Cloud Infrastructure Services Team Lead (P4)

Overview

Lead the Cloud Infrastructure Services team, providing technical vision and leadership for WFP's cloud environments. Oversee the development and implementation of the division's workplan, acting as the primary representative for WFP's cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Cloud Specialists.
• Serve as the primary representative to the Architectural Board.
• Act as the organizational focal point for cloud-native modernization initiatives.
• Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and highly available cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Oversee the total cost of ownership (TCO) for Cloud/Hybrid environments.
• Elaborate principles, guidance, and best practices for Cloud infrastructure.
• Design and document AWS, GCP, and Azure infrastructure.
• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of modern hosting platforms.
• Partner with cybersecurity team to implement security practices.
• Translate technical infrastructure needs into financial business cases.
• Drive FinOps initiatives to monitor cloud spend and optimize the budget.
• Forecast future infrastructure needs and lead scaling strategy.
• Serve as an escalation point during high-severity incidents.

Required Experience

Minimum 8 years of relevant progressively responsible experience in supporting production applications and/or administrating of Enterprise IT Services in Cloud and Hybrid environments with distributed 24x7 operations.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or other relevant field, or First University degree with two additional years of related work experience.

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