Manager Cloud Platform Enablement

OEC provides software solutions to those who work in the automotive parts and repair industry. Our solutions make it easier for automotive industry professionals to buy and sell parts, conduct repair research & planning, optimize estimates, improve the parts supply chain, and more. OEC partners with many of the world’s largest manufacturers, dealers and suppliers, shops and repairers, and service providers, giving our customers access to a comprehensive network and a streamlined workflow.

Job Summary/Objective Provides day-to-day guidance to a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to design, automate, and operate our cloud environments (AWS) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and modern observability (DataDog) practices. Manages individual and team assignments, and ensures team members are positioned to meet deliverables. Mentors engineers, influences technical direction, and partners across development, platform, and security teams. Ensures OEC’s cloud foundation is secure, scalable, and reliable.

Key Responsibilities & Duties (essential to the job)

• Manages and leads a team of cross-disciplinary engineers including skillsets in devops, cloud, database administration, networking, and cybersecurity; fostering collaboration and technical excellence. Sets individual team goals and expectations. Provides ongoing coaching and feedback, and completes formal assessments on performance. Helps team members with solving for complex and/or escalated issues, and removes roadblocks as needed.
• Promotes individual and team learning & growth, and supports the upward mobility of team members.
• Partners closely with Product Engineering to align infrastructure capabilities with the evolving needs of modernized cloud-native applications.
• Drives the design, automation, and operation of AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Chef, Packer, and modern cloud-native services.
• Guides the team in migrating on-prem workloads to AWS while modernizing the infrastructure to leverage cloud-native services (AWS) with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), and common observability (Datadog).
• Partners with product, development, QA, and security teams to ensure seamless, secure, and reliable delivery of applications and services.
• Owns technical delivery of infrastructure projects at scale — from migration to AWS to building cloud-native foundations.
• Champions best practices in automation, observability, cloud security, and operational excellence.
• Collaborates with senior leadership to align cloud infrastructure strategy with business objectives.

10. Recruits, hires new team members, and plays an active role in shaping the engineering culture at OEC. Ensures newly hired employees have the tools, knowledge and information needed to be successful. 11. Partners with department leadership to help manage business expenses aligned with the budget. Assists with developing budget recommendations and participates in forecasting and budgeting activities as requested.

Education A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required, with a focus in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. In the absence of a degree, equivalent work experience directly related to the key responsibilities of the role will be considered as a substitute for the degree.

Experience, Skills and Key Competencies At least 10 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering, hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, a proven ability to lead and develop technical teams providing strategic direction, project oversight and hands-on guidance, and at least 2 years of management experience with responsibility for leading direct reports.

Must also be able to demonstrate the following skills and abilities:

• Ability to lead diverse teams and create an engaging and positive culture that motivates and empowers others to do great work.
• Deep understanding of well-architected design, multi-region redundancy, high availability, and distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services (ECS, RDS, Lambda, Aurora, S3, VPC, IAM, etc.).
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).
• Solid knowledge of observability tools (Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana/Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.
• Sound business judgement and strong critical thinking skills to solve for a variety of business challenges.
• Ability to manage and lead at a tactical level with direct reports, and at a strategic level with OEC leadership.
• Strong interpersonal skills and can effectively promote teamwork and collaboration.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work, and can support direct reports with adjusting to shifts in priorities as the needs of the business change.
• Proactive and results-oriented workstyle to ensure team objectives and deliverables are met.

What makes working at OEC awesome? It varies from employee to employee. For some, it's the flexibility - whether it's remote work or a hybrid or in-person role, OEC takes our teams across multiple time zones and international communities. For others, it's the strong sense of camaraderie and community that celebrates both individuals and team-driven contributions. Or it could be the empowerment and how the team is encouraged to take risks, learn, and grow within a dynamic and supportive environment. But no matter what gets us out of bed in the morning, our whole global community is inspired to be forward thinking and drive innovative solutions for the automotive parts and repair industry.

OEConnection is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. In order to comply with these laws, we invite applicants and employees to voluntarily self-identify their gender, race and ethnicity. Submission of this information is strictly voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provision of applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement. When reported, data will not identify any specific individual. This information will be maintained separately from your application for employment. If you do not wish to self-identify at this time, you may do so in the future by submitting this form. Failure to provide the following information will not subject you to any adverse action or treatment. OEConnection is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.