Cloud Platform DevOps Manager

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TechOps -CloudOps

Role Type

Cloud Platform DevOps Architect

The opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Cloud DevOps Manager with deep expertise in the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, Landing Zone architecture, and enterprise‑scale cloud governance. This leadership role is accountable for the end‑to‑end solution design, strategic planning, and successful delivery of Azure cloud platforms aligned with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). Candidate is expected to provide technical similar guidance on all leading hyperscale’s including AWS,GCP as well and design truly muti-cloud architecture.

As a manager, you will lead and mentor a team of cloud and DevOps engineers, ensuring the implementation of secure, scalable, and standardized infrastructure using IaC and automation best practices. You will oversee platform architecture decisions, establish operational guardrails, and ensure alignment with enterprise security and compliance standards.

This role also serves as the primary escalation point for major incidents, driving root cause analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement. You will collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver high‑availability services, ensure operational excellence, and support digital transformation initiatives across the organization.

Your key responsibilities

• Leadership & Strategy
  • Provide strategic direction for Azure, AWS, GCP cloud adoption, modernization, and platform engineering initiatives.
  • Define the roadmap for Landing Zones, governance, security controls, automation, and DevOps capabilities.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Azure cloud and DevOps engineers.
• Architecture & Solution Ownership
  • Own the end‑to‑end solutioning of Azure cloud platforms—including Landing Zone architecture, identity, networking, security, and automation.
  • Ensure all cloud solutions adhere to Azure CAF , organizational security standards, and compliance requirements.
  • Approve design decisions, architecture patterns, and IaC frameworks (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, CFT).
• Delivery & Execution
  • Oversee cloud infrastructure build-out, deployment pipelines, workload onboarding, and environment standardization.
  • Ensure delivery teams follow cloud governance, tagging standards, policy enforcement, backup/DR, and security hardening.
  • Drive consistency across environments through DevOps processes, GitOps workflows, and automation frameworks.
• Operations & Incident Management
  • Act as the highest level of technical escalation for cloud platform issues.
  • Lead root cause analysis (RCA), implement long-term fixes, and drive operational maturity.
  • Ensure high platform reliability, availability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
  • Collaborate with security, infrastructure, product engineering, and architecture teams to enable seamless cloud adoption.
  • Communicate cloud strategy, risks, progress, and issues to leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Champion a culture of automation, innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Documentation & Governance
  • Oversee the creation and maintenance of architectural documents, operational runbooks, SOPs, and platform standards.
  • Define governance frameworks for cloud usage, security baselines, RBAC, cost controls, and policy-as-code.

