IT Systems Cloud Leader 5
United Launch Alliance•Centennial, CO
•$140,737 - $261,369•Onsite
About The Position
At ULA, the Cloud Leader oversees strategy, operations, reliability, and modernization for ULA’s cloud platforms, ensuring secure, scalable, and mission‑aligned services across engineering, launch operations, enterprise systems, and automation teams. This role blends Scrum leadership, architectural depth, and people leadership, supporting teams that work across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, automation, and hybrid systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field from an accredited college or university
- 8+ years of progressive experience in cloud platforms, systems infrastructure, or DevOps/SRE roles
- 3+ years of people leadership experience managing technical staff (engineers, architects, or CloudOps teams)
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes operations (topology, autoscaling, RBAC, mesh/ingress, persistent volumes, upgrade cycles)
- Experience supporting hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud) and mission-critical workloads
- Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure in AWS or Azure, including networking, storage, identity, and computing
- Practical experience with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams or ceremonies (standups, retros, planning, demos)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work across architecture, engineering, security, and program leadership
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing architect-level resources and guiding large-scale cloud platform decisions
- Expertise in Kubernetes ecosystem tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing, service mesh, OPA/Gatekeeper
- Experience leading cloud modernization or cloud migration efforts at enterprise scale
- Experience supporting mission-critical, regulated, or security-sensitive environments
- Familiarity with Scrum at Scale, Scrum of Scrums, PI planning, and Agile leadership competencies
- Certifications: AWS/Azure Architect, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), Terraform, ITIL/ITSM
- Strong coaching instincts—able to raise performance of both senior and junior engineers
- Experience driving operational reporting, capacity planning, and cloud lifecycle strategy
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop cloud engineers, CloudOps team members, SREs, and architects in a hybrid environment
- Govern and maintain Kubernetes clusters supporting mission‑critical engineering workloads and CICD environments
- Own cloud platform architecture, service mesh/networking (Ingress, CNI, load balancers), node topology, autoscaling, and resilience patterns
- Drive cloud modernization initiatives: automation, infrastructure as code, platform hardening, observability, and operational simplification
- Facilitate Agile/Scrum routines for CloudOps (planning, reviews, retrospectives, Scrum of Scrums), ensuring transparency, inspection, and adaptation
- Partner with Product Owners, System Architects, engineering teams, and program leadership to align cloud capabilities with mission requirements
- Lead incident response and reliability engineering for cloud workloads, including cluster upgrades, node failures, migrations, and production escalations
- Oversee cloud security posture: RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, pod security standards, identity, secrets, and compliance controls
- Manage operational processes monitoring, patching, lifecycle management, change control, documentation, and service metrics
- Support hiring, workforce planning, coaching, performance management, and people development across the CloudOps team
Benefits
- 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution
- Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees
- Generous paid time off
- Flexible work environments
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
