Cloud Operations Director
Centric Software is looking for a Cloud Operations Director to support the strategic directions for cloud infrastructure, drive operational delivery and help raise the service quality for 600+ global customers in Luxury Apparel, Outdoor Sports, Footwear, Cosmetics, Food and Beverage segments, with its industry disruptive and innovative product lifecycle management approach. The successful candidate will lead multiple teams of talented cloud engineers who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience to our customers.
This position will report to the VP of Quality, Performance and Cloud Management
Location Flexible for the right candidate.
What you will be doing
- Cloud Engineering SME with ultimate ownership of all private and public cloud-based hosting solutions
- Continuous Improvement - Driven to lead self, clients, and teams with an appetite to lead modern digital trends and cutting-edge technologies
- Improve and maintain cloud engineering best practices and guidelines
- Manage budget, resourcing, and strategic expenditures to ensure delivery of effective, efficient, and predictable operations
- Provide strong leadership and mentoring including professional and personal development for team members
What you bring
- 10+ years in experience in any public cloud operations (AWS, GCP or Azure)
- 5+ years managing, mentoring, motivating, and growing a goal-driven delivery team.
- Expert understanding of modern application and database technologies
- Experience designing or operating containers and container management platforms (Rancher preferred)
- Deep experience in operating modern cloud-native platforms focused on infrastructure as code, autoscaling, self-healing etc. w/ heavy reliance on automation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring resources
- Hands-on experience in owning and operating 24x7 with resiliency and scale
- Solid working experience with Unix/Linux Server, Databases (RDBMS, SQL and NoSQL), Search, Containerization and Orchestration technologies
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, a similar degree, or equivalent experience
Added bonus
- Certified AWS or Azure solution architect or GCP Cloud Engineer/Architect
- Cloud Spend Optimization
- Experience with Hybrid and Multi-cloud environment - AWS, GCP and Microsoft Azure
- Strong understanding of any programming language
- Experience managing geographically diverse workforce
What we offer
- Competitive salary and benefits
- A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
- A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team
- A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect
- Varied and challenging work to help you grow
Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.