Senior Cloud Engineer - Governance

Role overview

Develop and operate cloud governance practices that help keep infrastructure secure, compliant, and cost-aware across major cloud providers. The role combines policy design with hands-on automation, identity and access management, auditing, and guidance for engineering teams, aiming to make governance part of day-to-day workflows.

Responsibilities

- Create, apply, and monitor cloud governance policies aligned with regulatory requirements and security practices. - Assess cloud environments through security reviews and audits, and address compliance gaps. - Manage identity and access controls, including privileged access and hardware security keys. - Track cloud usage and costs, identify savings opportunities, and report trends to leadership and Finance. - Automate recurring governance tasks and build CI/CD pipelines for policy and cloud-provider management. - Partner with development and security teams to integrate controls into workflows while supporting productive delivery. - Explain policies and best practices to engineering teams, and respond to governance incidents with root-cause analysis.

Requirements

- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, including enterprise-scale Entra environments. - Experience applying Zero Trust approaches across identities, endpoints, data, applications, and infrastructure. - Expertise in IAM, with hands-on understanding of SAML, OIDC, and just-in-time privilege elevation. - Scripting and automation skills in languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash, and experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, ARM, or CloudFormation. - Experience aligning cloud environments with standards such as GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, or NIST. - Ability to manage cloud-provider accounts and vendor relationships, analyze costs, and communicate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders. - Prior cloud governance experience; relevant cloud architecture or administration certifications are also requested. - Strong collaboration, analytical, and prioritization skills.

Benefits and work setup

- The role includes a bonus program, healthcare coverage, retirement matching, life insurance, employee assistance, paid time off, and company holidays. - The posting states that candidates must not require US work authorization now or in the future.