Cariad, Inc.

Automotive

Contract-StaffCloudPlatformEngineer

$200–280k ~AI est. Mountain View, California, United States CONTRACT
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The Brief

“Contract - Staff Cloud Platform Engineer at Cariad, Inc.. Skills: Cloud Platform Engineering, Azure, Infrastructure as Code, Security Engineering. Design secure Azure platform solutions. Implement secure Azure platform solutions”

Industry & Context.

Automotive
Problems you'll solve

Advanced problem-solving; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years Azure cloud platforms, Experience in multi-tenant deployments, Experience in enterprise-scale deployments, Bachelor's degree in IT or CS, Equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have

Master's degree in CS, Equivalent hands-on experience

What You'll Do.

Design secure Azure platform solutions

Implement secure Azure platform solutions

Evolve secure Azure platform solutions

Build landing zone building blocks

Maintain landing zone building blocks

Implement Azure Lighthouse capabilities

Integrate IAM solutions

Engineer secure hybrid cloud integrations

Evaluate Azure platform innovations

Implement Azure security best practices

Collaborate with stakeholders

Develop shared Terraform modules

Maintain shared Terraform modules

Develop ARM/Bicep templates

Maintain ARM/Bicep templates

Integrate IaC into CI/CD pipelines

Automate compliant infrastructure deployments

Define tagging standards

Define naming standards

Define configuration management standards

Automate shared services

Automate networking configurations

Automate RBAC policies

Automate platform governance controls

Maintain module versioning

Provide migration guidance

Implement security validation tools

Apply version control

Apply DevOps best practices

Implement Zero Trust controls

Configure secure access models

Automate security baselines

Support audit activities

Support compliance activities

Ensure platform security

Engineer tenant provisioning workflows

Build enterprise monitoring strategies

Maintain enterprise monitoring strategies

Design backup strategies

Implement backup strategies

Maintain backup strategies

Design disaster recovery strategies

Implement disaster recovery strategies

Maintain disaster recovery strategies

Ensure regular backup validation

Ensure restore testing

Support distributed monitoring infrastructure

Serve as escalation point

Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure

Troubleshoot hybrid infrastructure

Maintain documentation

Maintain operational standards

Drive high availability

Drive performance optimization

Participate in change management

Lead technical Root Cause Analysis

Drive follow-through to prevention

Contribute to CAB discussions

Drive continuous improvement

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Engineering teams; Security teams; Operations teams; InfoSec teams

Communication Scope

Design reviews

Process & Methodology

Change management, Incident management

Full Job Description

We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it. Role Summary: The Cloud Platform Engineering role is responsible for designing, securing, automating, and operating a scalable, multi-tenant hybrid Azure and on-premises infrastructure environment. The position functions at a high level of technical ownership, leading major components of the Azure landing zone architecture and reusable platform patterns, Infrastructure as Code implementation, Zero Trust security controls, governance standards, and platform reliability strategies. The role partners cross-functionally with Engineering, Security, and Operations teams, serves as an escalation point for complex issues, and drives automation, compliance, resiliency, and continuous improvement across the organization’s cloud and core infrastructure platforms. Finally, the role acts as a technical lead within the Cloud Platform Engineering function; mentors other engineers and guides design reviews. Role Responsibilities: Cloud platform engineering and deployment (40%) Design, implement, and evolve secure, scalable, multi-tenant Azure platform solutions. Build and maintain landing zone building blocks (identity baseline, networking baseline, logging baseline) and reusable platform patterns to accelerate tenant onboarding. Implement Azure Lighthouse capabilities to support scalable multi-tenant operations and delegated

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