Senior Manager of Cloud Engineering
Black & Veatch
Lead cloud engineering team, design & manage Azure/AWS solutions, strategy, governance.
17 days ago ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Cary, NC
Hybrid
Company Size
12,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Engineering
Construction services
Consulting
Project Management
Design
Technical Services
Turnkey
General Contractor
Sector Specialisms
Power Delivery
Fuels
Power Generation
Water Solutions
Communications
Renewable Energy
Smart Grids
Digital Infrastructure
Role
What you would be doing
cloud strategy
team leadership
cloud architecture
automation
cost optimization
cloud security
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on cloud capabilities, risks, and opportunities. Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to identify cloud priorities and deliver impactful solutions.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cloud engineers, advancing overall capabilities and effectiveness.
- Lead cross-functional cloud steering committees and working groups to align cloud initiatives with enterprise priorities.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including software engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, data, and IT operations.
- Communicate technical solutions clearly to stakeholders and leadership, including presenting business cases, risks and solution options.
- Translate business goals into cloud strategies that drive measurable outcomes in agility, cost efficiency, and innovation.
- Supervise team members, including hiring, and performance management
- Provide training and support on cloud best practices.
- Champion automation-first practices for provisioning, deployment, and monitoring to reduce time to market and improve resilience.
- Delegate resources effectively and manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Design, deploy, and maintain secure, resilient cloud infrastructure, primarily in Azure and AWS.
- Accountability for cloud lifecycle management planning, design, oversight, automation, and optimization.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with cloud adoption, including regulatory, operational, and financial risks
- Integrate cloud services with CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration tools.
- Document technical environments, processes, procedures, and project plans.
- Drive and mature cost optimization practices (FinOps)
- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to ensure the Cloud program remains current and effective.
- Provide oversight of managed service providers to ensure reliable cloud operations.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for cloud operations, cost, security, performance and ensure high availability.
- Lead cloud lifecycle planning, modernization, and migration efforts.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry frameworks (e.g. NIST).
- Implement identity management policies and access controls, integrating with enterprise system
- Oversee cloud security, compliance, and BCDR planning in partnership with the cybersecurity architecture and DR teams.
- Establish and enforce enterprise-wide cloud governance frameworks, policies, and compliance standards.
- Develop and execute cloud strategy aligned with business and technology objectives.
What you bring
azure
aws
terraform
ci/cd
leadership
bachelor's
- Experience with systems administration
- Experience with SSO and Identity Federation services (e.g. Entra ID)
- Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Effective written and verbal communication, with the ability to simplify complex systems
- Experience managing cloud-hosted VDI (e.g., Azure Virtual Desktop).
- Experience as a leader or a member of a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)
- Demonstrated success in leading complex migration programs and cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience with OCI and GCP.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Hands-on experience with cloud architecture, virtualization, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD, containerization, and orchestration tools (e.g. Github, Azure DevOps, AKS)
- 8+ years of cloud experience, including 2+ years in a direct leadership role.
- Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimization tools.
- Senior-level expertise in Azure and AWS
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., ELK, Azure Monitor, New Relic)
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Microsoft AZ-104, Certified Cloud
- Experience with ITIL processes and tools such as ServiceNow.
- Strong understanding of networking, security protocols, and cloud compliance.
- Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Governance Specialist, AWS/Azure Cloud Strategist, and/or The Open Group Architecture Framework ‘TOGAF’
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1915
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