Head - Cloud Infrastructure

Key Responsibilities: =====================

Infra Provisioning: Rightsize the GCP asks from the Development team taking into account NFR like peak API workload, latency, security etc

Strategy and Vision: Own and drive the cloud platform strategy, including infrastructure security, availability, performance, and cost management. Lead multiyear transformation initiatives for cloud platform evolution and scalability.

AI & Automation Enablement: Champion AI-driven automation to simplify developer workflows, improve platform reliability, and increase operational efficiency.

Develop and execute cloud platform strategies aligning with business goals, focusing on resilience, security, cost governance, and performance.

Lead and mentor high-performing teams of cloud platform engineers and observability specialists.

Drive security and compliance best practices across cloud infrastructure and services. Oversee incident and problem management to improve platform reliability.

Drive migrations from OnPrem and GCP to other hyperscalers like Azure/AWS etc.

Required Qualifications: =========================

15+ years of engineering leadership, managing teams with experience in cloud platform architecture and operations.

Prior development experience to derive optimal hardware requirements from the Software Functional specifications

Experience with Infrastructure as Code and platform automation at scale

Knowledge of security, compliance, and governance frameworks

Deep expertise in public cloud platforms (GCP - Mandatory) (Azure/AWS - Good to have) and container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker).

In-depth hands-on experience in provisioning GCP Features like LoadBalancer, Cloudrun, BigQuery etc.

Strong FinOps experience around GCP Billing, and expertise around extracting fine-grained billing data using Big Query

Experience with developer platforms, CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform, GitLab), and cloud governance.

Strong background in observability and Open Source monitoring tools and strategies for large-scale systems.

Ability to engage with executive leadership and drive strategic outcomes across technical and business areas.