United States of America Hybrid

CI&T is hiring a Principal Cloud Infrastructure Architect – Platform Transformation Lead

About the Role

As the Principal Cloud Infrastructure Architect, you will drive a comprehensive shift in how infrastructure is managed and delivered at scale. Your primary focus will be redefining the operating model to transition from centralized control to a federated platform engineering approach, enabling product teams to operate independently while adhering to enterprise-wide standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement a scalable operating model that clearly separates platform and product team responsibilities, fostering autonomy without sacrificing oversight
  • Lead the design and rollout of self-service infrastructure tools, templates, and platforms using Terraform and AWS services to accelerate deployment velocity
  • Define organizational structures, capability frameworks, and governance policies that support AI-integrated development and secure, compliant operations
  • Collaborate directly with engineering teams across regions to guide implementation, resolve technical challenges, and ensure adoption of best practices
  • Establish foundational standards for AWS account topology, multi-region deployment, network architecture, identity management, and system resilience
  • Integrate DevSecOps and AI-native engineering principles into platform workflows, tooling, and delivery pipelines
  • Advise on Kubernetes (EKS) strategy, ensuring production-grade reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
  • Support change management initiatives by aligning technical direction with business objectives and leadership expectations

Required Expertise

  • Minimum of 10 years in infrastructure or platform roles, with hands-on experience leading large-scale transformation programs
  • Deep technical command of AWS services including IAM, VPC, Transit Gateway, and security governance at enterprise scale
  • Proven track record managing EKS environments in production across multiple regions
  • Advanced proficiency in Terraform, including module design and organization-wide infrastructure-as-code standards
  • Experience moving organizations from centralized infrastructure models to decentralized, platform-enabled models
  • Strong ability to balance standardization with team flexibility in complex, distributed environments
  • Familiarity with cloud-native patterns such as microservices, event-driven architectures, API gateways, and CI/CD systems
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical teams and executive stakeholders
  • Leadership in real-world transformation—not just strategy—within globally distributed teams

Technology Environment

Work across AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, IAM, VPC, Transit Gateway, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and AI-enabled engineering workflows.

Work Model

This is a hybrid role with team members based in the US, Brazil, London, and India. Expect periodic on-site engagements in London, supported by strong collaboration across time zones and regions.

Impact and Culture

You’ll contribute to a global team focused on engineering excellence, human-centered innovation, and sustainable technology transformation. The organization emphasizes combining technical depth with purpose-driven solutions, delivering measurable impact through intelligent platform design.

Required Skills
AWSKubernetesEKSTerraformIAMVPC NetworkingTransit GatewayMicroservicesAPIsEvent-driven SystemsCI/CDInfrastructure as CodePlatform EngineeringCloud ArchitectureFederated Infrastructure AWSKubernetesEKSTerraformIAMVPC NetworkingTransit GatewayMicroservicesAPIsEvent-driven SystemsCI/CDInfrastructure as CodePlatform EngineeringCloud ArchitectureFederated Infrastructure
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CI&T

We are digital specialists helping the world’s most valuable brands navigate and co-create solutions at every stage of their technology transformation journey.

As technology transformation specialists, we focus on application modernization, cloud services, artificial intelligence, data & analytics, digital experience, cybersecurity, and enterprise solutions powered by leading platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Salesforce, and Adobe.

Our distributed teams work closely with clients across industries such as financial services, healthcare, retail, automotive, and technology to deliver innovation at scale.

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Job Details
Department Centaurus+ – Prod_Centaurus+
Category infrastructure
Posted a month ago