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26961511
Location(s):
Irving, Texas, United States
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
May. 05, 2026
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 Overview
About Citi:
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.
Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.
The Role:
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer who combines strong software engineering principles with extensive, hands-on experience in cloud and Kubernetes environments. This role is pivotal in architecting and delivering foundational Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks, automation services, and reusable cloud blueprints. The ideal candidate will empower engineering teams across Citi to adopt AWS and GCP securely and efficiently at scale, focusing on platform tooling and internal service integration rather than direct application development or CI/CD pipeline management.
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and enhance reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks and modules using Terraform for AWS and GCP services, including compute, storage, networking, and IAM.
- Establish and promote best practices and design patterns for IaC to be used across the engineering community.
- Define, implement, and maintain Kubernetes and Helm standards to simplify the deployment of secure, cloud-integrated workloads.
- Develop Python-based automation services, command-line interfaces (CLIs), validators, and diagnostic tools to improve developer workflows and enhance platform reliability.
- Engineer and evolve the end-user adoption of internally engineered solutions through the creation of blueprints, templates, documentation, and reference architectures.
- Define and manage the service contracts and integration interfaces consumed by application and platform teams.
- Liaise with other teams, including application, security, and networking, to align on architectural decisions and resolve integration bottlenecks.
- Lead complex troubleshooting and optimization efforts for platform components spanning IaC, cloud services, and Kubernetes.
- Mentor other cloud and platform developers on best practices for IaC, Kubernetes patterns, Python tooling, and secure cloud design.
Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in a software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering capacity.
- Deep, hands-on experience with authoring Terraform modules and a strong interest in advanced module framework design.
- Practical experience with a major cloud provider (AWS or GCP), including provisioning via IaC, IAM design, storage patterns, and networking fundamentals.
- Extensive, hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm for defining and managing application workloads.
- Proficiency in Python for developing automation services and platform tooling.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, modular design, and writing clean, maintainable code.
- Deep understanding of microservices concepts and the patterns for how distributed applications consume platform APIs, cloud storage, IAM, and networking services.
- Proven ability to lead design discussions, influence architectural decisions, and drive technology adoption across multiple teams.
- Experience with Linux and a strong understanding of its fundamentals.
- This is not a full-stack application development, DevOps/CI-CD pipeline engineering, Kubernetes cluster administration, or SRE-specific role.
Education
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Job Family Group:
Technology
Job Family:
Systems & Engineering
Time Type:
Full time
Primary Location:
Irving Texas United States
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$125,760.00 - $188,640.00
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.
Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.
Job Req Id:
26961511
Location(s):
Irving, Texas, United States
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
May. 05, 2026
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 Overview
About Citi:
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.
Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.
The Role:
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer who combines strong software engineering principles with extensive, hands-on experience in cloud and Kubernetes environments. This role is pivotal in architecting and delivering foundational Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks, automation services, and reusable cloud blueprints. The ideal candidate will empower engineering teams across Citi to adopt AWS and GCP securely and efficiently at scale, focusing on platform tooling and internal service integration rather than direct application development or CI/CD pipeline management.
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and enhance reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks and modules using Terraform for AWS and GCP services, including compute, storage, networking, and IAM.
- Establish and promote best practices and design patterns for IaC to be used across the engineering community.
- Define, implement, and maintain Kubernetes and Helm standards to simplify the deployment of secure, cloud-integrated workloads.
- Develop Python-based automation services, command-line interfaces (CLIs), validators, and diagnostic tools to improve developer workflows and enhance platform reliability.
- Engineer and evolve the end-user adoption of internally engineered solutions through the creation of blueprints, templates, documentation, and reference architectures.
- Define and manage the service contracts and integration interfaces consumed by application and platform teams.
- Liaise with other teams, including application, security, and networking, to align on architectural decisions and resolve integration bottlenecks.
- Lead complex troubleshooting and optimization efforts for platform components spanning IaC, cloud services, and Kubernetes.
