AWS EKS Lead - Cloud Platform Engineering Manager

About the role

Location: New York City (additional locations: Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC – McLean).

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to solve complex business problems and provide impactful advice and solutions.
• Develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery.
• Foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
• Mentor, trainer, and coach to Consultants and Senior Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans.
• Architect and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms leveraging AWS, EKS, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices.
• Work closely with client stakeholders, engineering teams, architects, and executive leadership to accelerate cloud adoption and improve business outcomes.
• Lead cloud platform assessments, modernization programs, containerization initiatives, migration efforts, and operational transformation engagements.
• Contribute to business development, solution development, and thought leadership across the cloud ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, IS, Comp Sci., etc.).
• 5+ years working in professional services industry.

Qualifications

• Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
• Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional & AWS Certified Security – Specialty.

Skills

• Designing and implementing modern AWS cloud solutions.
• Motivated to learn and interested in all things related to AWS including latest trends.
• Passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.
• Inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
• Promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication.
• Create development opportunities for others, including participating in creation and rollout of training.
• Interest in participating in preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
• Interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.
• Lead the architecture, implementation, and management of AWS‑based cloud platforms.
• Design and administer enterprise‑scale Kubernetes environments using Amazon EKS.
• Develop highly available, resilient, and scalable cloud‑native architectures.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices using modern DevOps tooling.
• Build observability capabilities using monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks.
• Design secure cloud architectures aligned with industry security and compliance standards.
• Lead cloud migration, containerization, and application modernization initiatives.
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