HDR
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VCFPlatformEngineerLead
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“VCF Platform Engineer Lead at HDR. Skills: VCF Platform Engineering, Private Cloud Hosting, Automation Strategy, Technical Leadership. Provide technical leadership for VCF platform. Own technical vision for private cloud hosting”
Industry & Context.
Incident response; Troubleshooting
On-call flexibility, Reachable during off-hours
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10 years experience infrastructure, 10 years experience virtualization, 10 years experience platform engineering, 10 years experience private cloud architecture, 10 years experience private cloud operations, Knowledge of virtualization systems, Knowledge of public cloud technologies, Knowledge of private cloud technologies, Knowledge of datacenter operations, Proven experience leading enterprise-scale platform operations, Proven experience leading enterprise-scale platform transformation, Understanding of automation, Understanding of IaC, Understanding of orchestration, Understanding of API-driven infrastructure management, Experience with private cloud ecosystems, Experience with hosting service ecosystems, Experience with monitoring tools, Experience with logging tools, Experience with security tools, Experience with backup/recovery tools, Experience with automation tools, Experience with service integration tools, Strong track record designing operational models, Strong track record designing engineering standards, Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries, Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, Experience in technical mentoring, Experience in governance, Experience in roadmap development, Experience leading others in critical situations, Experience teaching others, Experience coaching others
Nice to Have
Advanced VMware certifications, Advanced cloud certifications, Advanced platform certifications, Hybrid cloud platforms experience, Tanzu experience, Kubernetes experience, Private cloud service catalogs experience, Familiarity with financial considerations, Familiarity with operational considerations, Capacity forecasting experience, Service tiers experience, Platform standardization experience, Experience leading adoption of observability, Experience leading adoption of self-service, Experience leading adoption of compliance automation, Experience leading adoption of platform reliability practices, Exposure to architectural governance, Exposure to infrastructure strategy leadership
What You'll Do.
Provide technical leadership for VCF platform
Own technical vision for private cloud hosting
Lead design of advanced VCF capabilities
Lead adoption of ecosystem tooling
Lead adoption of integrated private cloud services
Establish engineering patterns for platform lifecycle management
Establish engineering patterns for self-service enablement
Establish engineering patterns for standard hosting offerings
Establish engineering patterns for policy-driven automation
Oversee complex upgrades
Oversee platform transformations
Oversee high-severity incident response
Define automation strategy
Mature automation strategy
Drive platform integration with security
Drive platform integration with monitoring
Drive platform integration with backup
Drive platform integration with disaster recovery
Drive platform integration with CMDB
Drive platform integration with ITSM
Partner with management on roadmap planning
Partner with architecture leaders on roadmap planning
Partner on investment priorities
Partner on technical risk reduction
Partner on service maturity
Set standards for operational excellence
Set standards for reliability
Set standards for support readiness
Set standards for engineering quality
Coach senior engineers
Lead technical decision-making
Serve as escalation point for complex platform issues
Influence hosting service design
Represent platform domain in initiatives
Involve in datacenter modernization
Involve in hybrid cloud initiatives
Involve in platform engineering initiatives
Involve in infrastructure transformation initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Management and architecture leaders; Cross-functional initiatives; Internal consumers
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story' Provide technical leadership for the VCF private cloud platform, including operational strategy, engineering standards, and service direction. Own the technical vision for private cloud hosting services built on VCF, including scalability, resiliency, automation, and supportability. Lead design and adoption of advanced VCF platform capabilities, ecosystem tooling, and integrated private cloud services. Establish engineering patterns for platform lifecycle management, self-service enablement, standard hosting offerings, and policy-driven automation. Oversee complex upgrades, platform transformations, and high-severity incident response as senior technical lead. Define and mature automation strategy across provisioning, compliance, patching, lifecycle, observability, and recovery operations. Drive platform integration with security, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, CMDB, ITSM, and other enterprise service components. Partner with management and architecture leaders on roadmap planning, investment priorities, technical risk reduction, and service maturity. Set standards for operational excellence, reliability, support readiness, and engineering quality across the platform team. Coach senior engineers, lead technical decision-making, and serve as the escalation point for the most complex platform issues. Influence hosting service design for internal consumers, including service tiers, automation standards, availability targets, and lifecycle policies. Represent the platform domain in cross-functional initiatives involving datacenter moderniza
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