Manager, Technical Cloud

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering (AWS + VMware)

• Build and maintain core AWS infrastructure: accounts, VPCs, IAM, logging, monitoring, and guardrails.
• Manage VMware on prem environments (vSphere/ESXi/NSX/vSAN), ensuring high availability and reliable day-to-day operations.
• Implement secure hybrid connectivity (VPN/Direct Connect) that supports legacy applications and gradual migration.
• Support lift and shift migrations at first, while identifying opportunities for modernization over time (containers, managed database services, serverless).
• Build initial automation and IaC foundations using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.

Operations & Reliability

• Improve operational maturity: create runbooks, establish change management practices, and implement monitoring/alerting.
• Lead incident response for cloud and on prem environments, reducing MTTR and building long-term reliability.
• Ensure effective capacity planning for both AWS and VMware resources.
• Introduce pragmatic SRE practices appropriate for a small team (SLOs, postmortems, metrics).

Security, Compliance & Risk Management

• Partner with security teams to implement identity controls, network segmentation, encryption, and logging.
• Put into place basic governance: account structure, role-based access control, tagging, and audit readiness.
• Help the organization adopt secure cloud use from early stages, including patching, secrets management, and configuration baselines.
• Support compliance efforts relevant to transportation operations and systems (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Cost Management

• Track and manage cloud costs at an early stage—tagging, budgeting, rightsizing—ensuring predictable growth.
• Provide guidance to leadership on cost tradeoffs and migration impacts.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related area and ten (10) years supervisory IT technical experience.
• Five (5) years of cloud/virtualization engineering experience with two (2) years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience with core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch).
• Solid experience managing and supporting VMware environments (vSphere/ESXi, HA/DRS, storage, networking).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and scripting (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
• Experience working in environments that are early in their cloud journey or transitioning from legacy infrastructure.
• Knowledge and skills in modernization technologies (EKS, ECS, Lambda), even if not fully deployed yet.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices.
• A builder mindset: capable of creating processes, standards, and automation from scratch.
• Strong communication skills with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• A practical and incremental approach to cloud migration and modernization.
• A high level of accountability and willingness to roll up your sleeves in a small team environment.
• A successful rollout of foundational AWS infrastructure and governance.
• An on-time completion of early migration milestones.
• An improved team operational maturity (documentation, monitoring, automation).
• Predictable monthly cloud spend and cost optimization progress.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Certification such as AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), VCP-DCV, or CKA.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Family Health Insurance – Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Paid Leave
• Tuition Assistance
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits Plan
• Retirement Plans:
• 401(a) - Retirement plan with a 6% employer contribution
• 401(k) - Retirement saving plan with up to an 3% company match
• 457(b) - Deferred Savings Plan

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