Global Cloud Engineering & Operations Leader

Gartner

Dolphin Cove (CT)

Hybrid

USD 200,000 - 284,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Gartner is seeking a Managing Vice President of Cloud Engineering & Operations to shape and execute our global cloud infrastructure strategy across AWS, Azure, GCP, private cloud, and on-premises environments. You will lead a high-performance, globally distributed team and drive automation, resilience, and cost optimization in a hybrid cloud landscape.

The role emphasizes security, policy-driven CI/CD, and alignment of cloud initiatives with business outcomes.

Qualifications

10+ years of IT infrastructure/cloud engineering experience with senior leadership in global enterprises.
Hands-on proficiency with AWS, Azure, GCP and private clouds; strong virtualization, networking, and storage knowledge.
DevOps and automation skills; IaC and CI/CD for cloud deployments; SRE in practice.
AI/ML exposure and willingness to leverage AI-driven solutions for operations.
FinOps experience: managing cloud budgets and cost optimization.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management with C-level audiences.
Educational background + relevant cloud certifications (architect, ITIL, PMP/SRE) desirable.

Responsibilities

Define Gartner's cloud strategy across multi-cloud and private/on-prem environments.
Oversee 24/7 cloud operations, ensure high availability, implement observability and SRE practices.
Lead FinOps and cost management, budgeting, forecasting, chargeback, and cost governance.
Drive security and compliance across cloud and data-center operations; secure-by-design DevOps.
Lead and mentor a global team of cloud engineers and architects; cross-functional collaboration.