Senior Cloud Operations Manager

PTC • San Ramon, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way. Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business. Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible. ServiceMax is the global leader in Service Execution Management, offering cloud-based software that improves the productivity of complex, equipment-centric service execution. Enterprise companies across the globe have turned to ServiceMax to help them keep the world running. A career at ServiceMax means unleashing your potential to build, sell, implement and market award-winning products with a #wintogether and #customerobsessed approach. From MRI machines to gym equipment, customers around the globe rely on ServiceMax’s cloud-based software platform to keep these machines – and the world – running, every single day. We pride ourselves in creating an environment and culture that inspires our employees to be the best they can be in an inclusive and judgement-free environment.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, cloud security, and production operations on AWS
• 7+ years of direct, hands-on experience operating cloud production environments
• 3+ years of production experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• 3+ years of hands-on experience building cloud automation using Terraform and Ansible
• In-depth experience with Unix/Linux operating systems and shell scripting
• Strong understanding of building and operating DevOps pipelines (CI/CD)
• Experience leveraging AI/ML to improve TechOps outcomes (e.g., anomaly detection, alert noise reduction, incident triage, and predictive capacity planning)
• Strong communication skills and high emotional intelligence
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability
• Ability to mentor, lead, and inspire others
• US Citizenship
• Ability to commute to San Ramon office 2-3 days a week.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Solution DevOps Engineer Professional
• AWS Certified Developer Professional

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for designing, building, and operating secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for ServiceMax commercial and FedRAMP product areas
• Partner with Cyber Security and compliance leaders to implement security standards (including FedRAMP controls) and drive effective incident response
• Continuously improve operational processes, tooling, and on-call practices to increase team efficiency and sustainability
• Coach and mentor engineers, set clear expectations, and foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture
• Drive infrastructure-as-code standards and self-service automation (e.g., Terraform/Ansible) to improve consistency, auditability, and delivery speed
• Own capacity planning, performance tuning, and cloud cost optimization (FinOps) for production workloads
• Partner with Engineering to improve deployment and change management practices (CI/CD, release readiness, rollback strategies) to reduce operational risk
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Support, and Customer Success to prioritize reliability work and align on operational roadmaps
• Evaluate and adopt AI-assisted operations to improve signal-to-noise, accelerate incident triage, and identify recurring issues through intelligent analysis

Benefits

• Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Benefits
• Flexible Time Off
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program with an employer match
• Commuter Benefits
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Compensation (CIP)
• performance-based bonus
• employee share purchase program (ESPP)
• equity programs
• paid time off and sick leave
• tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) contributions and employer match
• flexible spending accounts
• life insurance
• disability coverage
• generous commuter subsidy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed