Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist Engineer

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist Engineer
Location: Delaware, DE
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist Engineer with deep expertise in designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-level cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, infrastructure automation, security, networking, and large-scale cloud migration. This role requires a strategic thinker with the ability to lead technical teams and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.

• Manage cloud architecture best practices, standards, and governance across the organization.

• Oversee infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

• Drive cloud migration initiatives including planning, execution, and post-migration optimization.

• Implement cloud networking, VPC/VNet configuration, VPN, load balancing, firewalls, and routing.

• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, and performance optimization.

• Collaborate with security teams to implement cloud-based identity, access management, and compliance controls.

• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and problem resolution.

• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership and guidance.

• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and environment standards.

• 12+ years of IT infrastructure experience and minimum 6+ years in cloud engineering or architecture.

• Hands-on expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD pipelines.

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, container orchestration, and microservices deployment.

• Solid background in networking: DNS, VPN, Load Balancing, Routing, Subnetting, Security Groups, Firewalls.

• Experience with OS administration (Linux/Unix and Windows).

• Experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, or Splunk.

• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).

• Proven leadership in enterprise-scale environments.

• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect.

• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments.

• Familiarity with DevOps, GitOps, and Zero Trust Security frameworks.

• Exposure to service mesh, API gateways, and serverless architectures.

• Experience in working within Agile or SAFe environments.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.