VP, Cloud Systems Engineering & Automation

Moody's Investors Service; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Moody's Investors Service is seeking a Cloud Services Engineering lead to transform virtualization, operating systems, and container platforms. You will guide a global team across virtualization, OS, and containers, driving automation and modernization for Moody's hybrid cloud strategy.

This role requires deep expertise in VMware, Nutanix AHV migrations, and enterprise Kubernetes, with a focus on secure, scalable infrastructure across global sites.

Qualifications

• Strong virtualization engineering background with enterprise-scale management across Linux and Windows.
• Deep infrastructure expertise in public and private cloud environments.
• Experience leading a technical engineering team as a technical engineering manager (not a pure people manager).
• Working knowledge of VMware with ability to lead large-scale migrations to Nutanix AHV or equivalent.
• Kubernetes at enterprise scale — required, not optional.
• Ability to drive IT transformation focusing on automation and modern service delivery.
• Experience creating automated, self-service IT delivery solutions (Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, self-service portals).
• Familiarity with Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server lifecycle management, OS standards, and patching at scale.
• Demonstrated proficiency in AI concepts with hands-on use to streamline workflows and address risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cloud Services Engineering team to transform infrastructure, automate service delivery, and modernize Moody's platforms.
• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of senior engineers across virtualization, OS, and container disciplines.
• Guide the multi-year migration from VMware to Nutanix AHV as the primary hypervisor across thousands of machines.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and advise on cost, risk, and scalability for Moody's hybrid cloud strategy.
• Ensure availability, performance, and security across virtualization, OS, and container platforms in two US data centers and 15+ remote sites.
• Promote infrastructure automation and self-service using PowerCLI, Ansible, Terraform, Nutanix Cloud Manager, or equivalents.
• Collaborate with storage, network, cloud, security, and application teams to align capabilities with workload needs.
• Establish and maintain operational metrics, dashboards, and reporting; support audit, risk, and compliance activities.

Skills

Virtualization engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Engineering manager

VMware migrations

Kubernetes at scale

Automation & IaC

OS lifecycle

AI concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Ansible

Terraform

PowerCLI

Nutanix AHV

Nutanix Cloud Manager

GitOps

Job description

Moody's Investors Service is seeking a Cloud Services Engineering lead to transform virtualization, operating systems, and container platforms. You will guide a global team across virtualization, OS, and containers, driving automation and modernization for Moody's hybrid cloud strategy.

This role requires deep expertise in VMware, Nutanix AHV migrations, and enterprise Kubernetes, with a focus on secure, scalable infrastructure across global sites.