Director, Cloud Engineering
SiriusXM
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Who We Are
SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are. This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital role in bringing SiriusXM’s vision to life every day.
What You’ll Do
- Report to the Vice President of Platform Engineering and participate in cross-team leadership activities within the wider Technology organization.
- Manage and mentor leaders and individual contributors.
- Contribute to the long-term strategy and vision of Platform Engineering and the SiriusXM technology strategy.
- Build strong relationships with the company’s internal developers and their leaders to better understand their needs and pain points.
- Partner with Platform Engineering’s Product Management team to inform your team’s roadmaps.
- Inspire and empower your teams in executing against an ambitious product and technical roadmap.
- Provide detailed, constructive feedback to peers and direct reports through reviews of product development artifacts such as product briefs, technical designs, and ADRs.
- Stay on the cutting edge of industry trends to identify new technologies and practices that could improve cloud usage at SiriusXM.
- Serve as a primary contact for the company’s relationship with AWS.
- Balance the priorities of stakeholders including backend and client developers, Security, Operations, Data Scientists, and Finance.
What You’ll Need
- 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role, including at least 5 years in a management role.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience architecting and deploying cloud-native applications on a public cloud provider, including at least 2 years on AWS.
- Knowledge of foundational infrastructure concepts (e.g., IP networking, IAM, VPNs, DNS, firewalls, load balancing).
- Strong understanding of cloud computing and executing cloud initiatives in a large organization.
- Experience configuring and administering a large AWS organization.
- Extensive experience with infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Experience supporting development, operations, and security teams.
- Ability to work through ambiguity and deliver clarity.
- Passion for working with internal customers.
- Fluency in at least two programming languages.
Extra Credit
- Experience building internal developer platforms.
- Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).
- AWS Solution Architect Professional Certification.
- Fluency in TypeScript/Node.js.
We are committed to a respectful and inclusive work environment and are an equal opportunity employer. Our requirements and duties may be modified at the company's discretion without notice.
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