[Remote] Staff Cloud Platform Engineer (Remote - US)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nextech Systems is a leader in specialty healthcare technology solutions, and they are seeking a Staff Cloud Platform Engineer. This role combines cloud engineering and DevOps leadership to deliver scalable and secure platform capabilities, improve delivery quality, and strengthen reliability for Nextech products.
Responsibilities
- Own delivery of platform solutions across teams and systems, aligning technical direction with business goals and customer impact
- Lead standardization of cloud platform patterns and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enforcing reviews, reusable modules, and testing to improve consistency and reduce operational risk
- Lead CI/CD implementations and integrations across multiple teams to raise delivery quality and velocity, enabling faster and more reliable delivery of customer value
- Design scalable, multi-region architectures and resilient global networking patterns that improve availability, recoverability, and performance for customers
- Embed security and compliance by design across infrastructure and delivery tooling, driving secure baselines, hardening, and risk-based controls that protect customer data
- Drive telemetry and observability strategy, including meaningful SLOs and actionable alerts, to improve reliability, troubleshooting speed, and overall customer experience
- Influence cost planning and guardrails through tagging, monitoring, and automation to support efficient operations and sustainable customer outcomes
- Coach and mentor engineers, providing technical leadership, raising engineering standards, and helping teams scale platform practices effectively
- Communicate effectively across engineering and stakeholders, influencing decisions and resolving cross-team conflicts to align toward shared outcomes
Skills
- 7+ years in software and/or infrastructure engineering roles
- 5+ years in Cloud/DevOps or platform-focused engineering
- Expertise in Azure or AWS
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction to engineers and lead delivery across teams under ambiguity
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and scripting/automation
- Expertise with secure CI/CD platforms and delivery tooling
- Proven experience leading high availability/disaster recovery designs, hybrid networking, and secure cloud baselines across teams
- Experience with Agile practices and version control systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Advanced cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure) and/or multi-cloud expertise
- Demonstrated leadership in platform standardization and org-wide observability
Benefits
- Generous annual bonus opportunity
- 401(k) with Employer Match
- Flexible Time Off: take time off when you need it without worrying about available hours
- 11 paid holidays
- Your Day Your Way - Celebrate a day of cultural or social significance to you
- Insurance: Choice of Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Health Savings Account with employer match
- Flexible Spending Account
- 100% Company-Paid Parental leave (After 6 months with the company)
- 100% Company-Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
- Nextech Luminary Peer Recognition Program
- Wellness Program including discounts on medical premiums
- Employee Assistance Program with free counseling sessions available
- Corporate Discounts on Retail, Travel, and Entertainment
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