Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-based services, promoting efficiency and self-service principles. Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment, empowering engineering teams. Implement and manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, monitoring, and scaling. Drive an evolution of services to support cloud-native managed services, including an evolution of Kubernetes. Drive efforts to enhance cloud infrastructure security, including access controls, encryption, and vulnerability assessments, focusing on engineering security solutions. Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines to automate software deployment, including the build platform and QA/Testing tooling to drive DevEx up and CFR to zero, emphasizing engineering and self-service automation. Define and maintain cloud engineering best practices and standards to ensure design and implementation consistency. Collaborate with software engineers to optimize applications for cloud deployment, emphasizing performance and scalability. Evaluate emerging cloud and DevOps technologies, providing recommendations for integration into cloud engineering practices. Participate in capacity planning and resource optimization for cost-effective cloud infrastructure usage. Troubleshoot complex engineering issues, provide root cause analysis, and propose engineering-focused solutions. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to the cloud infrastructure, engineering practices, and security configurations. Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of excellence.