Lead Engineer, Solution Architecture and Engineering

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Global Information Technology Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead Engineer Solution Architecture and Engineering reporting to the Senior Manager Solution Engineering

This position is onsite and will be based in Miramar Florida

This position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship

Position Summary:

The Lead Engineer Solution Architecture and Engineering reports to the Senior Manager Solution Architecture & Engineering and serves as a technical leader across Infrastructure & Operations This role drives the design selection and implementation of modern infrastructure solutions across the Royal Caribbean technology portfolio As a hands-on engineering leader the Lead Engineer owns solutions end-to-end—from discovery and architecture through deployment and operational readiness—working closely with infrastructure teams product owners enterprise architects and operations engineers The role requires deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP) infrastructure automation container platforms and DevOps practices with a strong focus on building secure scalable and cost-effective solutions aligned to business outcomes

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture & Engineering Leadership

• 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

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

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

Automation DevOps & Platform Enablement

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

Delivery Risk & Stakeholder Management

• 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

Innovation & Talent Development

• 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 Knowledge & Skills:

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science Engineering

• or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or related technology roles

Technical Expertise

Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS Azure

• or GCP); multi-cloud experience preferred
• 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

Tools & Platforms

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

Leadership & Strategic Skills

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

Agency and Third-Party Submissions: Please note this is a direct search by the Company and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes Any unsolicited resumes will be considered the Company's property

We know there's a lot to consider As you go through the application process our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

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