Manager Compute & Cloud Platforms

Manager Compute & Cloud Platforms at Alaska Airlines

Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 12/29/2025.

This role is responsible for Alaska’s Cloud and Platform Engineering operations that support Alaska Air Group. The candidate will be part of a Cloud Center of Excellence consisting of several specialized areas that provide technical guidance and leadership in multiple cloud environments to ensure best practices in cloud architecture, deployments, and operations are followed. This includes executing Alaska’s Cloud strategy, implementing architectural designs and best practices, defining cloud standards and implementing governance controls.

As a people leader, this role must also promote cross‑departmental collaboration and lead process and systems improvements, with a focus on operational stability and cloud adoption. The candidate is expected to collaborate closely with assigned teams, offer hands‑on support whenever needed, and participate in regular scrum ceremonies.

• Lead diverse technical teams responsible for ensuring Cloud Well‑Architected Framework principles are implemented in our Azure and GCP cloud environments including reliability, security, cost optimization, operational excellence, and performance efficiency.
• Define and articulate the long‑term vision, strategy, and roadmap for the cloud platform teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and technological advancements.
• Drive cloud innovation by implementing and leveraging AIOps methodologies to enhance operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and automated issue resolution.
• Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture and Security teams in designing architecture and security frameworks.
• Identify and bridge gaps between development team requirements and our cloud practices and strategy, providing effective solutions and influencing the development teams to ensure new capabilities are operationalized.
• Create cloud governance practices, policies and cost controls. Collaborate with subscription owners to ensure compliance and develop self‑service capabilities to streamline infrastructure workflows.
• Lead and/or influence cross‑divisional enterprise infrastructure projects related to Cloud and Kubernetes Platforms.
• Write business cases to gain support from senior leaders.
• Develop people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on delegation for stretch assignments, growing and developing the team for capacity and growth, looking at performance across the team, and time management.

• 7 years of experience in IT, or related area.
• Strong technical background in cloud computing, with hands‑on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure using platforms such as Azure or Google Cloud.
• Experience with Cloud Well‑Architected Framework Best Practices for Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including modernizing highly complex and critical applications to modern cloud architecture.
• Design, implement and maintain a Cloud high‑availability and disaster recovery strategy for the organization.
• Provide technical leadership for designing and operating Cloud and Kubernetes environments and cloud‑native services, focusing on scalability, security, cost‑effectiveness, and standardization.
• Champion developer self‑service by building tools that empower teams to deploy and manage infrastructure independently.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, developing product backlogs, and ensuring successful delivery of projects on time.
• Responsible for optimizing cloud spend through Fin Ops practices while maintaining operational excellence.
• Experience implementing Cloud Landing Zone Design, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM), Azure Dev Ops, and CI/CD.
• Adaptive leader, sensitive to team needs, and creating a culture of belonging. Proven ability to build, coach, and mentor teams.
• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. An additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree. Minimum age of 18 and must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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