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Director Software Engineering, Runtime and Cross Plane Engineering
About the role
Cloud Runtime and Control Plane Engineering team at Nike India Technology Center builds and operates multi-cloud control plane platforms and managed services for compute, network, storage, and edge. The Director leads two specialized engineering teams, defines technical vision, drives automation, self‑service platforms, and ensures operational excellence with 24x7 on‑call support. Karnataka, India, on-site.
What you’ll do
- Define and execute technical vision for cloud infrastructure platform
- Translate business strategies into technical delivery plans
- Present roadmaps and progress to senior and executive leadership
- Lead and grow local engineering team of contributors and managers
- Drive transformation to managed cloud resources using declarative technologies
- Implement automation to reduce toil and eliminate manual errors
- Build self‑service platforms and governance policies
- Architect multi‑cloud control plane solutions with IaC tools
What you’ll bring
- 15+ years progressive engineering experience
- 5+ years leadership role
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
- Deep expertise in AWS networking
- Extensive Azure integration experience
- Hands‑on with Terraform and Crossplane
- Strong Kubernetes orchestration skills
- CI/CD pipeline design with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub