Fanatics · 2 hours ago
Senior Cloud Engineer - NCF
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$136K/yr - $170K/yr
7+ years expFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform, and they are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to serve as the first dedicated cloud engineering hire. This role involves designing and delivering a scalable cloud foundation, defining cloud strategy, and mentoring engineers on cloud best practices.
eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
Responsibilities
Act as the primary owner of our cloud engineering function, driving standards, tooling, and best practices across the engineering organization
Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure using AWS services and industry best practices
Build, evolve, and maintain our infrastructure-as-code foundation using Terraform, with an emphasis on reusable modules and service templates
Develop and maintain standardized service catalogs and infrastructure patterns to accelerate developer onboarding and reduce duplication
Develop patterns, improve, and support CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable, and compliant software delivery
Collaborate closely with application teams to design cloud-native architectures and guide them through implementation
Drive cross-team initiatives that improve reliability, security, observability, and automation across the platform
Lead technical planning, estimation, architectural reviews, and documentation for cloud initiatives
Identify cloud optimization opportunities (performance, scalability, cost) and implement strategies to address them
Conduct infrastructure reviews and provide mentorship to engineers to promote cloud fluency across the organization
Qualification
Required
7+ years of hands-on experience building and supporting production cloud infrastructure
Strong self-starter with a track record of independently identifying problems and delivering impactful solutions
Demonstrated technical leadership experience, including guiding architectural decisions, reviewing designs, and influencing engineering best practices
Deep proficiency with AWS (networking, IAM, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, VPC design, ALBs/NLBs, S3, etc.)
Strong expertise with Terraform, including module design, workspace strategies, and enterprise-scale patterns
Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally with GitHub Actions
Experience standardizing infrastructure and building service / module catalogs or internal frameworks to drive reuse
Solid understanding of cloud security principles, observability ecosystems, and modern DevOps practices
Effective communicator able to collaborate across engineering, product, and leadership teams
Experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferably), container orchestration, or service mesh technologies
Preferred
Prior experience as the first or early infrastructure/cloud hire in a growing engineering org
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps Administrator)
Experience with cost governance, FinOps practices, or multi-account AWS architectures
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
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Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
Recent News
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