- Company Name
- UL Research Institutes
- Job Title
- Sr. Manager, Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Sr. Manager, Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering
**Role Summary:**
Drive enterprise cloud and on‑prem infrastructure strategy for a research and standards organization. Lead a multidisciplinary team to modernize, automate, and secure hybrid environments (Azure, AWS, on‑prem, HPC) that support scientific research, AI, and digital workflows.
**Expectations:**
- Set long‑term cloud/infrastructure roadmap aligned with organizational priorities.
- Deliver measurable improvements in scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and high performance across all platforms.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Define and execute multi‑year cloud adoption and data center transformation plans.
- Establish engineering standards, policies, and best practices for infrastructure, IaC, CI/CD, and container orchestration.
- Lead FinOps initiatives to optimize spend, budgeting, and chargebacks.
- Design, implement, and maintain hybrid and cloud‑native platforms for AI and high‑performance workloads.
- Govern managed service providers, set KPIs/OKRs, and lead incident/post‑mortem and disaster recovery processes.
- Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Digital Platforms, and Operations to ensure integration and interoperability.
- Mentor and develop a high‑performing team of cloud, system, and HPC engineers.
**Required Skills:**
- Strong expertise in Azure and AWS cloud architecture.
- Hands‑on experience with HPC, AI/analytics workloads, and cloud‑native platforms.
- Proficiency in IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM), CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and configuration management (Ansible, Chef).
- Financial acumen for FinOps and cost optimization.
- Knowledge of security frameworks, compliance, and risk management.
- Proven leadership and people‑management skills in a technical team.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Professional certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, and/or Cloud Security Professional.
- Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in cloud and infrastructure architecture and team management.