Associate Director, Cloud Platform Engineering

Core Platform Engineering Leadership

Lead and mentor a high-performing team of 4–6 cloud engineers focused on cloud platform engineering, automation, and operational excellence.

Serve as a hands-on technical leader contributing to architecture, engineering, troubleshooting, automation, and operational improvements.

Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of enterprise Azure cloud platform capabilities.

Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules, standardized deployment patterns, and automation frameworks. Promote platform engineering principles focused on standardization, self-service, automation, and developer enablement.

Partner with application and development teams to enable adoption of CI/CD pipelines, self-service infrastructure provisioning, and cloud engineering best practices.

Collaborate with architects, security, networking, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant cloud solutions.

Cloud Automation & Enablement

Drive cloud automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code, policy-as-code, and CI/CD tooling.

Develop standardized cloud platform services, golden paths, and deployment templates to improve consistency and operational efficiency.

Enable application teams to consume approved cloud services, deployment templates, and CI/CD capabilities through standardized engineering practices.

Support enterprise cloud transformation initiatives focused on standardization, automation, governance, and operational maturity.

Skills And Experience

To be successful, you should have a Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field with 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering roles.

You should have 3+ years of leadership experience managing or mentoring technical engineering teams.

Your recent hands-on experience should include designing and supporting Azure cloud platforms.

You should have experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or similar).

You should have experience implementing or supporting CI/CD platforms and automation frameworks.

You should have a strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, security, monitoring, and governance capabilities.

You should have experience driving cloud standardization, automation, and operational maturity initiatives.

Azure certifications or equivalent practical experience are preferred.