Manager of Cloud Engineering

Location: Dallas, TX (5 days per week onsite) Level: Manager Reporting Line: Director, Cloud Engineering Base Salary: Competitive base, targeting ~$200,000A large, engineering‑led organisation is seeking a Manager, Cloud Engineering to take ownership of its public cloud engineering capability. This role sits within a broader cloud organisation and plays a critical part in maturing AWS‑ and GCP‑based platforms while enabling deep integration with private cloud environments.The organisation operates at significant enterprise scale, supports mission‑critical internal and product workloads, and is in the early stages of building a more structured, well‑governed public cloud foundation.The RoleThis position leads the day‑to‑day public cloud engineering function, with primary responsibility for AWS and secondary responsibility for GCP. While cloud platforms are already in use, they lack consistent governance, best‑practice architecture, and standardised operating models.The mandate is clear: assess what exists, bring structure and control, and then partner closely with private cloud teams to enable seamless hybrid workload mobility. This is a hands‑on leadership role, suited to someone who still wants to stay close to architecture and delivery while building and scaling a team.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn the public cloud engineering function, reporting into a Director‑level cloud leaderAudit and assess existing AWS and GCP environments, defining a best‑practice target architectureImplement governance, access controls, security standards, and operating models across public cloudBuild, hire, and develop a cloud engineering team, providing hands‑on technical leadershipDrive Infrastructure as Code across all cloud provisioning and configurationPartner with private cloud teams to enable hybrid connectivity and workload mobilityOwn reliability, incident management, cost optimisation, and FinOps practicesAct as the senior AWS/GCP subject‑matter expert for engineering teams and internal stakeholdersMust‑Haves8+ years in cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering3+ years leading or managing engineers or senior technical contributorsDeep, hands‑on expertise in AWS (primary) with meaningful GCP experienceStrong Infrastructure‑as‑Code background (Terraform strongly preferred)Solid understanding of networking, security, identity, and distributed systemsProven experience designing or operating hybrid cloud architecturesClear evidence of having personally built and owned cloud platforms — not just overseen themNice to HaveAWS Professional Architect certificationKubernetes and container platforms (EKS, GKE, Docker)DevOps or SRE backgroundExperience in enterprise‑scale or regulated environmentsExposure to GPU‑based or AI/ML workloadsWhy JoinOwnership of a growing public cloud environment with strong executive backingOpportunity to bring structure and maturity to a platform still being builtHands‑on influence over architecture, standards, and engineering directionClear growth path for an engineer‑turned‑leader looking to expand scope and impactWork on large‑scale, business‑critical infrastructure in a long‑term, engineering‑led environment