Director, Cloud Engineering

Sirius XM•New York, NY

62d

About The Position

The Platform Engineering organization is seeking an experienced engineering Director to lead Cloud Engineering and further its mission to enable effortless innovation of the software that drives SiriusXM. Platform Engineering owns the AWS environment and the internal development platform upon which SiriusXM technologists build, deploy, and operate software. We provide the foundational infrastructure, tooling, libraries, guiding patterns, and support that allows our technologists to focus more on delivering value to our listeners and less on infrastructure and other software development complexities. The Director of Cloud Engineering will be responsible for the overall company-wide cloud strategy and account footprint, core infrastructure, and cloud architecture advice and support. This role will drive execution of their team's priorities, identify future projects and opportunities, and help coach and develop the managers and individual contributors reporting to them. This is an excellent opportunity to lead a group that is foundational to the success of SiriusXM's technology strategy as we aim to continue to be the leading audio entertainment company in North America.

Requirements

10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role, including at least 5 years in a management role
7+ years of hands on experience architecting and deploying cloud-native applications on a public cloud provider, including at least 2 years on AWS
Knowledge of foundational infrastructure concepts (e.g. IP network ing, identity and access management, VPNs, DNS, firewalling, and load balancing)
Strong understanding of cloud computing and execution of cloud initiatives in a large distributed organization
Track record of configuring and administering a large production AWS organization
Extensive experience with infrastructure as code (IaC)
Experience supporting development, operations, and security teams, including the ability to provide ongoing architecture and implementation support
Ability to work through ambiguity and deliver clarity
Passion for working with internal customers
Fluency in at least two programming language

Nice To Haves

Experience building an internal developer platform
Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
AWS Solution Architect Professional Certification
Fluency in TypeScript/Node.js

Responsibilities

Report to the Vice President of Platform Engineering and participate in cross-team leadership activities within the wider Technology organization.
Manage and mentor leaders and individual contributors.
Contribute to the long-term strategy and vision of Platform Engineering and the SiriusXM technology strategy.
Build strong relationships with the company's internal developers and their leaders in order to better understand their strengths, needs, and pain points.
Partner with Platform Engineering's Product Management team to inform your team's roadmaps.
Inspire and empower your teams in executing against an ambitious product and technical roadmap.
Provide detailed, constructive feedback to peers and direct reports through reviews of product development artifacts such as product briefs, technical designs, and ADRs.
Stay on the cutting edge of industry trends to identify new technologies and practices that could contribute to more effective cloud usage at SiriusXM.
Serve as a primary point of contact for the company's relationship with AWS.
Balance the priorities of a diverse set of stakeholders including backend and client developers, Security, Operations, Data Scientists, and Finance.