Platform Engineer-CI/CD

Job Requisition ID #

26WD95525

Position Overview
 

Are you a visionary backend developer ready to lead innovation in cloud-based data management? Join our Fusion Data team as a Principal Engineer and help architect the next generation of Autodesk Fusion - a cutting-edge CAD ecosystem trusted by millions worldwide.  Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of cloud infrastructure for Autodesk Fusion. As a Principal Engineer, your expertise will shape our platform’s scalability, reliability, and innovation. Ready to lead transformative initiatives? Apply today and help build the cloud foundation of the future. 

Join Us! 

Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of cloud infrastructure for Autodesk Fusion. As a Principal Engineer, your expertise will shape our platform’s scalability, reliability, and innovation. Ready to lead transformative initiatives? Apply today and help build the cloud foundation of the future. 

Why You’ll Love This Role 

• Drive High‑Impact Initiatives: Lead strategic DevOps and infrastructure programs that enable scale, performance, and reliability across global engineering teams. 

  
  

• Architect Modern AWS Infrastructure: Design secure, automated, multi‑account AWS environments that support mission‑critical services. 

  
  

• Solve Deep Infrastructure Challenges: Tackle complex problems in networking, compute, storage, observability, and security for large distributed systems. 

  
  

• Champion Operational Excellence: Define standards, best practices, and governance models that elevate service quality and developer velocity. 

  
  

• Collaborate Across Boundaries: Work closely with engineering, SRE, security, product, and platform teams to deliver seamless and resilient infrastructure solutions. 

  
  

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and guide DevOps/SRE teams responsible for cloud infrastructure and platform services

  
  

• Architect, automate, and evolve multi‑account AWS environments including VPC design, IAM governance, networking, and cross‑account communication

  
  

• Build and optimize infrastructure automation using IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)

  
  

• Design robust, resilient, and scalable CI/CD systems to support diverse microservice teams

  
  

• Manage and optimize databases (MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora) for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency

  
  

• Establish best practices for observability—metrics, logs, tracing, alerting, and performance insights

  
  

• Troubleshoot complex distributed‑system issues across layers (network, service mesh, API gateways, storage, compute)

  
  

• Partner with engineering leaders to scope, propose, and drive large, high‑visibility infrastructure initiatives

  
  

• Ensure compliance, security, and audit readiness of the AWS environment at scale

  
  

• Enable smooth cross‑team integrations by defining standards for service communication, networking, and deployment architecture

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

  
  

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure roles managing production services at scale

  
  

• Deep expertise in AWS infrastructure (ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53, S3, IAM, SQS, SNS)

  
  

• Hands‑on experience designing and managing large multi‑account AWS organizations using best‑practice governance models. 

  
  

• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals (VPCs, subnets, peering, VPN, load balancing, service‑to‑service communication)

  
  

• Proven skills in database management and performance optimization (MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora)

  
  

• Mastery of infrastructure‑as‑code and automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)

  
  

• Robust experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, orchestration, and build systems (Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc)

  
  

• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud, network, compute, and application layers

  
  

• Excellent communication, cross‑functional collaboration, and leadership in fast‑paced environments

  
  

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing highly secure cloud environments with least‑privilege IAM, encryption, auditing, and compliance guardrails

  
  

• Hands‑on knowledge of service meshes, API gateways, or high‑scale microservices infrastructure

  
  

• Familiarity with Python, Go, or scripting languages for automation and tooling

  
  

• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry)

  
  

• Prior work on infrastructure platforms supporting developer self‑service

  
  

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