Associate Manager - Cloud & Application Engineering-Delivery Management
About The Position
The Associate Manager – Cloud & Application Engineering – Delivery Management oversees end-to-end delivery of cloud-native solutions within Bristlecone’s Cloud Development – Delivery department. Reporting to senior leadership, the role coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages stakeholder expectations, and ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to high technical standards while fostering continuous improvement and innovation. The role also includes responsibilities for information security: understanding and adhering to security policies, guidelines, and procedures; participating in information security training; handling information appropriately; reporting suspected security or policy breaches to the InfoSec team or appropriate authority; and following any additional security responsibilities assigned to the role.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience delivering cloud-based solutions using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Proven track record managing medium-to-large technical projects and teams.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, microservices, containers, and serverless technologies.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps, and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive root-cause resolution.
- Security and compliance awareness, such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
- US work authorization.
- Willingness to travel up to 20% domestically.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Agile/Scrum certification (CSM, PMI-ACP) or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and monitor cloud engineering projects from inception to production.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including architects, developers, QA, and operations.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and risk, and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
- Ensure adherence to Bristlecone’s technical standards, security policies, and compliance requirements.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.
- Mentor and develop junior engineers and project staff, promoting best practices.
- Collaborate with sales and client teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Drive adoption of automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices across projects.
- Identify and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues in cloud environments.
- Report on project health metrics and contribute to strategic roadmap planning.
- Understand and adhere to information security policies, guidelines, and procedures to protect organizational data and information systems.
- Participate in information security training and handle information appropriately.
- Report suspected security or policy breaches to the InfoSec team or appropriate authority.
- Adhere to additional information security responsibilities assigned as part of the job role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
