Engineering Automation Lead

Impact

Impact is long-term through individual and team contributions. Scope is primarily within own subject area in a function / unit. Actions and errors impact on program, project or function. Provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards or operational plans in support of the organization's business strategies, with some impact on business unit / function overall results.

Scope & Contribution

People Manager : Manage geographically distributed team across multiple time zones. Can analyze, develop and implement concepts and solutions as a subject matter expert. Increased awareness of and involvement outside of own subject area. Distills big picture. Makes decisions about and prioritizes team assignments.

Managerial / Supervisory : Clear managerial responsibilities for people. Typically first level of solid line management. Interprets policies. Ensures existing plans are put into operation. Executes and / or oversees processes to meet customer needs. Responsible for analysis, design & development of policies, plans, programs.

Innovation

Carries out specialized activities / projects according to general direction. Influences others to support decisions. Work to develop new team members. Analyze situations or data that requires review of relevant factors. Solutions can often be checked and proved. Demonstrates success in multiple roles and is adaptable to manage complex changing business environments.

Communication

Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function and teams and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the organization, which may include customers or vendors. Works to influence others to accept job functions view / practices and agree / accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.

Has cross-cultural knowledge and global mindset Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization. May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the job function. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues.

Knowledge & Experience -

Management Experience / Achieved well-advanced skills of a specific professional discipline combining deep knowledge of theory and organizational practice or expertise. Recognized expert in their field (depth & breadth).

Typically requires 5-8 years extensive relevant experience and / or a graduate / postgraduate equivalent degree.

• 5+ years of overall experience in Automation
• Experience leading or managing an Automation Team
• Working with geographically distributed team across multiple time zones
• 3-5 years Infrastructure or Solution Architecture Experience designing and implementing cloud-based solution automation for PaaS, IaaS or SaaS.
• Hands on experience with one of the three primary public clouds : AWS, GCP (preferred), or Azure.
• Experience designing and implementing the foundational elements in a cloud architecture
• Knowledge or experience designing and implementing automation solutions like Infrastructure as Code (IAC) solutions to build up and tear down infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, GCP Deployment Manager, or Azure DevOps
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Experience designing with AWX / Ansible Automation.

Soft Skills

As part of our team, the Engineering Automation Lead will oversee a team of Cloud Engineers & Individual Contributors reporting to you and carry out the following :

Skills Required

Paas, Terraform, Saas, Azure