Hybrid Director, Cloud Engineering

at EEOC

• Job title: Director, Cloud Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $167,000 - $250,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Microservices, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Scottsdale, United States

About the role

• Technical managerial role leading public cloud infrastructure design and operations at Early Warning Services. Overseeing 24x7 operational support and engineering teams for cloud migration and management.

Responsibilities

• Leads teams in the architecture and engineering of the company’s transition to the public cloud.
• Actively contributes toward the vision, strategy, organization and leadership of the cloud engineering function.
• Defines and enforces cloud engineering best practices, standards, and architectural guidelines.
• Works closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into cloud infrastructure designs.
• Provides technical expertise, strategic direction and guidance to ensure the delivery of resilient, scalable, secure and efficient cloud-based solutions.
• Provides effective leadership in developing highly engaged, high-performance cloud engineering teams, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Leads complex and high visibility end to end projects through design, budgeting, testing, implementation and performance monitoring.
• Collaborates with architects and internal engineering customers to migrate microservices from first party infrastructure to AWS.
• Manages service deployments and has a strong knowledge of CI/CD systems and Infrastructure as Code (IAC).
• Represents the team for internal and external audits and compliance reviews.
• Partners with security, network, and software delivery on continuous improvement of infrastructure platform.
• Guides efforts applied to identification, enhancement and automation of applications and systems
• Enhances and matures the Agile software development lifecycle within cloud engineering team by applying industry best practices & processes.
• Keeps senior management informed of department progress, problems and solutions.
• Able to manage and prioritize request from multiple stakeholders while also ensuring that SLAs are adhered to.
• Enforces that standard test policies and procedures are followed
• Participates in and support initiatives for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.
• Participates in the management of Vendor relationships and contract negotiations for Company’s cloud computing platform.
• Focuses on both internal and external customers to provide best-in-class service, with an emphasis on efficient resource management and audit controls.

Requirements

• Education and/ or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum Ten (10) years or more of progressive direct and/or related experience in Engineering, Architecture, etc; with at least Five (5) or more years of experience with public cloud infrastructure.
• Proven track record in leading one or more engineering teams, building public cloud infrastructure is required; experience with AWS is highly preferred; experience with other cloud providers is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years on hands-on engineering management experience including Agile development best practices and experience both as a product owner and scrum master.
• Experience with comprehensive technology delivery that is secure and reliable including disaster recovery planning and operations, storage area network and redundant, highly available server and network architectures.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools such as CI/CD pipelines, version control systems and configuration management, monitoring and alerting.
• Experience with state-of-the-art technology, architecture and design concepts, operating systems, database systems, computer networking, and security.
• Experience with open-source frameworks and tools.
• Ability to own and manage technical debt and security vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading the introduction of new technologies and standards into an evolving environment.
• Ability to define KPIs and implement the processes required to measure, monitor and meet.
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups and generate results.
• Must be able to excel in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent leadership, communications and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple deadline-driven projects simultaneously.
• Background and drug screen.

Benefits

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
• And SO much more!