Lead Cloud Engineer (m/f/d)

This reduces CO2 emissions and energy costs. Everyone benefits: owners, operators, occupants and the climate. At Paul, we are researchers, developers and practitioners with the common goal of developing intelligent solutions for buildings to combat climate change.

Therefore we are looking for you to drive our scaling as

Lead Cloud Engineer (m/f/d) in Mannheim

Core responsibilities

• Develop and implement a cloud cost strategy to optimize AWS expenses (e.g., rightsizing, reserved instances, spot instances, FinOps principles)
• Introduce automated monitoring and reporting tools for cost tracking (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth, Kubecost)
• Collaborate with Finance and Procurement to plan and forecast cloud costs

• Own the scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD platform
• Support application and platform teams in setting up and maintaining deployment pipelines (e.g., using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD, Terraform)
• Implement best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Continuous Deployment to accelerate release cycles

• Ensure the architecture, availability, scalability, and security of the cloud platform
• Introduce and enhance observability, logging, and monitoring systems for a robust platform (e.g., using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch)
• Ensure security and compliance standards in the cloud environment

• Support all engineering teams in utilizing the cloud platform through best practices, training, and consulting
• Promote and implement self-service platforms for developers to improve productivity and efficiency
• Foster a DevOps and automation culture across the company

• Extensive experience in managing and optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure with a strong understanding of FinOps principles
• Deep knowledge of modern CI/CD technologies and expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
• Experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, and ECS, along with observability and monitoring solutions
• Strong understanding of security and compliance requirements in cloud infrastructure
• Analytical mindset with a focus on efficiency and cost control
• Strong communication skills to work across interdisciplinary teams
• Strategic vision to continuously evolve the cloud platform
• Ability to empower teams rather than creating central bottlenecks

• A meaningful job that contributes to global CO2 savings
• A collegial working atmosphere with short decision paths
• A permanent contract with an above-average salary
• 30 days vacation per calendar year plus 24.12. and 31.12. off
• Company private health insurance and supplementary pension
• Company fitness subsidy in your region
• Regular company events to which you are very welcome
• Tram ticket as well as drinks and fruit in our offices