Public Cloud Services – Compute - Senior Lead Engineer – SVP

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Job Overview

Discover your future at Citi:

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Lead Cloud Compute Engineer, a strategic problem-solver, builder, and product visionary who is deeply proficient in cloud infrastructure. If you possess hands-on experience with GCP or AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Python or Java, coupled with a passion for automation at scale, we encourage you to apply.

Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi technology leveraging game-changing Cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation. We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging public cloud scale and enabling new infrastructure economics.

As a public cloud infrastructure engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our public cloud strategy. You will be part of a team that continues to deliver big! From establishing a cloud-based High-Performance Compute (HPC) platform for complex risk calculations, enabling Citi to leverage GenAI at scale, to facilitating innovative payments solutions, this team is at the forefront of technological advancement.

Job responsibility:

• Lead the Charge: Own the public cloud com services strategy and its execution, enabling Citi's secure and enterprise-scale adoption of public cloud. You will provide technical authority for all foundational services.
• Build and Inspire: Lead and grow a team of deeply technical cloud specialists and full-stack software developers, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Innovate and Automate: Drive client satisfaction and business value by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Partner and Collaborate: Establish partnerships across the broader Citi technology landscape to align with business growth initiatives and priorities.
• Engineering Excellence: Define measurable success criteria and routinely assess service availability and reliability.
• Champion Compliance: Drive compliance with applicable standards, policies, and regulations, always assessing risk with Citi's reputation, clients, and assets in mind.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, with deep expertise architecting & implementing cloud storage & compute technologies in AWS or GCP.
• Proven track record of engineering leadership, defining technical vision & strategy for cloud storage & compute virtualization at scale
• Experience architecting and engineering large scale, multi-cloud well architected solutions.
• Proactive approach to automation and infrastructure quality, with proven experience with Terraform, Terratest and BDD-style frameworks.
• Agile and DevOps Mindset: Familiarity with Agile Development, DevOps, and SRE practices.
• Strategic Thinking: Experience evaluating complex requirements and rationalizing them into a consistent service offering.
• Excellent communication: the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide leadership and mentorship, guiding engineering teams, while fostering culture of innovation.

Nice to have skills:

• Advanced, proven industry experience in one or more with AWS/GCP
• Serverless compute
• Virtualized compute
• Image Bakery / Automated Image Pipelines
• Storage
• Deploying and managing compute & storage resources in Kubernetes

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.  (Citi will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization for this position). Position is based in Irving, TX Candidate must be located within commuting distance or be willing to relocate to the area

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Systems & Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$156,160.00 - $234,240.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Aug 21, 2025

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