Lead Cloud Engineer

IBM is hiring a Lead Cloud Engineer to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — USA). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability What we offer: • Annual learning and professional development budget • Generous paid time off and company holidays • Paid parental leave • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Flexible working hours across US time zones How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. IBM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • Strong troubleshooting skills • On-call and incident response experience Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment