Lead a distributed cloud engineering team responsible for regulated and sovereign AWS and Azure environments. Own platform architecture, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, release tooling, accreditation readiness, security controls, reliability, operational practices, cost management, and customer-facing technical engagements. Standardize environment deployments, maintain compliance and SLAs, and provide hands-on technical leadership. Manage hiring, performance, career development, planning, incident response, and cross-functional coordination across engineering, security, compliance, implementation, and product teams.