Cloud Engineering & Operations Leader

SS8 Networks, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

SS8 Networks, Inc. seeks an experienced Manager, Cloud Engineering & Operations to lead architecture, engineering, deployment, and ongoing optimization of cloud-native infrastructure.

This hands-on leadership role includes managing a team responsible for reliable, secure, scalable systems across public, private, hybrid, and air-gapped environments. The candidate will drive DevOps/SRE practices, establish operational ownership, and ensure strong security, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, software engineering, distributed systems, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Operations.
• 5+ years of engineering management or significant technical leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineers while remaining technically engaged and hands-on when needed.
• Experience owning production infrastructure and mission-critical services.
• Strong architecture and design experience with large-scale distributed systems, including Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automated provisioning, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, compute, storage, databases, and distributed infrastructure.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry platforms.
• Strong production incident-management and troubleshooting experience, including high availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI).
• Strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure security principles and best practices.
• Ability to operate effectively across Engineering, Security, Product, Operations, and customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, engineering strategy, and technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure and cloud-native platforms.
• Lead Cloud Operations for 24x7 availability, incident response, RCA, change management, and capacity/performance management.
• Drive DevOps and SRE practices including IaC, CI/CD, and automation of provisioning, monitoring, and remediation.
• Build comprehensive observability across infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
• Develop models for running SS8 products across multiple cloud environments and on-premises.
• Identify opportunities to bring AI and automation into Cloud Operations.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

SRE

Leadership

Architecture

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security

Observability

Automation

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

SS8 Networks, Inc. seeks an experienced Manager, Cloud Engineering & Operations to lead architecture, engineering, deployment, and ongoing optimization of cloud-native infrastructure.

This hands-on leadership role includes managing a team responsible for reliable, secure, scalable systems across public, private, hybrid, and air-gapped environments. The candidate will drive DevOps/SRE practices, establish operational ownership, and ensure strong security, reliability, and performance.