Director of Cloud Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and implement the long-term cloud engineering strategy for CIS cloud products and services.

• Set architectural guidance, technology standards, and engineering frameworks for multi-cloud product delivery.

• Lead capacity planning, resource strategy, and design the structure of the team.

• Collaborate with Product on the multi-year cloud product roadmap, innovation, and modernization efforts.

• Direct, develop, and mentor the Cloud Solutions team.

• Build and expand cloud engineering teams.

• Promote alignment among SBP, Hardened Images, and engineering teams.

• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of cloud-based products across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud.

• Guide the modernization of CIS Hardened Images and associated cloud security capabilities.

• Ensure security, resilience, sustainability, and operational excellence in architectural choices.

• Advocate for automation, containerization, orchestration, and DevSecOps practices.

• Establish KPIs, engineering metrics, and SLAs.

• Supervise monthly maintenance cycles, patching, updates, and marketplace publishing.

• Guarantee compliance with security, governance, and privacy regulations.

• Collaborate with Sales, Member Success, and Customer Experience on onboarding, solution design, and escalations.

• Work alongside Benchmarks and Consensus Community teams.

• Represent CIS in industry forums, technical communities, and partnerships with cloud providers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience, or a combination of an Associate’s degree and relevant experience may be considered.

• Over 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud architecture, or cloud product development.

• At least 4 years of experience leading technical teams, including managing managers or architect-level contributors.

• Expertise in various cloud service provider environments and the Shared Responsibility Model.

• Proven experience in designing and delivering large-scale, secure, cloud-based products.

• Proficient in automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and Jenkins.

• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.

• Must possess authorization to work in the United States.

• Preferred: experience leading cloud engineering organizations in an enterprise or high-growth setting.

• Preferred: experience managing products listed in commercial cloud marketplaces.

• Preferred: proficiency in Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.

• Preferred: understanding of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS.

• Preferred: experience working in Agile environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Flexible work arrangements and a collaborative work environment.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.