Key Qualification
15+ years of progressive engineering experience (with at least 5 in a leadership role)
BS/MS degree in a technical discipline (CS/EE/ etc)
Proven experience leading specialized engineering teams through major technology transitions, particularly in cloud networking and compute governance
Track record of building and scaling platform engineering organizations with focus on self-service capabilities
Experience partnering with diverse stakeholders including infrastructure consumers, security teams, and technical product management
Demonstrated ability to develop talent, manage budgets, and remove delivery blockers in complex, multi-team environments
Experience working with globally dispersed teams working in a matrixed organization
Deep expertise in AWS with strong network focus, including advanced VPC design, subnetting, routing, and security groups
Extensive experience with Azure integration and networking architectures
Hands-on proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Terraform and Crossplane for multi-cloud resource management
Strong expertise in Kubernetes container orchestration, including cluster management, networking, and application deployment patterns
Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub integration
Experience with Platform Engineering, DevOps practices, and Configuration Management
Knowledge of CDN, DNS, containerization technologies, Edge Platform, and Infrastructure as a Service Platform technologies
Prior experience migrating from on-premises to Cloud Native infrastructure with focus on network and container transformation
Ability to establish best-practice software engineering methodologies for global, 24x7, high-volume, high-availability environments using metrics-based KPIs
Strong focus on operational excellence with emphasis on automation-driven scaling to reduce toil and minimize human error
Strong sense of ownership with focus on ensuring customer and user success
Experience developing software and infrastructure roadmaps to meet business goals for availability, resiliency, and performance
Proven capability to lead innovation and strategic direction in cloud and edge compute design and implementation
Experience implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices to improve system reliability and operational efficiency
Strong collaboration skills to ensure cloud engineering capabilities meet emerging business requirements
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You will help drive engineering efforts around developing the Kubernetes. Based control plane foundations as well as development and operations of several critical control planes enablingtwo specialized teams focused on provising managed cloud compute, network, storage, and edge functionality.
Your responsibility includes
Work with counterparts in other Geos to define and execute the technical vision for our cloud infrastructure platform
Translate business strategies and objectives into strategic technical direction and delivery plans
Present vision, strategies, roadmaps, and progress to Senior and Executive Leadership
Lead and grow local engineering team of individual contrutors and managers
Drive transformation from unmanaged to managed cloud resources using declarative technologies.
Implement policies to ensure consistent, secure, and efficient resource utilization
Implement automation strategies focused on toil reduction and elimination of manual, error-prone processes
Create self-service platforms and automation capabilities through Platform Engineering and DevOps practices
Foster a culture of operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and continuous improvement practices
Architect and deliver lifecycle management solutions for cloud resources using technologies which reconcile and perform drift detection (terraform, K8s operators, crossplane, etc). Resources under management will include compute, network, storage (including enterprise backup), dns, and cdn.
Design and implement cloud governance policies and automation to ensure secure, reliable, efficient, and compliant resources.
Build multi-cloud control plane architectures using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Crossplane, and Kubernetes Operators.
Build and manage Kubernetes-based container orchestration platforms for scalable application delivery
Collaborate with Architecture and Product Management to develop platform capabilities leveraging our core technology stack
Modern observability tooling to enable best practices for operational excellence
Partner with Corporate Security to implement security-first cloud governance frameworks
Manage CI/CD automation through Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub integration strategies
Identify and assess technology trends, articulating strategic technology recommendations
Ensure successful delivery of roadmap items through cross-functional problem-solving
Leverage AI technologies as a force multiplier – especially in toil reduction
A key aspect of this position is 24x7 oncall and operational excellence
