Lead Cloud Development Engineer

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud-based platform components for Citrix SPA. This includes the microservices and infrastructure that support the SPA service.

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of cloud engineers focused on Citrix SPA. Guide them in developing and optimizing SPA-related cloud services.

• Drive architectural decisions for the Citrix SPA platform, ensuring alignment with best practices and cloud architecture principles, specifically related to secure access and zero trust concepts.

• Collaborate with product owners, security architects, and stakeholders to define technical requirements for Citrix SPA features and translate them into actionable development plans.

• Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform to automate the deployment and management of Citrix SPA infrastructure within cloud environments.

• Champion the adoption of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for deploying and managing Citrix SPA microservices, ensuring efficient scaling and high availability.

• Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies for rapid and reliable releases of Citrix SPA platform components.

• Ensure code quality and maintainability through rigorous code reviews, comprehensive testing, and adherence to coding standards specific to cloud-native development and security best practices.

• Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities within the Citrix SPA platform, with a focus on zero trust security principles.

• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for Citrix SPA, providing expert-level support and ensuring minimal downtime.

• Contribute to the definition and implementation of cloud security best practices for Citrix SPA, focusing on secure access, identity management, and data protection.

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team, keeping abreast of the latest cloud technologies and security trends relevant to Citrix SPA.

• Effectively communicate technical concepts related to Citrix SPA to both technical and non-technical audiences, including stakeholders and customers.

• Work with, and improve, the use of Citrix Cloud services that relate to the SPA product.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based applications, with a strong focus on secure access and zero trust architectures relevant to Citrix SPA.

• Proven ability to lead and mentor a team with experience in cloud-native development and microservice architectures.

• Deep understanding of cloud architecture principles and best practices, specifically related to secure access, identity management, and network security within cloud environments.

• Strong expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with practical experience in deploying and managing cloud services relevant to Citrix SPA.

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform) for automating cloud infrastructure deployments, with a focus on security and compliance.

• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for deploying and managing microservices, with a focus on security and scalability.

• Experience with CI/CD tools and automation frameworks for building, testing, and deploying cloud-native applications, with a focus on security and reliability.

• Excellent understanding of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile) and best practices for cloud-native development.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with a focus on identifying and resolving performance and security issues in cloud environments.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to audiences.

• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of cloud applications, with a focus on secure access and zero trust architectures.

• Deep knowledge of cloud security best practices, including identity management, access control, and data protection, specifically as they apply to zero trust and secure private access.

• Bachelors degree (BE/BTech) in Computer Science or a related field with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or a Masters degree (MTech) with 8 years of relevant experience.