Director of Cloud Engineering

About Magpieyard

Clients range from single-location retailers to franchise groups with hundreds of stores, all running our point-of-sale and loyalty software. We started in 2010 and have grown to about 60 people.

What this job is

We need a Director of Cloud Engineering. This is a contract position based in Los Angeles, California. You'll support existing cloud workloads, handle tickets from app teams and take on migration projects. Cloud infrastructure role focused on automation, security controls and cost. Expect more Terraform than console clicking. We work hybrid out of Los Angeles, usually three days in, two days remote.

In your first few months you will

• Configure backups, snapshots and disaster recovery for cloud resources.
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager.
• Design VPCs and VNets, subnets, routing, VPN and Direct Connect or ExpressRoute links.
• Manage IAM roles, policies and Azure RBAC with least-privilege access.
• Keep architecture diagrams and runbooks current.
• Apply security controls and fix findings from AWS Security Hub, Defender for Cloud or Wiz.

About you

• 12+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
• Understanding of identity integration with Entra ID (Azure AD) or Okta.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Ability to explain cloud costs and tradeoffs to non-technical managers.

Nice to have

• Hybrid cloud with VMware or Azure Arc.

Why work with us

Rate: $255,000 to $305,000 a year

• Hybrid work.
• Flexible schedule.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Magpieyard.