Appian's Cloud Infrastructure team needs to ensure the security and resiliency of Appian's Cloud offering, enabling Appian teams to deploy and operate secure, cloud-native services and resources. This role will provide technical leadership and contribute to the development of high-quality software within this team.
Requirements
- Proven experience building, scaling, and managing containerized, cloud-native platforms, with strong AWS expertise.
- 10+ years in software development or cloud infrastructure engineering.
- 1+ years of experience mentoring or managing a technical team.
- Deep expertise in AWS core services (e.g., EKS, VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using modern tooling such as Terraform, Crossplane, or similar.
- Experience driving adoption of modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience performing code reviews and offering actionable technical feedback.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate secure, cloud-native platforms leveraging deep expertise in AWS core services (e.g., EKS, VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS).
- Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using modern tooling such as Terraform, Crossplane, or similar to automate platform delivery.
- Drive adoption of modern CI/CD pipelines and promote an "automation-first" mindset across teams.
- Provide deep technical guidance in cloud infrastructure, performing code reviews and offering actionable technical feedback.
- Manage and mentor up to 6 direct reports, guiding their career development and fostering a culture of learning and growth.
- Perform HR management tasks for direct reports, including performance reviews, timesheet approvals, and compensation discussions.
- Actively contributing to the development of high-quality software.
Other
- This role is based at our headquarters in McLean, Virginia.
- Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week.
- B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Manager of Software Development within this team.
- Fostering a collaborative environment and removing obstacles.
