Sr. Manager, Cloud Platform EngineeringFoot Locker, Inc. • New York, New York, United States
Sr. Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering
Foot Locker, Inc.
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
About
At this time, Foot Locker will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization.
Foot Locker’s Core Engineering team is driving digital transformation in our retail store and corporate technology environments. The Sr. Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering will lead a talented team of engineers who collectively demonstrate technical excellence, reliability in delivering mission critical systems and infrastructure, and who continually ensure the highest levels of availability, optimization, and customer service. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, organized individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a history of coaching and mentoring others, and a strong knowledge in IT infrastructure design, deployment, and project planning. This position is accountable for defining and executing the infrastructure strategy that provides best-in-class technology experiences across our cloud service provider hosting platforms.
Responsibilities
Develop and execute on long-term cloud platform strategy, implement innovative solutions, and foster operational excellence
Deliver project portfolio for cloud service provider hosting platforms, consistently ensuring performance, reliability, recoverability, security, and organization of cloud resources
Continuously assess, enhance, adhere to, and report on modern FinOps practices to optimize cloud platform spend; share trends in collaboration on expense budgeting
Manifest high-performing team members through creation of a shared purpose and mission; attract and retain exceptional talent; manage staff by recruiting, mentoring, and growing our associates; develop personal growth opportunities; and manage team efficiency, quality, and production
Construct executive-level reporting including notable metrics, trends, and data points
Define and enforce documentation standards and process automation across the Cloud Platform Engineering environments
Incorporate Automated Intelligence to accelerate engineering
Leverage an automation-first, customer-centric mindset to engineer a platform for cloud infrastructure services that integrates into our developer portal and enables governed self-service provisioning, visibility, stewardship, and troubleshooting
Maintain professional and technical external focus by attending and leading practice areas and centers of excellence, evaluating new technologies, and promoting knowledge sharing across the department
Qualifications DESIRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms with a focus on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
Management or lead experience in implementing, managing, and maintaining infrastructure for high volume enterprise applications, robust e-commerce implementations, and support of common development practices
Strong understanding and experience with key technologies such as code / container / image repositories, serverless code deployments, CI/CD through orchestration, environment management, and infrastructure as code in a large production environment
Experience with best practices for modern technologies such as zonal / cross-region redundancy, container orchestration, auto-scaling, and application gateways
Conceptual knowledge of hardware- and software-based firewalls, traffic management, load balancers, routers, and switches
Experience developing, organizing, tracking, and implementing IT projects
Influential leadership with the ability to partner, inspire, and build consensus
Proven success in teaching, coaching, mentoring, and fostering accountability for engineers and other technical team members
Ability to build and demonstrate trust across teams through competence, reliability, sincerity, and empathy
Understanding of TLS certificate management usage, deployment, and maintenance
Familiarity with Jira and work intake / work management techniques such as scrum and agile
Strong verbal presentation and written communication skills
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field preferred
Minimum 5 years of progressive experience and demonstrated success leading highly technical global initiatives
Minimum 5 years of experience leading multi-disciplined technical teams, preferably with global reach across multiple service types
Strong knowledge of IT security concepts, IT infrastructure concepts, and IT Service Management
Ability to travel Benefits The annual base salary range is $140,000 - $180,000. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible to receive short term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below.
Foot Locker Benefits :
Employee Discount
Paid Time Off
Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
401(k) | Roth 401(k)
Stock Purchase Plan
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Opportunities for Advancement
Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
Strong Company Culture
Employee Resource Groups
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Languages
- English
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