Senior Manager - Kubernetes

Company: Verizon
Location: Boulder
Posted on: November 21, 2022

Job Description:

When you join Verizon Verizon is one of the world's leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We're a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward - and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.What you'll be doing... You're an experienced manager of infrastructure engineers who believes your success is measured by the success of your team which is ultimately measured by the success of your customers. You have experience building platform infrastructure at scale, including operating on physical hardware or public clouds. You believe in providing useful abstractions, clear customer SLOs, and meaningful KPIs. You're confident in asking difficult questions and challenging your team and dependencies while being highly collaborative and open to input

• Lead an enterprise Kubernetes engineering team for the conatiner platform.
• Oversee the quality, and engineering practices of a large team of software engineers.
• Build and foster open, collaborative relationships with peers and the user community.
• Effectively set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
• Develop and Promote great engineering and organizational practices.
• This individual will have a good level of technical expertise and daily hands-on implementation working on a product team developing services in two week sprints using agile principles.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and deliver sound results.This role will be based out of one of the locations listed in the posting. In this role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.What we're looking for... You'll need to have:
  • Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
  • Six or more years of relevant work experience.
  • Expertise in large containerized computing environments utilizing Kuberneteswith Docker containers for a large IT enterprise wide environment.
  • Expertise in VMWare Data Center Build and Management
  • Experience in managing CI/CD toolchain products like Jira, STASH, Git, Bitbucket, Artifactory, and Jenkins.
  • Institutional experience in Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud computing environments including the Integration of compute technologies.This includes knowledge of architecting and engineering large enterprise solutions to achieve cost efficiencies, scaling and availability for a large enterprise environment.Even better if you have one or more of the following:
    • Master's degree in Computer Science, Information System, or related field.
    • Experience coding in Java, Python, or Go, and at least one scripting language.
    • Experience in systems concepts, system administration, and cloud platforms.
    • Decent knowledge of containers and container management technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
    • Demonstrated ability to grow and lead large platform engineering teams.
    • Experience overseeing the quality and engineering practices of a large team of software engineers building Kubernetes offerings.
    • Consistent track record of shaping and executing multi-year technical strategy.
    • Demonstrated history of mentoring and growing engineers with varying levels of experience and skills.
    • A passion for building diverse teams.
    • Experience with data security and governance.
    • Experience with data architecture, modeling, and integration.
    • Knowledge of API, Microservices, network and security architectures and design patterns.
    • Experience with software development, software delivery lifecycle, application modernization, DevOps, Service/Infrastructure as Service and Operations.
    • Experience leading and participating in tests to identify bottlenecks, opportunities for optimization, and capacity demands.
    • Knowledge of SRE practices and principles to build resilient systems and to provide business continuity.
    • Experience with platform infrastructure.
    • Experience in systems concepts, system administration, and cloud platforms.
    • Managed 24x7 operation based teams.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.#VZITCompensation Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401 (k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives,we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.If you are hired into a Colorado work location, the compensation range for this position is between $126,000 and $234,000based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentivebased position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.Equal Employment Opportunity We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our page to learn more.

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