Head of Cloud & Infrastructure (m/f/x)

Cloudflight; Österreich; Hybrid; EUR 81.000 - 99.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible work options

Personal development budget

Climate ticket

Autonomy to shape work environment

Collaborative colleagues

Strong feedback culture

Social events

Zusammenfassung

Cloudflight in Austria is seeking a senior cloud and infrastructure leader to shape technical strategy and build scalable, cost-efficient cloud environments across client engagements. You will lead managers and disciplines, guiding 800+ engineers toward high performance.

You’ll drive workforce planning, utilization, and budget decisions while partnering with Sales, Delivery, and People & Culture to ensure successful outcomes. Fluency in German and English is required.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, consulting, or related field, including at least 5 years in a people leadership role.
• Deep technical cloud/infrastructure expertise with Azure/AWS/GCP and cloud-native tech like OpenShift/OpenStack/Kubernetes.
• Proven track record in workforce planning, capacity management, and resource allocation across teams/locations.
• Strong understanding of utilization, billability, compensation structures, and cost management with data-driven decisions.
• Experience coaching leaders through feedback, performance management, and succession planning.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across Sales, Delivery, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and executives.
• Fluency in German and English, written and spoken.

Aufgaben

• Lead, develop, and inspire a team of cloud and infrastructure specialists.
• Define and drive cloud/infrastructure strategy and roadmap in alignment with business goals.
• Oversee design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure.
• Manage capacities, staffing decisions, and staffing to project demands with Talent Acquisition.
• Contribute to budget planning, headcount projections, and KPIs with VP Group Delivery.
• Collaborate with Sales, Presales, Delivery, and People & Culture for planning and alignment.

Kenntnisse

Cloud & infrastructure

Azure/AWS/GCP

Kubernetes

OpenShift/OpenStack

Leadership

Budget planning

Stakeholder management

German & English fluency

Tools

GitLab

TeamCity

SonarQube

Artifactory

Kafka

ActiveMQ

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

At Cloudflight, we're committed to making a digital difference. It's a difference that impacts businesses and society alike and one that's fueled by our passion for technology and our dedication to sparking the brightest ideas in ourselves and others.

What if your passion for cloud technology and people leadership could shape the infrastructure backbone of enterprise solutions used by organizations worldwide? At Cloudflight, you'll lead a team of talented cloud and infrastructure specialists, driving the technical strategy and building the organizational foundation that enables over 800 brilliant minds to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions to clients across industries.

Your daily tasks will include

• leading, developing, and inspiring a team of cloud and infrastructure specialists, fostering a culture of collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous growth while acting as a role model for your people leaders
• defining and driving the cloud and infrastructure strategy and technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and contributing to innovation initiatives in close collaboration with the CTO organization
• overseeing the design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring reliability, compliance, and performance across environments
• managing capacities, skill mix, and utilization by identifying gaps, initiating hiring decisions in collaboration with Talent Acquisition, and ensuring specialists are staffed to project demands in a timely and skill-appropriate manner
• contributing to budget planning, including headcount projections, compensation, and skill development investments, while monitoring delivery KPIs and driving corrective actions together with the VP Group Delivery
• collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Presales, Delivery, and People & Culture to align on planning activities, support presales engagements, and facilitate two-way communication between leadership and the team

The following will make you succeed in this role

• minimum 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, consulting, or a related field, including at least 5 years in a people leadership role with demonstrated experience in leading managers and building high-performing organizations
• deep technical expertise in cloud and infrastructure, including hands-on experience with platforms like Azure, AWS or GCP, as well as open source and cloud native technologies like OpenShift, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux & Containers (e.g. Ubuntu, CentOs, Docker), Gitlab, Teamcity, SonarQube, Artifactory, Kafka, ActiveMQ
• proven track record in workforce planning, capacity management, and resource allocation across multiple teams or locations, with the ability to align staffing decisions with business priorities and client demands
• strong understanding of utilization, billability, compensation structures, and cost management, combined with experience contributing to budget planning and using workforce KPIs to drive data-informed decisions
• demonstrated ability to coach and develop leaders through regular feedback, performance management, and succession planning, while building resilient and scalable team organizations
• excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience collaborating across cross-functional stakeholders such as Sales, Delivery, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and executive leadership, and the ability to represent the stream in strategic discussions
• Fluency in both German and English, written and spoken

As Cloudflight employee you will get...

• Flexible working options, including home office and onsite work
• Dedicated hours and budget for continuous personal and professional development
• A climate ticket
• Autonomy and the opportunity to actively shape your work environment
• Smart and supportive colleagues eager to share and exchange knowledge
• A thriving feedback culture to discuss new ideas and shape our rapidly growing company together
• Many opportunities to connect and have fun with colleagues at regular social events

We are an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive regardless of their background and circumstances. All applicants receive equal opportunity regardless of age, gender identity or expression, language, disability, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.

Austria: The law stipulates that the minimum wage must be specified in job postings. The minimum salary is €64.554 gross/year in the collective agreement. Adequate to your skills, we are willing to pay much more.

We will go through your application and come back with feedback.

Any questions? Contact us at [e-mail]