Sovrn
Software and Data
SeniorCloudEngineer
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“Senior Cloud Engineer at Sovrn. Skills: AWS, Databricks, Terraform, Observability. Act as primary decision-maker on platform selection. Manage, optimize, and scale Databricks lakehouse layer”
What You'll Achieve.
Maximize performance; Reduce costs; Enforce governance frameworks; Fully automate infrastructure deployment; Fully automate infrastructure management; Drive data-driven root cause analysis; Meaningfully reduce escalation noise; Measurably improves reliability; Without introducing new risk; Maintain clarity on scope; Maintain clarity on quality; Maintain clarity on timelines
Industry & Context.
Apply expert-level troubleshooting skills; Diagnose and resolve issues; Data-driven root cause analysis
On-call escalation point
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep proficiency in AWS cloud services, Deep familiarity with industry leading architecture and administration of Peta-scale data lakehouse platforms, Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, In-depth knowledge of cloud networking, security best practices, and Identity and Access Management, Experience designing observability systems, Demonstrated experience designing agent skills, Champions for AI integration, communication skills
Nice to Have
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect – Professional or DevOps Engineer)
What You'll Do.
Act as primary decision-maker on platform selection
and scale Databricks lakehouse layer
Lead IaC adoption across teams
Own observability for services
Implement AIOps solutions
Define standards for responsible AI use
Serve as on-call escalation point
Apply expert-level troubleshooting skills
Own delivery of projects
Lead large cross-team initiatives
Create high-level architectural documentation
Contribute to long-term technology roadmap
Set documentation standards
Help junior engineers develop skills
Stay current with emerging technologies
Contribute learnings back
Structured mentorship
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Coordinate across engineering; Negotiate cross-team requirements
Communication Scope
Ability to present complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences; Negotiate cross-team requirements and timelines; Produce architectural documentation
Process & Methodology
Own delivery of projects, Lead large cross-team initiatives
Full Job Description
About Sovrn Every interesting company solves important problems for other people. Sovrn is a Software and Data business that helps Open Web businesses be and remain independent. We help them understand their business better, operate more efficiently, and make act as the primary decision-maker on platform selection and cloud-native design patterns for your domain. Manage, optimize, and scale a Databricks lakehouse layer to maximize performance, reduce costs and enforce governance frameworks (RBAC/ABAC, IAM, SCIM). Lead IaC adoption across teams — develop internal Terraform modules, implement policy-as-code, and architect CI/CD pipelines that fully automate infrastructure deployment and management. Own observability for your services: design comprehensive monitoring, metrics, and alerting strategies that drive data-driven root cause analysis and meaningfully reduce escalation noise. Implement AIOps solutions for automated anomaly detection; define standards for responsible AI use in operations and ensure AI tooling measurably improves reliability without introducing new risk. Serve as an on-call escalation point for complex, cross-team incidents; apply expert-level troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve issues spanning multiple services and systems. Own delivery of projects with multiple dependencies and lead large cross-team initiatives — coordinating across engineering to maintain clarity on scope, quality, and timelines. Create high-level architectural documentation, contribute to the long-term technology roadmap, set documentation standards for the team, and help junior engineers develop their technical writing skills. Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate new tools for team adoption; contribute learnings back through internal tech talks, certification roadmaps, and structured mentorship of junior and mid-level engineers. The successful candidate will have: Deep proficiency in AWS cloud services (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, etc) with a tr
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