Job Summary:
Royal Caribbean Group is a leader in the vacation industry with global brands, offering a unique opportunity for a Lead Engineer in Solution Architecture and Engineering. This role involves driving the design and implementation of infrastructure solutions and requires expertise in cloud platforms and DevOps practices.
Responsibilities:
• Design and deliver infrastructure solutions across Royal Caribbean Group’s enterprise technology landscape
• Act as solution owner from project inception through production delivery
• Lead technical discovery sessions to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical designs
• Drive standardization, best practices, and reusable design patterns across infrastructure domains
• Architect and implement cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Design and deploy compute, storage, networking, and platform services with a security-first mindset
• Partner with specialized infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions spanning: End-user computing, Cloud platforms, Networking, Databases and middleware, Enterprise applications
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates, and CloudFormation
• Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and updates
• Automate operational processes including: Scaling, Monitoring and alerting, Patch and configuration management
• Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
• Coordinate solution delivery across multiple infrastructure teams to ensure aligned execution
• Provide clear, regular status updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks and cross-team dependencies
• Ensure solutions adhere to governance, security, compliance, and FinOps standards
• Lead hands-on R&D and proof-of-concept efforts to evaluate emerging technologies
• Mentor and coach junior engineers on cloud platforms, automation, and DevOps best practices
• Serve as a thought leader in modern infrastructure engineering and platform design
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or related technology roles
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM Templates
• Experience with database platforms, middleware, and enterprise workloads
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and platform automation
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and ArgoCD
• Docker and Kubernetes for containerized workloads
• Monitoring, logging, and cloud-native operational tooling
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to facilitate collaboration across engineering, operations, and architecture teams
• Experience designing holistic, scalable solutions that align with long-term enterprise strategy
• Solid understanding of IT governance frameworks
• Security and compliance best practices
• FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization
Preferred:
• Multi-cloud experience preferred
Company:
Royal Caribbean Group is a cruise vacation company with a global fleet of 63 ships traveling around the world. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in Miami, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.