Title and Summary
Director, Platform Engineering (vmware)
Overview
The Distributed Platforms team is looking for a Director to own our vmware virtualization service. This role will assume responsibility for our global virtualization engineering team and developing and executing our virtualization roadmap. You will focus on scaling our service as we experience rapid growth, ensuring operational resiliency and continuing our automation journey.
The ideal candidate is a vmware expert with a proven record of managing vmware estates at scale in highly regulated and mission critical environments.
Role
In this position, you will:
Run our global virtualization engineering team
Own our vmware virtualization service and roadmap
Focus on how we run and operate our vmware platform at scale
Partner with our SRE teams to continually enhance our platform resiliency
Assist with major operational incidents where level 3 engineering is required
All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should:
Have expert level knowledge in vmware
Have experience running large teams supporting vmware estates
Experience in supporting technologies like Linux, Storage or container runtimes is ideal
Have experience driving automation and observability and resiliency improvements
Have strong communication skills capable of presenting to an executive audience
Have excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Strive to challenge the status-quo and drive continual improvement
Corporate Security Responsibility
Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
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