Sr Mgr-Cloud

When you join Verizon

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What you’ll be doing...

• Managing a team of Engineers architecting container platforms and solutions to the applications teams across business units

• Providing Technical Leadership and Strategic Direction in architecture, design and automation of Container Platforms in different environments like EKS. OCP, GKE, OKE and AKE

• Driving value through building reliable and scalable container platforms for customers (Internal users) aligned with business outcomes such as Speed to market, Driving Innovation, Increasing Performance & Availability.

• Providing solutions to critical issues by collaborating and partnering with Vendors and other IT Teams for a faster resolution.

• Leading the team in building compelling technical demonstrations, presentations, and business value documents

• Managing platform teams and responding to issues with urgency, that includes crisis bridges (24x7), managing daily checkpoint calls, help prioritize new features and tracking of open items on a daily basis.

• Working closely with Architects, Engineers, Portfolio Teams, Security and US counterparts to constantly evolve the platform as a world class one

• Analyzing new opportunities/technologies in the Container world and making appropriate suggestions to influence architecture / technology direction.

• Responsible for setting up performance objectives, development plan and support the team members shape their career

What we’re looking for a Dynamic Technology Leader with..

• Experience in building high-performance container platforms/products/applications that are scalable and resilient across hybrid container platforms(EKS, OCP, GKE, OKE or AKE)

• Exposure to different components of a container platform like, Logging, Monitoring, Security and SRE practices

• Sound knowledge in Open Policy Agent, Flux, ArgoCD and other cloud native tools

• Good exposure to IT infrastructure, troubleshooting and issue resolutions

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant work experience.

• Ability to analyse & interpret business requirements and customer interactions to anticipate and guide client needs.

• Ability to proactively handle customer expectations and lead all aspects of customer communications throughout the customer lifecycle.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Excellent in communication, conflict management, presentation and problem solving

• Good in delegation, performance management and building partnership with different stakeholders

• Open minded to embrace change, possess good work ethics, integrity and professional attitude.

• Excellent client management skills, bias for action, taking accountability, a validated ability to perform hands-on technical work when needed, and ability to lead projects and global teams.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Certifications - CKA, CKAD, Openshift or any other Container certifications

• Experience with leading high performing teams

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Diversity and Inclusion

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