Sr. Cloud Architect & Platform Engineer

Discover a career at Depot Connect International (DCI), a global leader in the Tank/ISO Tank Container Services and Tank Trailer Parts industry. We're more than just a service provider; we're a unified team combining the expertise of industry leaders Quala, Boasso Global, and PSC. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, with over 160 locations worldwide, our team of over 3,500 employees excels in offering a multitude of mission-critical services.

The Mission

We aren’t just "using" the cloud; we’re building a world-class engine that powers everything we do. As our Senior Cloud Architect & Platform Engineer, you are the master weaver of our AWS ecosystem. You’ll sit at the intersection of high-level architectural vision and deep-code execution. This isn't a role for a spectator—it’s for a visionary who still loves the smell of a fresh deployment and knows how to build systems that are elegant, invisible, and indestructible.

Location: Tampa, FL; Channelview, TX; Remote

Pay Range: $125,000 - $145,000 annual salary

DCI Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with generous employer match
• Paid time off, including 10 paid holidays
• Optional health savings account & flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

What You’ll Own:

• The Blueprint: You own the technical North Star. You’ll define how our distributed systems evolve, ensuring our AWS architecture is three steps ahead of our business growth.
• The Forge: You’ll lead the charge in Infrastructure as Code (IaaC), moving beyond simple scripts to build modular, self-healing platforms using Terraform or Pulumi.
• Security as Code: You’ll bake security into the DNA of our infrastructure, moving past "compliance checklists" to automated, proactive guardrails.
• The Innovation Lab: From Serverless (Lambda/Fargate) to Kubernetes (EKS) at scale, you’ll experiment with and implement the next generation of cloud-native patterns.
• Cultural Catalyst: You aren’t just a "manager"; you’re a force multiplier. You’ll mentor elite senior talent and set the "definition of excellence" for the entire engineering or

Your Technical Arsenal:

• Experience: 8+ years of high-stakes engineering; 5+ years of deep-water AWS mastery.
• Cloud Craft: Expert-level knowledge of the AWS stack (Compute, Networking, Global Transit, Storage).
• The Stack: High proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust. You treat infrastructure like software.
• Orchestration: Mastery of Kubernetes (EKS) and a "Serverless-first" mindset.
• Reliability: A passion for Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb) and high-availability design.

Who You Are:

• A Systems Thinker: You see the "big picture" of a distributed system but can still debug a VPC routing issue or a race condition in a Lambda function.
• A Pragmatic Purist: You know when to build for the "ideal state" and when to ship a pragmatic solution that works today.
• A Leader by Influence: You don't need a title to lead a room. You communicate complex architectural trade-offs to stakeholders and junior devs with equal clarity.

The "Edge" (Preferred Qualifications):

• You hold AWS Professional certifications (Architect or DevOps).
• You’ve scaled a CI/CD platform that developers actually *love* using.
• You have experience migrating legacy monoliths into sleek, event-driven microservices.

Ready to build the future of our platform? Let’s talk.