Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Forward Deployed in New York

Job DescriptionJob Description

Position Type: Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE) | Consultant 
Location: On-site 3 days/week; 2 days remote 
Start Date: On or about August 10, 2026 
Engagement Duration: 3-month initial term 
Compensation: $160k–$180k annually (full-time)

Overview

Automated Industries is seeking a Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to serve as a Principal-level consultant and hands-on infrastructure leader. You will own the design, deployment, and operation of their cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP, dotline-manage a team of 3 offshore DevOps engineers, and drive operational excellence alongside the internal engineering team of one of our clients based in New York, NY.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Ownership & Leadership

• Design and implement scalable, production-grade cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP
• Establish infrastructure standards, best practices, and runbooks for the organization
• Serve as the technical authority on cloud architecture decisions and trade-offs
• Mentor and manage 3 offshore DevOps engineers; provide technical direction and career guidance
• Oversee platform-layer design, complex builds, and engineering standards

Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with internal engineers and PM to align infrastructure roadmap
• Work closely with engineering leadership to support product and AI/ML workloads
• Manage consultant resources and external partnerships
• Drive knowledge transfer and upskilling of internal teams

Operational Excellence

• Establish CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and monitoring/observability frameworks
• Implement security best practices, compliance controls, and disaster recovery procedures
• Optimize cloud costs and resource utilization across multi-cloud environments
• Lead incident response and post-mortems; drive continuous improvement

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of infrastructure engineering or DevOps experience
• Principal or Staff Engineer level technical depth: AWS and GCP expertise (IAM, compute, storage, networking, databases)
• Team leadership experience: Managing engineers (direct reports or mentoring at scale)
• Production systems ownership: Design, scaling, resilience, and operational oversight
• Multi-cloud architecture: Comfortable operating across AWS, GCP, and hybrid environments
• Automation mindset: Infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, scripting (Python, Bash, Terraform, etc.)
• Communication: Clear articulation of technical trade-offs and architectural decisions to non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications

• Experience managing offshore/distributed teams
• Background in AI/ML infrastructure or ML Ops
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices
• Experience in fast-growth, high-velocity engineering environments
• AWS Solutions Architect or Google Cloud Professional certifications

Work Environment

• On-site: 3 days/week (Tue–Thu)
• Remote: 2 days/week
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Direct access to engineering leadership and decision-makers
• Hands-on technical work alongside management/mentoring responsibilities

Compensation & Terms

• Base: $160k–$180k annually (commensurate with experience and engagement structure)
• Engagement: 3-month initial term with potential for extension pending performance
• Start Date: On or about August 10, 2026