Cloud Operations Director: Multi-Cloud Reliability & Security

Extremenetworks; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Extreme Networks is hiring a Director of Cloud Operations in San Jose, CA. This hybrid, full-time role requires onsite presence three days per week and a strong CloudOps leader to oversee NA cloud services, multi-cloud infra, and security/compliance programs.

You will drive AWS/GCP/Azure deployments, manage PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch and other data services, and mentor a growing team across time zones. Sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 10+ years in CloudOps/DevOps and 7+ years in a management role.
• Experience leading NA cloud operations and multi-cloud infra.
• Hands-on with AWS; cloud security and compliance knowledge.
• Strong automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cloud Operations across North America for reliable cloud services.
• Drive multi-cloud infra design with AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Design secure cloud networking, traffic management, and security.
• Oversee middleware and data services (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Serve as escalation point for production issues and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Support, Development, QA and other teams for reliability.
• Ensure ISO27001/27017/27701, SOC 2, StateRAMP, FedRAMP compliance.
• Review deployments for readiness, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Improve availability, observability, and efficiency via automation.
• Mentor engineers and build a scalable Cloud Operations org.
• Coordinate across time zones to maintain 24/7 support.

Skills

CloudOps Leadership

AWS

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Nagios

Prometheus

Kibana

Security & Compliance

Education

BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Nagios

Prometheus

Kibana

Job description

Extreme Networks is hiring a Director of Cloud Operations in San Jose, CA. This hybrid, full-time role requires onsite presence three days per week and a strong CloudOps leader to oversee NA cloud services, multi-cloud infra, and security/compliance programs.

You will drive AWS/GCP/Azure deployments, manage PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch and other data services, and mentor a growing team across time zones. Sponsorship is not available.