Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Deloitte US · Colorado Springs, United States · 20d ago
Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients’ success. You’ll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.
As a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the design and engineering of hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure that advances automation, resiliency, observability, and governance. You will partner with product, security, and delivery teams to translate technical needs into reusable infrastructure capabilities.
Recruiting for this role ends on 11/30/2026Work You’ll Do
As a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer on the AI & Engineering / Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for:
- Lead a cloud infrastructure engineering team supporting a software development mission in AWS GovCloud
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of secure hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure.
- Design, implement, secure, and operate resilient cloud platforms that enable agile software delivery while satisfying applicable DoD, FedRAMP, RMF, and mission-specific authorization requirements.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code modules and automated deployment workflows for cloud platforms and shared services.
- Integrate network, identity, security, and governance controls into cloud landing zones and platform services.
- Establish monitoring, logging, availability, performance, and incident-response practices for production cloud platforms.
- Provide technical guidance and design reviews while partnering with application, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and operations teams to deliver infrastructure capabilities.
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to provide clear guidance to others
The Team
Deloitte’s Government & Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Our Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure offering provides specialized engineering capabilities to design, implement, manage, and operate hybrid cloud environments, modernize networks and AI infrastructure from the core to the edge, and incubate new infrastructure and device services to help clients stay ahead with the latest technology advances.
The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 18+ years of experience working in hybrid cloud environments.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
- 7+ years of experience in production environments: cloud infrastructure engineering, DevOps, platform architecture, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud engineering.
- 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating cloud infrastructure in production environments.
- 3+ years of experience in a technical team lead role.
- Experience with DoD systems and AWS GovCloud.
- Experience designing hybrid cloud network connectivity using virtual private networks, dedicated cloud interconnects, or software-defined wide area networks.
- Experience deploying infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Strong AWS engineering capability with disciplined federal compliance and operational documentation.
- Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or Software Engineering and 10+ years of experience relevant to the duties of this position.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification.
- 2+ years of experience implementing cloud cost-management practices.
- 2+ years of experience deploying cloud infrastructure for machine learning workloads
- Experience administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
- Experience using Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure as code (IaC).
For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Colorado, Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to Colorado and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $143,500 to $179,300.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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