- Company Name
- Sirius XM
- Job Title
- Director, Cloud Engineering
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Director, Cloud Engineering
**Role Summary**
Lead the Cloud Engineering team within Platform Engineering to define and execute a comprehensive AWS strategy, drive cloud-native architecture, and enable scalable infrastructure for a leading audio entertainment platform.
**Expectations**
* Deliver a company‑wide cloud strategy aligned with technology and business goals.
* Mentor and develop managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of high performance.
* Maintain close partnership with product, security, operations, data science, and finance stakeholders.
* Serve as the primary liaison with AWS and stay abreast of emerging cloud technologies.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. Oversee end‑to‑end cloud architecture, design, and deployment across all product lines.
2. Develop and manage the executive roadmap for infrastructure, tooling, and developer platform.
3. Guide and coach engineering leads and senior engineers in best practices for cloud design, security, and automation.
4. Collaborate with Product Management to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps.
5. Evaluate new cloud services and practices, driving adoption to improve reliability, cost efficiency, and developer productivity.
6. Facilitate cross‑functional reviews of product briefs, technical designs, and architectural decisions.
7. Represent the organization in executive discussions on AWS account strategy, capacity planning, and partnership initiatives.
8. Balance competing priorities across backend, frontend, security, operations, data, and finance.
**Required Skills**
* 10+ years of software engineering experience, 5+ years in leadership roles.
* 7+ years of hands‑on cloud architecture, 2+ years on AWS (compute, networking, IAM, security, serverless, container orchestration).
* Deep knowledge of foundational infrastructure concepts: networking, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, load balancing.
* Proven ability to build and scale cloud‑native solutions for high‑traffic platforms.
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD, IaC (CloudFormation, Terraform), monitoring, and cost governance.
* Familiarity with container runtimes (K8s, ECS/EKS) and serverless models.
**Required Education & Certifications**
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
* AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent) highly desirable.
San francisco, United states
On site
Senior
22-10-2025