offs and architectural decisions to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing offshore/distributed teams
  • Background in AI/ML infrastructure or ML Ops
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices
  • Experience in fast-growth, high-velocity engineering environments
  • AWS Solutions Architect or Google Cloud Professional certifications

Work Environment

  • On-site: 3 days/week (Tue–Thu)
  • Remote: 2 days/week
  • Collaborative, fast-paced environment
  • Direct access to engineering leadership and decision-makers
  • Hands-on technical work alongside management/mentoring responsibilities

Compensation & Terms

  • Base: $160k–$180k annually (commensurate with experience and engagement structure)
  • Engagement: 3-month initial term with potential for extension pending performance
  • Start Date: On or about August 18, 2026

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