Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer

Nutanix
San Jose, CA
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer, you will operate as a senior individual contributor and technical lead within our G&A – IT Cloud Ops organization, defining and implementing how Nutanix governs, automates, secures, and optimizes public-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

What You Will Do

Design, build, and operate maintainable, reusable, and observable cloud platforms and self-service workflows using Python, cloud APIs, and event-driven patterns, and serve as the principal SME for AWS architecture, governance, and core services.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is aligned to Pacific Time to support core team collaboration, and candidates who can work near Nutanix headquarters are preferred.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional experience operating or engineering cloud infrastructure in AWS
  • Demonstrated proficiency in AWS IAM, Organizations, account and access patterns, EC2, S3, EventBridge, and cloud APIs
  • Strong hands-on experience with GitOps and DevOps practices, including version control, CI/CD, automated testing, and production change management
  • Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, especially Terraform
  • Strong automation and scripting ability in Python, Go, or a comparable language
  • At least working knowledge of GCP and Azure governance, IAM, resource organization, billing, and automation concepts
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