Skills and attributes for success

• Leadership & Governance
  • Ability to define and drive cloud strategy, DevOps roadmaps, and platform engineering standards across teams.
  • Strong people‑management skills with experience mentoring, coaching, and developing high‑performing DevOps/Cloud engineering teams.
  • Proven capability to implement governance models, landing zone guardrails, policy enforcement, and operational standards.
• Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering
  • Deep understanding of Azure cloud architecture including networking, identity, subscriptions, Landing Zones, and enterprise governance structures.
  • Strong conceptual and review-level expertise in IaC frameworks (Terraform, ARM/Bicep), with ability to guide teams on architecture patterns and best practices.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native platforms for overseeing platform modernization and application hosting strategies.
• DevOps Strategy & Automation Oversight
  • Experience defining enterprise CI/CD standards across GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and automated deployment workflows.
  • Ability to evaluate and adopt automation tooling, scripting strategies, and platform engineering innovations across teams.
• Security, Compliance & Reliability
  • Solid understanding of cloud security controls, IAM, Zero Trust principles, encryption standards, and compliance frameworks.
  • Experience establishing operational guardrails including RBAC, Policy-as-Code, monitoring, cost governance, and high‑availability architectures.
• Operational Excellence
  • Expertise in managing cloud operations, driving RCA, incident readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Familiarity with ITSM principles and governance using platforms like ServiceNow for incident, change, and problem management.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders, present architectural decisions, and engage with engineering, product, and leadership teams.
  • Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable cloud and DevOps solutions.
• Documentation & Standards
  • Oversight of documentation for architecture blueprints, operational playbooks, runbooks, security controls, and compliance procedures.
  • Skilled at establishing repeatable processes, engineering standards, and best practice guidelines.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Experience
  • 10+ years of experience in cloud platforms, DevOps engineering, infrastructure automation, and operations leadership.
  • Demonstrated experience managing Azure cloud environments at enterprise scale, including governance, Landing Zones, and platform modernization.
  • Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams responsible for Kubernetes, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD automation, and cloud operations.
  • Experience managing 24×7 operational support , escalations, incident handling, and ensuring high availability and reliability of systems.
• Technical & Managerial Expertise
  • Strong architectural understanding of Azure services (VMs, networking, storage, AKS, AAD) at a solution‑design and governance level.
  • Expertise in reviewing and approving IaC templates (Terraform, ARM/Bicep) and cloud-native platform engineering designs.
  • Ability to define DevOps practices, automation frameworks, and continuous delivery standards across the organization.
• Certifications (Preferred)
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ‑305).
  • Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ‑400).
  • Additional certifications in cloud governance, security, or Kubernetes are a plus.

Technologies and Tools

Must haves

• Cloud Platform & Architecture: Microsoft Azure (Primary Cloud Platform) – strong architectural understanding of compute, networking, identity, storage, governance, and Landing Zones.
• CI/CD & Deployment Oversight: Azure DevOps Pipelines – ability to define enterprise CI/CD standards, ensure pipeline governance, and oversee release automation best practices.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform (Primary IaC Tool) – expertise in reviewing Terraform module standards, enforcing IaC governance, remote state mgmt., and policy-as-code practices.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Helm – deep conceptual understanding to guide teams on platform modernization, cluster governance, workloads, and operational readiness.
• Logging, Monitoring & Reliability: Azure Monitor – ability to define observability strategy, monitoring governance, alert standards, and SRE-aligned operational KPIs.
• Configuration & Automation: Ansible, Bash – oversight of automation frameworks, ensuring consistency, operational automation, and environment standardization.
• Incident Management & ITSM: ServiceNow (or equivalent) – experienced in incident, change, and problem management processes, RCA leadership, and operational governance.
• Certifications: Azure Relevant Certifications – AZ‑305, AZ‑400, or equivalent (manager-level expectation for architectural and DevOps leadership).

Good to have

• Cloud Infrastructure & IaC Extensions: ARM Templates / Bicep & other DSLs – understanding of enterprise IaC patterns and ability to guide teams on modularization, reusability, and IaC maturity.
• CI/CD Ecosystem: GitHub Actions – strategic capability to evaluate and adopt GitHub-based DevOps for organization-wide DevSecOps modernization.
• Security & Governance: IAM, RBAC, Azure Security Hub / Security Center – strong grasp of cloud security governance, identity hierarchy, policy-driven controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Networking: VNets, Subnets, Load Balancers, Security Groups (Azure) – architecture-level understanding for hybrid/multi-cloud network governance.
• Scripting & Automation Languages: Python / Bash – ability to review automation design, validate standards, and guide engineering teams on automation best practices.
• Observability Tools: OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Splunk – familiarity with enterprise observability platforms to drive unified logging, traces, and metrics strategy.
• Compliance & Cloud Governance: Azure CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) – strong capability to drive cloud governance, blueprinting, landing zone maturity, and compliance audits.

What we look for

• Enthusiastic learners with a passion for cloud technologies and DevOps practices.
• Problem solvers with a proactive approach to troubleshooting and optimization.
• Team players who can collaborate effectively in a remote or hybrid work environment.
• Detail-oriented professionals with strong documentation skills.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you : We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership : We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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