Lead the technical strategy and execution of cloud infrastructure, build self-service platforms, promote DevOps practices, and collaborate with application teams and infosec teams.
Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.
Stand Together is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the technical strategy and execution of our cloud infrastructure. You will build self-service platforms that meet the development and operational needs of application teams and drive DevOps adoption throughout the community.
The ideal candidate will possess deep technical knowledge, expertise in cloud application development and operations, and the ability to translate broad objectives into actionable plans.
If you're passionate about cloud engineering, DevOps, and working collaboratively, we want to hear from you!
This role can be on-site in Arlington, VA, hybrid or remote.
How You Will Contribute
- Lead the collaborative design and implementation of self-service platforms encompassing development, runtime and observability tools for cloud applications and infrastructure.
- Work with application teams to help them build operational expertise and develop self-sufficiency.
- Work with infosec teams to integrate DevSecOps capabilities into our pipeline.
- Research new technologies and promising opportunities.
- Lead the execution of work following agile principles.
What You Will Bring
- You have at least 5 years of experience in technical leadership roles creating resilient, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure that connects business objectives, consumer requirements, and technical capabilities.
- You have at least 5 years of AWS-centric cloud engineering experience, including development tools, configuration and secret management, CI/CD, IaC, compute, serverless, clustering and load balancing, storage and databases, observability, monitoring, and alerting.
- You have experience building self-service platforms and automation to reduce cognitive load and drive innovation.
- You've built automation and tooling for cost accounting and analysis.
- You have experience with application security engineering and DevSecOps.
- You have experience with AI infrastructure and context engineering.
- You have demonstrated expertise with PHP, JavaScript, Python, and SQL.
- You are diligent with your documentation, testing, and time management.
- You possess a strong work ethic and sense of accountability.
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
Stand Out Candidates Will Bring
- Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to motivate and influence cross-functional teams.
- A thorough understanding of team topologies and agile principles.
- Experience with agentic AI software architectures.
- Experience with Azure infrastructure, private cloud, and multi-cloud environments.
- Experience developing service level objectives.
- Experience with disaster recovery.
What We Offer
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
- Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.
Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.
We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.
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