Senior Cloud Architect

Role Overview

CoLab is hiring a Senior Cloud Architect to take ownership of its US-based cloud infrastructure across both Commercial and Public Sector environments, including a FedRAMP High authorized AWS GovCloud environment. This is a hands-on role focused on operating, securing, and scaling production systems that support regulated workloads.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate CoLab’s US cloud infrastructure, including FedRAMP High in AWS GovCloud.
• Support Continuous Monitoring (ConMon): vulnerability remediation, logging, and audit readiness.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to maintain the compliance posture, support audits/assessments, and meet ongoing requirements.
• Contribute to scaling infrastructure for customer onboarding in regulated environments.
• Write and maintain Terraform for infrastructure deployments via SpaceLift.
• Build and troubleshoot AWS Lambda functions (primarily in Python) for automation.
• Investigate production issues by diagnosing stack traces, improving monitoring, and enhancing APM tracing.
• Work with the Platform Team on secure, scalable infrastructure design and implementation.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors during Public Sector implementation and assessments.

How Success Looks (First 90 Days)

• 30 days: Completed onboarding and security training; contributed code; can work across Commercial and Public Sector environments.
• 60 days: Contributing substantial code (Terraform, Python), reviewing others, and operating independently in the Public Sector environment.
• 90 days: Operating independently across both environments; proactively resolving issues; improving reliability; supporting compliance and monitoring activities.

Requirements / Ideal Candidate

• Senior engineer with deep hands-on cloud experience.
• Strong ability to write Infrastructure as Code and manage complex environments.
• Security-first approach and bias for clean, auditable code.
• Ability to break down unknowns (e.g., stack traces) and own infrastructure problems end-to-end.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working in a “figure-it-out” environment.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently while leveraging team support.

Nice-to-haves (Implied by Responsibilities)

• Experience working in regulated environments and maintaining FedRAMP authorization.
• Familiarity with Datadog APM tracing and observability improvements.