Cloud Platform Manager

Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite)
Department: Technology / Infrastructure

Grand Circle Corporation is the leader in international travel, adventure, and discovery for Americans aged 50+. Headquartered in Boston, MA, with more than 45 offices globally, more than two million travelers have experienced our award-winning brands:
Grand Circle Cruise Line, Overseas Adventure Travel, and Grand Circle Travel.

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Manager to lead, design, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. This is a highly visible player/coach role that blends hands-on cloud engineering with project delivery, technical leadership, and team management.

The Cloud Platform Manager will oversee a small team of Azure engineers while remaining deeply involved in cloud architecture, platform strategy, infrastructure automation, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate enjoys building modern cloud environments, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and partnering across teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions that support critical business initiatives.

With trips in nearly 100 countries, you'll never run out of new places, people, and cultures to feed your wanderlust. From the Maasai warriors of Kenya to the tranquil temples of Japan, your work will support systems and experiences that power global travel operations — so it’s fair to say "bored" is not in our lexicon.

Design, implement, and evolve Azure-based cloud platforms supporting enterprise applications and business operations

Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure cloud solutions aligned with Azure best practices

Lead and contribute to architecture decisions across networking, compute, storage, identity, and container platforms including AKS

Build and maintain Azure services including virtual networks, storage accounts, databases, Azure AD, AKS, and related technologies

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ARM templates, Power Shell, Azure CLI, or similar tools

Serve as an escalation point for complex cloud platform issues, ensuring platform reliability and resiliency

Manage, mentor, and support a team of Azure engineers through coaching, technical guidance, and career development

Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development planning conversations

Support hiring efforts and contribute to building a high-performing cloud engineering organization

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and operational excellence

Lead technical delivery efforts while balancing hands-on engineering responsibilities

Establish Azure platform standards, governance frameworks, and architectural best practices

Partner with Security, IT, and Engineering teams to enforce compliance, access controls, and data protection standards

Lead Azure cost optimization and capacity planning initiatives

Define and maintain tooling, policies, and operational documentation to improve platform management and troubleshooting

Act as a trusted technical advisor, translating business goals into effective cloud strategies and solutions

Partner closely with Software Engineering, Dev Ops, and Infrastructure teams to support platform reliability and automated deployments

Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand platform requirements and deliver scalable solutions

Monitor and continuously improve platform health, operational performance, security posture, and cost efficiency

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

5+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting Azure cloud platforms

Strong expertise across Microsoft Azure services including VMs, AKS, Azure AD, networking, storage, databases, and DNS

Experience leading engineers, projects, or technical initiatives in cloud infrastructure environments

Strong experience with infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, ARM Templates,…