Director, Cloud Enablement Engineering

Early Warning Services

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, ILScottsdale, AZSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$173,000–$230,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $202k
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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$257,531 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $210k for comparable roles.

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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

Early Warning Services currently has 54 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $150,000–$186,000 across 51 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Cloud Enablement Engineering

Director, Cloud Enablement Engineering joins the Infrastructure Engineering & Transformation team to lead the design, development, and operation of public cloud infrastructure. This role involves managing the transition of microservices and workloads to the public cloud while overseeing 24x7x365 operational support for systems, servers, and software. The successful candidate will define cloud engineering best practices, manage service deployments, and oversee Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation. Key technical requirements include proficiency in AWS, CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, configuration management, and monitoring tools. The role addresses the challenge of migrating first-party infrastructure to a scalable cloud environment within a highly regulated financial services domain. Candidates must navigate complex audit and compliance reviews while ensuring high availability, disaster recovery planning, and secure, resilient architecture for critical payment processing systems.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design, development, and operation of public cloud infrastructure.
  • Manage the migration of microservices and workloads from first-party infrastructure to AWS.
  • Define and enforce cloud engineering best practices, standards, and architectural guidelines.
  • Oversee 24x7x365 operational support for systems, servers, software, and firmware.
  • Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Represent the team during internal and external audits and compliance reviews.
  • Lead and develop high-performing cloud engineering teams in an Agile environment.
  • Manage vendor relationships and contract negotiations for the company’s cloud computing platform.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must independently possess eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is typically required.
  • Applicants need experience in engineering and architecture, including with public cloud infrastructure.
  • Candidates must have a proven track record leading engineering teams building public cloud infrastructure (AWS experience preferred).
  • Minimum 5 years of hands-on engineering management experience is required, including Agile best practices as a product owner and scrum master.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation is required.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and configuration management is required.
  • Experience participating in external audits such as OCC, PCI, SOC2, or FISMA is highly desirable.

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