Senior Cloud and AI operation leader

KLA-Belgium; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA seeks a Cloud Operations Leader to drive global cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance. You will lead a distributed team, deliver executive reporting, and collaborate with security and finance teams to optimize costs and governance.

The role requires 10+ years in IT infrastructure/clouds, with 5+ years in leadership, and hands-on experience managing production environments on AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT Infrastructure, Cloud Operations, or Platform Engineering experience.
• 5+ years in management or leadership role.
• Hands‑on experience operating AWS, Azure, and GCP production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage global cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support and 24x7 on‑call processes.
• Partner with Information Security to enforce security standards and compliance.
• Develop SLAs, OLAs, KPIs, and dashboards; report on cloud health and risks.
• Define cloud DR strategies and conduct DR testing; oversee backups.
• Manage FinOps: control cloud spend, capacity, and rightsizing across providers.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Global team management

Operational excellence

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

The Information Technology (IT) group at KLA is involved in every aspect of the global business. IT’s mission is to enable business growth and productivity by connecting people, process, and technology. It focuses not only on enhancing the technology that enables our business to thrive but also on how employees use and are empowered by technology. This integrated approach to customer service, creativity and technological excellence enables employee productivity, business analytics, and process excellence.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Operations Leadership

Lead and manage global cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Develop and execute cloud operational strategies aligned with business objectives. Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of cloud platforms. Provide executive reporting on cloud health, service availability, operational metrics, and risks. Manage a globally distributed cloud operations team and follow-the-sun support model.

Service Delivery & Support

Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 operational support for cloud infrastructure and platform services. Establish and manage 24x7 on-call support processes. Drive major incident management and root cause analysis. Develop SLAs, OLAs, KPIs, and operational dashboards. Ensure timely resolution of service requests, incidents, and problems.

Cloud Governance & Security

Partner with Information Security teams to enforce security standards, policies, and compliance requirements. Ensure cloud environments meet regulatory and audit requirements. Implement security best practices including: Identity & Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Network Security, Data Protection, Encryption, Vulnerability Management. Standardize cloud operational processes across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Maintain cloud operating models.

Monitoring & Observability

Implement enterprise monitoring and observability frameworks. Develop proactive alerting and performance optimization strategies.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Define cloud DR strategies, RTO/RPO objectives, and recovery procedures. Conduct DR testing and business continuity exercises. Oversee backup and recovery operations for cloud workloads.

Cost & Capacity Management

Manage cloud financial operations (FinOps). Optimize cloud spending across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Monitor utilization, capacity, rightsizing, and reservation strategies. Drive cost governance and budget planning.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of IT Infrastructure, Cloud Operations, or Platform Engineering experience. 5+ years in management or leadership role. Experience managing global cloud operations teams supporting enterprise environments. Hands‑on experience operating AWS, Azure, and GCP production environments.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

We take your privacy very seriously and confidentially handle your information.

KLA follows a recruiting process that involves multiple interviews in person or on video conferencing with our hiring managers.