- Mentor other cloud and platform developers on best practices for IaC, Kubernetes patterns, Python tooling, and secure cloud design.
Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in a software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering capacity.
- Deep, hands-on experience with authoring Terraform modules and a strong interest in advanced module framework design.
- Practical experience with a major cloud provider (AWS or GCP), including provisioning via IaC, IAM design, storage patterns, and networking fundamentals.
- Extensive, hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm for defining and managing application workloads.
- Proficiency in Python for developing automation services and platform tooling.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, modular design, and writing clean, maintainable code.
- Deep understanding of microservices concepts and the patterns for how distributed applications consume platform APIs, cloud storage, IAM, and networking services.
- Proven ability to lead design discussions, influence architectural decisions, and drive technology adoption across multiple teams.
- Experience with Linux and a strong understanding of its fundamentals.
- This is not a full-stack application development, DevOps/CI-CD pipeline engineering, Kubernetes cluster administration, or SRE-specific role.
Education
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Job Family Group:
Technology
Job Family:
Systems & Engineering
Time Type:
Full time
Primary Location:
Irving Texas United States
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$125,760.00 - $188,640.00
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.
Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
Target employers with established cloud infrastructure teams
Large enterprises and cloud-native companies with dedicated platform engineering teams sponsor H-1B visas far more consistently than startups. Check OFLC disclosure data to verify a company's sponsorship history before applying.
Align your degree to the role description carefully
H-1B specialty occupation requires a degree in a directly related field. Computer science, software engineering, and information systems degrees are straightforward. If your degree is adjacent, document how your coursework maps to cloud platform work.
Prioritize cap-exempt employers to avoid the H-1B lottery
Universities, nonprofits, and government research organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can sponsor H-1B visas year-round without lottery risk. Cloud platform roles exist at these institutions, particularly in research computing and infrastructure teams.
Highlight certifications alongside your degree
AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional, and Azure certifications reinforce the specialty occupation argument in your H-1B petition. They signal that the role requires specialized knowledge, which strengthens the employer's case with USCIS.
Negotiate sponsorship terms before accepting an offer
Clarify whether the employer covers H-1B filing fees, premium processing, and future green card sponsorship before signing. These commitments vary significantly by company and are much harder to renegotiate after you've started.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. Senior Cloud Platform Engineer consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation under H-1B requirements because the role requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. USCIS has a strong record of approving petitions for this job title, particularly when the employer's job description ties specific technical duties to degree-level knowledge in cloud architecture, distributed systems, or infrastructure engineering.
What degree do I need for an employer to sponsor my H-1B as a Cloud Platform Engineer?
A bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or information systems is the standard. A degree in a less directly related field, such as mathematics or physics, may still qualify if you can demonstrate the coursework covered relevant technical foundations. Degrees from outside the U.S. are accepted but may require a credential evaluation to confirm U.S. equivalency.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my chances as a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer?
The general H-1B cap pool had a selection rate of roughly 25% in FY2025, meaning most registrants are not selected. A master's degree from a U.S. institution gives you access to the advanced degree exemption pool, which improves selection odds modestly. Targeting cap-exempt employers, such as universities or qualifying nonprofits with cloud infrastructure needs, eliminates lottery risk entirely and is a practical alternative worth pursuing.
Can I get a green card sponsored as a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer?
Yes. Most employers who sponsor H-1B visas for this role will also support PERM labor certification for an EB-3 or EB-2 green card, though it is not automatic and depends on company policy. Indian and Chinese nationals face multi-year backlogs due to per-country limits, while applicants from most other countries can move through the EB-2 or EB-3 queue in one to three years. Confirming green card sponsorship policy before accepting an offer matters.
Where can I find Senior Cloud Platform Engineer jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this. It lists Senior Cloud Platform Engineer roles from employers who sponsor work visas, so you can skip the uncertainty of applying to companies that won't support your immigration status. You can filter by role, location, and visa type to find positions that match your situation, whether you're on OPT, H-1B, or another status.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Senior Cloud Platform Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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