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

Cloudflight GmbH; Wien; Vor Ort; EUR 58.000 - 71.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cloudflight GmbH in Austria seeks a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Leader to guide a team of cloud and infrastructure specialists, shaping technical strategy and an organization that supports 800+ colleagues worldwide.

You will drive the cloud roadmap, ensure reliable, secure, cost-efficient infrastructure, and collaborate with the CTO organization while staffing teams for project demands and growth.

Qualifikationen

• Ten-plus years of software engineering, consulting, or related field
• At least 5 years in a people leadership role leading managers
• Deep technical expertise in cloud and infrastructure platforms
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS or GCP and cloud native tech
• Experience with budget planning, staffing and workforce KPIs
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication in German and English

Aufgaben

• Lead, develop and inspire a team of cloud and infrastructure specialists
• Define and drive cloud and infrastructure strategy and roadmap
• Collaborate with CTO organization and VP Group Delivery
• Oversee hiring decisions with Talent Acquisition
• Monitor delivery KPIs and drive corrective actions
• Manage budget planning and headcount projections
• Partner with Sales, Presales, Delivery, Finance and People & Culture

Kenntnisse

Cloud leadership

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Budget management

German & English

Workforce planning

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

OpenShift

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Linux

Docker

Gitlab

Teamcity

SonarQube

Artifactory

Kafka

ActiveMQ

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 environment 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 decision; 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.

Location & Salary

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 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.

15+ locations 20+ years of experience 800+ colleagues 3k+ delivered projects