Cloud Engineering Leader transforming and leading high-performing teams delivering scalable cloud solutions at Black & Veatch. Driving enterprise cloud strategy and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
Develop and execute multi-year cloud strategy aligned with business and technology goals, and influence budget, investment priorities, and enterprise roadmap decisions
Mentor and grow the team with multiple cloud and SRE engineers/architects
Provide operational direction to internal staff and outsourcing partners
Accountability for cloud lifecycle management, including planning, design, automation, and optimization with enterprise-wide impact
Partner with senior leadership to influence priorities and drive impactful cloud solutions, and act as a key decision maker for cloud governance and standards
Translate business objectives into measurable outcomes in agility, cost efficiency, and innovation
Drive and mature cloud cost optimization practices, leading cloud financial governance, forecasting, consumption modeling and reporting
Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to guide/inform adoption strategies
Lead cloud steering committees and cross functional working groups to align initiatives and to define and enforce enterprise cloud governance, policies, and compliance standards
Design, implement, and maintain secure, resilient cloud infrastructure, leading the implementation and management of well-architected landing zones with appropriate guardrails
Integrate cloud services with CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration platforms and provide strategic input to Platform Engineering capabilities
Champion automation first practices and frameworks for provisioning, deployment, and monitoring
Lead cloud lifecycle planning, modernization, and migration efforts for large scale initiatives
Document architecture, processes, procedures, and project plans
Oversee cloud security, compliance, and BCDR planning in coordination with cybersecurity and DR teams
Build, mature, evolve modern cloud DevSecOps and SRE practices and capabilities
Implement identity management policies and access controls integrated with enterprise system, ensuring effective governance and risk reduction
Define and monitor KPIs for operations, cost, security, performance, and availability
Manage and evaluate service providers to ensure reliable cloud operations
Ensure adherence to regulatory and industry standards (e.g., NIST, CMMC)
Partner with cross functional teams across software engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, data, and IT operations to drive modernization and ensure efficient, effective delivery
Identify and mitigate regulatory, operational, and financial risks related to cloud adoption, communicating status to leadership
Clearly communicate technical solutions, risks, and options to stakeholders and leadership, with ability to influence decisions
Deliver training and guidance on cloud best practices and lead enterprise cloud enablement programs
Supervise team members, including hiring, and performance management
Allocate resources effectively and manage multiple concurrent projects
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
12+ years of relevant experience, with 5+ years in a direct leadership role
Demonstrated ability to own and resolve complex problems that require extensive investigation and analysis
Demonstrated ability to influence others to accept practices and approaches, and ability to communicate and influence executive leadership
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Effective written and verbal communication, with the ability to simplify complex systems
Demonstrated success in leading complex migration programs and cross-functional initiatives
Experience with ITIL processes and tools such as ServiceNow
Strong understanding of networking, security protocols, system administration and cloud compliance
Hands-on experience with cloud architecture, virtualization, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, containerization, and orchestration tools (e.g. Github, Azure DevOps, AKS)
Advanced experience with hybrid and multi-cloud environments, preferably Azure and AWS
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., ELK, Azure Monitor, New Relic)
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