Valon Tech - Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
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Responsibilities
• Set technical direction for cloud infrastructure at Valon, defining the architecture, standards, and roadmap for compute, storage, databases, and networking. • Lead the design and execution of complex, cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives—from new data store adoption to novel deployment architectures for enterprise customers. • Own the reliability, scalability, and security posture of Valon’s production infrastructure, driving systemic improvements across the stack. • Serve as a key technical partner to engineering leadership, product, and operations—translating business requirements into infrastructure strategy and ensuring alignment across teams. • Drive architectural decisions through design docs, RFCs, and technical reviews, setting a high bar for rigor and clarity. • Mentor and elevate the team through code reviews, design guidance, and active knowledge sharing, raising the overall technical bar. • Contribute to incident response and on-call, using incidents as opportunities to drive meaningful reliability improvements. • Identify and advocate for long-horizon infrastructure investments that position Valon for the next phase of scale and customer growth. • IDEAL BACKGROUND • 7+ years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, or cloud systems, with a track record of operating at staff-level scope and influence. • Deep hands-on experience managing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure at significant scale, including designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency. • Strong expertise in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar). • Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives end-to-end: scoping, designing, building consensus, executing, and driving adoption across teams. • Deep understanding of distributed systems: networking, storage, databases, load balancing, observability, and performance at scale. • Solid engineering fundamentals—you write clean, well-tested code and can contribute meaningfully to services and tooling, even if infrastructure is your primary domain. • A product mindset and strong business intuition: you understand how infrastructure decisions create leverage (or bottlenecks) for the broader organization. • Excellent communication skills—you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Familiarity with regulated industries (fintech, healthcare, etc.) is a bonus but not required.
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