Responsibilities
- Define and manage the cloud platform's strategic direction, architectural standards, and governance policies within the GCP ecosystem, covering multi-project design, IAM frameworks, organizational policies, landing zones, shared VPCs, and core infrastructure services.
- Author technical design documentation and serve as a representative for engineering teams in interdepartmental and executive-level discussions.
- Develop and maintain a forward-looking 12-month roadmap for the Cloud Center of Excellence, updated regularly to reflect evolving priorities.
- Evaluate and prioritize technical initiatives based on business value, engineering needs, and outstanding technical debt.
- Present the Cloud CoE roadmap to senior leadership for strategic alignment and approval.
- Recruit, mentor, and retain skilled Cloud Engineers to build a resilient and capable team.
- Establish performance expectations, conduct routine one-on-one meetings, lead performance evaluations, create personalized development plans, and identify future technical leaders.
- Serve as the main technical liaison for cloud infrastructure matters across Platform Delivery, AI Center of Excellence, Security, FinOps, and integration with acquired entities such as Mondial Relay and Yodel.
- Lead structured architecture review sessions and facilitate key technical decision-making forums.
- Escalate unresolved issues or impediments to the Domain Leader for resolution.
- Provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to Associate Platform Engineers, sharing technical knowledge and promoting a culture of learning and collaboration.
- Collaborate closely with development, operations, security, and other teams to understand requirements and ensure platform capabilities meet business needs.
- Explain complex technical concepts clearly to varied audiences and drive alignment on platform vision and direction.
- Monitor system performance continuously, detect performance constraints, and implement improvements to support growing workloads and scalable operations.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
