IT Systems Cloud Leader

Requisition : 2084

Standard Weekly

Hours:

40.00

Location: ULA - Denver

Relocation: Yes
- Relocation may be available

Travel Requirements: 10%

At ULA, success comes through the efforts of a strong, united team.

Thanks for your interest in United Launch Alliance, the world's most experienced and reliable space launch company! Successfully launching more than 155 consecutive missions with 100% mission success doesn't happen by accident. It's a testament to the commitment and dedication of our team of rocket scientists and support employees combined with the systems and processes we use to pull them together.

As a ULA employee, you'll have the opportunity to grow in your career while working in a team-oriented culture that combines technology, innovation, ingenuity and a commitment to the extraordinary. Whether you are in college just launching your career, or, have experience and want to come work with the best rocket team in the world, our unshakable unity yields stronger solutions and better results as we carry out our mission to save lives, explore the universe, and connect the world.

Our team is excited to meet you!

At ULA, the Cloud Leader oversees strategy, operations, reliability, and modernization for ULA’s cloud platforms, ensuring secure, scalable, and mission‑aligned services across engineering, launch operations, enterprise systems, and automation teams. This role blends Scrum leadership
, architectural depth
, and people leadership
, supporting teams that work across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, automation, and hybrid systems.

• Lead, coach, and develop cloud engineers, Cloud Ops team members, SREs, and architects in a hybrid environment
• Govern and maintain Kubernetes clusters supporting mission‑critical engineering workloads and CICD environments
• Own cloud platform architecture, service mesh/networking (Ingress, CNI, load balancers), node topology, autoscaling, and resilience patterns
• Drive cloud modernization initiatives: automation, infrastructure as code, platform hardening, observability, and operational simplification
• Facilitate Agile/Scrum routines for Cloud Ops (planning, reviews, retrospectives, Scrum of Scrums), ensuring transparency, inspection, and adaptation
• Partner with Product Owners, System Architects, engineering teams, and program leadership to align cloud capabilities with mission requirements
• Lead incident response and reliability engineering for cloud workloads, including cluster upgrades, node failures, migrations, and production escalations
• Oversee cloud security posture: RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, pod security standards, identity, secrets, and compliance controls
• Manage operational processes monitoring, patching, lifecycle management, change control, documentation, and service metrics
• Support hiring, workforce planning, coaching, performance management, people development across the Cloud Ops team

Bachelor

Minimum of 8 years of related work experience

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field from an accredited college or university
• 8+ years of progressive experience in cloud platforms, systems infrastructure, or Dev Ops/SRE roles
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing technical staff (engineers, architects, or Cloud Ops teams)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes operations (topology, autoscaling, RBAC, mesh/ingress, persistent volumes, upgrade cycles)
• Experience supporting hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud) and mission‑critical workloads
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure in AWS or Azure, including networking, storage, identity, and computing
• Practical experience…