Cloud Platforms Engineer, Vp - Data, Cloud & Developer Experience

The Blackstone Group

Base: $160,000 - $225,000; bonus/equity: discretio...
7+ years platform engineering experience
Terraform and terraform cloud expertise
Aws and azure public cloud operations
This senior-level individual contributor role focuses on designing and evolving core platform services for Blackstone's public cloud environments at enterprise scale

Job Summary

  • This senior-level individual contributor role focuses on designing and evolving core platform services for Blackstone's public cloud environments at enterprise scale.
  • The successful candidate will own the implementation of critical components using Terraform-based infrastructure while ensuring security, compliance, and resilience by design.
  • Blackstone offers a competitive base salary range of $160,000 - $225,000 along with comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), and potential equity incentives.

Matching Summary

This senior-level individual contributor role focuses on designing and evolving core platform services for Blackstone's public cloud environments at enterprise scale.

Salary

Base: $160,000 - $225,000; Bonus/Equity: Discretionary bonuses and potential equity; Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, FSA, life insurance, 401(k), PTO

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years platform engineering experience
  • Terraform and Terraform Cloud expertise
  • AWS and Azure public cloud operations
  • Python or C# software development skills
  • CI/CD pipeline design and ownership
  • GitLab CI or Jenkins experience
  • Production incident management

Nice-to-have

  • Internal Developer Platform (IDP) experience
  • Kubernetes and serverless runtime knowledge
  • SRE practices and SLO management
  • FinOps and cloud cost optimization
  • TypeScript programming language
  • Sentinel policy as code experience
  • Mentoring without formal authority

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years in platform or infrastructure engineering
  • Strong object-oriented design in Python or C#
  • Hands-on production experience with AWS/Azure
  • Deep expertise in Terraform state management
  • Experience leading technical response during incidents

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