Job Title:  Director | AWS | Bengaluru | Engineering | Hybrid Cloud Engineering

Your work profile

• Lead the enterprise-wide AWS Infrastructure strategy, cloud transformation roadmap, and platform modernization initiatives aligned with business objectives

• Own end-to-end delivery accountability for AWS platform engineering, cloud infrastructure services, governance, security, reliability, and operational excellence

• Define and execute multi-year AWS cloud roadmaps, architecture strategies, and operating models to support business growth and technology transformation

• Establish and govern AWS Landing Zones, AWS Control Tower, multi-account management frameworks, and enterprise cloud governance models

• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK, ensuring automation-first delivery and operational consistency

• Lead large-scale AWS modernization programs, including cloud migration, platform engineering, DevOps transformation, and cloud-native adoption initiatives

• Oversee enterprise cloud operations, platform reliability, observability, automation, and service resilience across AWS environments

• Define cloud architecture standards, reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and engineering best practices for enterprise-wide adoption

• Manage large cross-functional and globally distributed teams across Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Security, and Infrastructure functions

• Ensure successful delivery through effective program governance, resource planning, risk management, quality assurance, and executive reporting

Platform Strategy, Governance & Architecture

• Own AWS platform strategy, reference architectures, cloud governance frameworks, and enterprise cloud operating models

• Drive adoption and standardization of:

AWS Control Tower

AWS Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Service Control Policies (SCPs)

AWS Config

Automated Governance Guardrails

• Define enterprise standards for:

AWS Networking Architecture

Transit Gateway Design

VPC Architecture

AWS PrivateLink

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

AWS SSO

OIDC Integration

Cloud Security Architecture

• Partner with Security, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant cloud platforms

Infrastructure Engineering & Automation

• Lead Infrastructure-as-Code adoption at scale using:

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

• Establish automation-first engineering practices, reusable modules, self-service platforms, and cloud engineering accelerators

• Create and maintain golden AMIs, infrastructure blueprints, baseline configurations, and enterprise cloud templates

• Drive CI/CD automation, infrastructure lifecycle management, and cloud provisioning standards across the organization

• Promote platform engineering principles to improve developer experience, speed, scalability, and operational efficiency

Reliability, Observability & SRE Leadership

• Establish Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices including:

SLIs / SLOs

Error Budgets

Incident Management

Problem Management

Resilience Engineering

Chaos Engineering

• Own enterprise observability strategy leveraging:

Amazon CloudWatch

AWS CloudTrail

AWS X-Ray

Amazon EventBridge

OpenTelemetry

Third-Party APM Platforms

• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, automation, auto-healing frameworks, runbooks, and operational playbooks

• Improve platform reliability, availability, scalability, and service performance across critical workloads

Security, Risk & Compliance Management

• Integrate security-by-design principles across cloud platforms and workloads

• Drive enterprise cloud security initiatives covering:

IAM & Identity Governance

Encryption & Key Management (KMS)

Threat Detection

Security Monitoring

Logging & Audit Controls

Compliance Management

• Lead adoption of:

AWS Security Hub

Amazon GuardDuty

Amazon Inspector

IAM Access Analyzer

• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, regulatory requirements, and risk management frameworks

Cost Optimization & FinOps Leadership

• Lead AWS FinOps strategy and cloud financial governance initiatives

• Drive cost optimization through:

Chargeback / Showback Models

Rightsizing

Savings Plans

Reserved Instances

Resource Optimization

Cloud Cost Governance

• Establish cloud financial KPIs and ROI measurement frameworks across AWS environments

• Drive continuous improvement in cloud utilization, efficiency, and business value realization

Client Engagement & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, business leaders, and senior technology stakeholders on cloud strategy and infrastructure transformation

• Lead executive governance forums, steering committee meetings, architecture reviews, and transformation discussions

• Manage program risks, escalations, dependencies, and executive communications across large-scale AWS initiatives

• Collaborate closely with business, security, infrastructure, and application teams to align cloud platforms with enterprise objectives

• Manage strategic vendor relationships and evaluate emerging AWS technologies and services to support innovation and modernization efforts

People Leadership & Capability Development

• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams of AWS Architects, Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, SREs, and Cloud Specialists

• Define competency frameworks, career development paths, and cloud capability-building initiatives

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, continuous learning, and operational discipline

• Lead talent development, succession planning, and workforce transformation initiatives across cloud engineering functions

Key skills required

• 12–15+ years of experience in Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Enterprise Technology Leadership roles

• Proven experience leading large-scale AWS transformation, modernization, and platform engineering initiatives

• Strong expertise in:

• AWS Cloud Platform
• AWS Landing Zones
• AWS Control Tower
• AWS Organizations
• Multi-Account Governance
• AWS Security & Compliance

• Deep expertise across:

• AWS Networking
• IAM & Identity Management
• Compute Services
• Storage Services
• Database Platforms
• Container Platforms
• Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Technologies

• Strong hands-on experience with:

• Terraform
• AWS CloudFormation
• AWS CDK
• Python
• PowerShell
• CI/CD Platforms

• Proven experience driving:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Platform Engineering
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Cloud Automation
• Cloud Governance
• FinOps Programs
• Operational Excellence Initiatives

• Experience managing large cloud portfolios, transformation programs, and executive stakeholder relationships

• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills

• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance innovation, governance, reliability, security, and business outcomes

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities

• Experience leading Agile, DevOps, and Cloud Operating Model transformations is highly preferred