Cloud Operations Manager (AWS)

TL;DR

Cloud Operations Manager (AWS): Leading the IT operations team and elevating cloud, GPU compute, and edge infrastructure maturity with an accent on operational rigor, CI/CD automation, and AWS architecture. Focus on implementing scalable infrastructure patterns, mentoring technical staff, and establishing robust incident response and change management processes.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is a technology company focused on cloud, GPU compute, and edge device infrastructure.

What you will do

• Manage and mentor the IT operations team, providing technical guidance and hands-on coaching.
• Own and scale the AWS environment, implementing architecture patterns, cost optimization, and security hardening.
• Design and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for containerized, hardware-dependent, and ML-related services.
• Build operational maturity through documentation, runbooks, and standardized change management processes.
• Partner with engineering teams to provide reliable infrastructure that enables fast and safe deployments.
• Lead incident response efforts and conduct blameless post-mortems to reduce recurring system issues.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, ECS, Fargate, IAM, IaC, networking).
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation using tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Proven experience managing and developing technical team members through coaching and mentorship.
• Track record of implementing operational processes such as on-call rotations and incident response.
• Solid understanding of cloud security best practices, IAM policies, and SOC 2 considerations.
• Ability to communicate technical complexity clearly to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience optimizing costs for ML/GPU workloads.
• Proficiency with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like DataDog, CloudWatch, or PagerDuty.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Ruby.