Cloud Engineering Manager/Platform (Dallas)

Cloud Engineering Manager / Platform Engineering Manager Location: Dallas, TX (On‑site, 5 days per week) Reports to: Director Role Overview This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for building a modern cloud engineering function from the ground up . The environment currently includes AWS and GCP , but lacks structure, governance, best practices, and clear ownership. You will be the first dedicated public cloud engineering leader, responsible for assessing the current state, defining strategy, establishing standards, and building a scalable cloud foundation.

The role blends deep technical expertise , team leadership , and cross‑functional partnership , especially with the private cloud organization. The initial phase involves auditing and stabilizing the existing cloud estate; the next phase focuses on building seamless connectivity between public and private cloud environments. Key Responsibilities 1.

Cloud Strategy & Architecture Audit the current AWS and GCP environments to understand existing workloads, configurations, and gaps. Define a cohesive multi‑cloud strategy with strong governance, security, identity, and operational standards. Establish best‑practice architecture for scalable, resilient, cost‑efficient cloud platforms. 2.

Hands-On Engineering & Infrastructure Build Lead Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform (highest priority), plus Ansible and Python. Build core cloud foundations: networking, IAM, monitoring, automation, observability, and cost controls. Modernize cloud environments to enable workload mobility between public and private platforms.

Own cloud reliability, incident response, security posture, and FinOps optimization. 3. Leadership & Team Building Lead and grow the cloud engineering team; initially operate as a hands-on technical manager. Hire, mentor, and develop engineers with strong technical depth.

Serve as the senior cloud architecture expert for internal stakeholders. 4. Cross‑Functional Partnership Partner closely with the private cloud organization to design hybrid connectivity models. Align public and private cloud roadmaps, access patterns, networking design, and cost allocation.

Work with legacy infrastructure teams to standardize architecture and modernize existing systems. What You’ll Be Doing Day‑to‑Day Auditing and restructuring AWS and GCP environments Implementing governance, access policies, and cloud operating standards Writing Terraform modules and IaC patterns Designing hybrid architecture to enable smooth workload mobility Managing reliability, incident response, and cloud cost optimization Leading cloud engineering hiring and team development Acting as the SME for AWS, GCP, and modern cloud patterns Required Experience 8+ years in cloud, infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering 3+ years leading teams (formal or informal leadership acceptable) Deep expertise in AWS (priority) and strong capability in GCP or another public cloud Strong experience building cloud environments from scratch—not just maintaining inherited ones Expert-level proficiency with Terraform Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity, security, distributed systems, and hybrid architectures Demonstrated experience designing and operating hybrid/public-private cloud ecosystems Preferred Qualifications AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification (strong signal for this hiring profile) Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, GKE DevOps or SRE background Experience with GPU, AI/ML, or high-performance compute workloads Experience in highly scaled enterprise or regulated environments