The role involves establishing and leading the Infrastructure Engineering team, ensuring operational excellence, driving technical initiatives, and collaborating across teams and regions.
Available Locations: Bengaluru, India
Position Overview:
Cloudflare is seeking an experienced & strategic Leader in Bangalore, India to establish and lead Infrastructure Engineering team in India as we expand our presence with Global Hub in Bangalore. This strategic role will be responsible for building, scaling, and managing the team in India, while ensuring alignment with Cloudflare's global Infrastructure strategy and standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Leadership:
Technical Team Leadership:
Executive Support:
Position Overview:
Cloudflare is seeking an experienced & strategic Leader in Bangalore, India to establish and lead Infrastructure Engineering team in India as we expand our presence with Global Hub in Bangalore. This strategic role will be responsible for building, scaling, and managing the team in India, while ensuring alignment with Cloudflare's global Infrastructure strategy and standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Leadership:
- Oversee and manage day-to-day operations of the Bengaluru center, ensuring alignment with Cloudflare's global goals, standards, and strategic direction.
- Establish and maintain efficient operational processes and systems to drive productivity, quality, and scalability.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence within the center
- Imbue the Cloudflare culture of accountability, a growth mindset, and getting things done
- Provide strong support to the team and ensure they are set up for success across functions.
Technical Team Leadership:
- Lead a critical function within Infrastructure, either a regional operational role such as Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Network Operations, or Infrastructure Operations; OR an independent engineering function such as Large Scale Testing, Infrastructure Tooling, or Hardware Sustaining. In addition, provide dotted-line leadership and regional support for other Infrastructure Engineering functions operating in India.
- Partner closely with other regional leaders and stay connected with cross functional teams operating in the region
- Drive the strategic direction and execution of key technical initiatives, ensuring they meet quality, timeline, and budgetary requirements.
- Promote a collaborative and innovative environment, encouraging the team to push the boundaries of technology
- Mentor and develop technical leaders and high-potential employees within the team.
Executive Support:
- Leverage personal influence and professional network to support growing networks and partnerships.
- Participate in high-level meetings and presentations to showcase the company's capabilities and value proposition.
- Collaborate with the teams to develop strategic plans for key opportunities.
- Provide insights and support based on technical expertise and market knowledge to drive company success.
- Work effectively with remote teams in the US / EMEA / APJC, demonstrating flexibility in time zones and availability.
- Facilitate seamless communication and collaboration between the teams in Bengaluru other hub offices.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Experience : Minimum 15 years in senior leadership roles, with a proven track record of managing large-scale operations and leading high-performing technical teams. Experience in seeding and scaling a regional team in India is highly desirable.
- Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of Infrastructure engineering and experience operating infrastructure at a global scale
- Leadership Skills: Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and decision-making abilities; excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Technical Expertise: In-depth knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure
- Cultural Competence: Ability to navigate and bridge cultural differences effectively.
- Remote Collaboration: Proven ability to work with remote teams across different time zones and willingness to travel as necessary.
Top Skills
Infrastructure Engineering
Network Operations
Site Reliability Engineering
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