The Cloud Operations Manager is responsible for the health, scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness of the organization's Azure cloud infrastructure
Act as a modern System Administrator and a team leader, ensuring system availability and managing the complexities of cloud infrastructure, compliance, and disaster recovery
Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of Cloud Operations Engineers
Oversee all cloud infrastructure and resources, including provisioning, performing regular patch management, and proactive capacity planning
Establish comprehensive system observability and maintain alerting infrastructure; serve as the escalation point for major incidents, drive resolution, and champion thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Define and maintain a robust security posture by enforcing Identity & Access Management (IAM), completing security audits, ensuring data encryption, and managing audit logs for regulatory compliance
Actively track cloud spend against budgets, direct the team in performing right-sizing and waste elimination, and optimize rates through reserved instances and savings plans (FinOps strategy)
Direct the implementation and regular testing of comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity plans, including backup management and maintaining a High Availability (HA) architecture across multiple zones
Guide the team in building and maintaining automation and tooling, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, developing self-service provisioning portals, and scripting repetitive operational tasks
Manage a team of Cloud Operations Engineers, including recruitment, performance reviews, professional development, and day-to-day work prioritization
Define the strategic vision, roadmap, and operational goals for the Cloud Operations function in alignment with overall business objectives
Develop and enforce operational procedures, standards, and best practices to ensure reliable and efficient cloud infrastructure management
Act as the primary liaison between Cloud Operations, Development, and Product teams to ensure alignment on platform needs and release readiness.

Requirements

Proven experience managing infrastructure on major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial capacity
Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Strong understanding of network security, IAM, and compliance frameworks
Demonstrated ability to reduce cloud costs through FinOps principles
Experience in designing and testing Disaster Recovery and High Availability architectures
Proficiency in scripting languages for operational automation
Familiarity with tools like CloudWatch, Datadog, Jenkins, or similar systems
A focus on system availability as the primary key metric (target uptime 99.99%)
Excellent communication, delegation, and personnel management skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary
Fully remote Monday-Friday work week
Comprehensive medical, dental, and 401k benefits, with complimentary life insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
Flexible scheduling, subject to manager’s approval
Opportunity to work with a supportive and innovative team

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills

AzureInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCloudFormationnetwork securityIdentity & Access Managementcompliance frameworksDisaster RecoveryHigh Availabilityscripting languages

Soft skills

leadershipcommunicationdelegationpersonnel managementmentoringteam buildingproblem-solvingstrategic visionoperational goalsperformance reviews