Senior Platform DevOps Lead - Kubernetes & Cloud

Zoom; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoom leads a Platforms DevOps team responsible for Kubernetes clusters in datacenters and clouds, with scope across engineering, DevOps/SRE, and security. You will drive projects to improve reliability, security, and cost efficiency while mentoring ICs and advancing automation.

The role emphasizes communicating with engineers and senior management, balancing technical tradeoffs, and delivering high-priority goals for Zoom's global services. This hybrid-role spans on-site and remote work.

Qualifications

• Hold BS/MS in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Have 5+ years of SRE or DevOps experience managing production infrastructure.
• Lead and develop technical teams with 3+ years of management experience.
• Have experience with at least one programming language, in addition to scripting languages.
• Have experience with cloud providers (e.g. AWS, OCI) and cloud infrastructure technologies (e.g. Terraform, kubernetes).
• Demonstrate experience managing Kubernetes from an SRE perspective in production environments.
• Have experience with best practices for Continuous Deployment, including CI/CD tools and version control systems (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Argo CD, JFrog artifactory).
• Be able to guide releases/deployments and/or participate in on-call shifts/incident response after hours or on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Leading projects that automate infrastructure management and advance the team's Kubernetes and cloud capabilities
• Identifying and executing cost optimization opportunities across cloud resources and infrastructure
• Driving security improvements across cloud and Kubernetes assets in partnership with Security teams
• Collaborating with partner teams and stakeholders to understand needs and build project roadmaps
• Developing team members and optimizing work processes through mature software practices and continuous improvement

Skills

SRE/DevOps leadership

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Programming language

Automation & IaC

Communicate with senior management

Incident response

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

Jenkins

Argo CD

JFrog Artifactory

ELK/Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Zoom leads a Platforms DevOps team responsible for Kubernetes clusters in datacenters and clouds, with scope across engineering, DevOps/SRE, and security. You will drive projects to improve reliability, security, and cost efficiency while mentoring ICs and advancing automation.

The role emphasizes communicating with engineers and senior management, balancing technical tradeoffs, and delivering high-priority goals for Zoom's global services. This hybrid-role spans on-site and remote work.