AWS EKS Lead - Cloud Platform Engineering Manager

About the role

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Manager to join its Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering team in a hybrid work model. The role is based in New York City with additional locations in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC (McLean). You will partner with clients to solve complex business problems, develop lasting relationships, and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti while mentoring consultants and senior consultants. The role may require travel to client sites, including local or out-of-state travel based on project needs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms using AWS, Amazon EKS, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices.
• Work 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.
• 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 with 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.
• Optimize cloud performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership across client engagements and delivery teams.
• Mentor cloud engineers and architects while promoting engineering excellence.
• Support proposal development, solution architecture, and new business pursuits.
• Maintain strong relationships with delivery engineers and architects so that proposed solutions reflect real implementation experience.