Senior Cloud Engineer

As Cloud System Engineer, you will design and lead our OS Image Factory: an automated platform that builds hardened Linux and Windows images used by our customers across multi-tenant, multi-account environments worldwide. Azure is the primary platform, AWS is in production and GCP is coming next. Design and evolve the Image Factory architecture, primarily on Azure, with AWS in production and GCP on the roadmap.

Build automated image pipelines with Packer, Ansible and GitHub Actions, on top of managed services (Azure VM Image Builder, AWS EC2 Image Builder). Harden Windows Server and Linux images as code against CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIG and Microsoft security baselines. Publish and distribute images across subscriptions, accounts and tenants in multiple regions (Azure Compute Gallery, AMI sharing with AWS Organizations).

Define image standards, versioning, promotion across environments (dev, test, prod) and retirement policies. Manage the image lifecycle: monthly patching, critical CVE rebuilds, automated testing and vulnerability scanning. Enforce the use of approved images through Azure Policy and AWS guardrails.

Prepare GCP onboarding with a single, cloud-agnostic Packer and Ansible codebase. Enable customers to consume images in self-service, with clear documentation and release notes. Collaborate with Cloud, Security and Platform Engineering teams, and drive adoption with customer teams.

Lead and mentor the SysOps / DevOps engineers operating the factory. Use AI solution