Senior Manager Cloud Platforms

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

This role is responsible for the engineering and reliable operations of Cloud Platforms that support Alaska Air Group. They are responsible for executing Alaska’s Cloud strategy which includes architectural designs and best practices, defining cloud standards and implementing governance controls. As a people leader, this role will promote cross-departmental collaboration and take lead in driving process and systems improvements, with a focus on operational stability and cloud adoption.

• Leads a diverse technical team responsible for ensuring the reliability, efficiency and security of multiple Cloud platforms including Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Shape the long-term strategy and planning for cloud architecture and adoption while collaborating with key stakeholders.
• Analyze the gap and provide solutions between development team requirements and our cloud practices and strategy
• Creates cloud governance practices, policies and cost controls. Collaborates with subscription owners to ensure compliance and develop self service capabilities to streamline infrastructure workflows.
• Influence operations and development teams to ensure new capabilities are operationalized.
• Leads and/or influences cross divisional enterprise infrastructure projects related to Cloud Platforms
• Develops and cultivates people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on delegation for stretch assignments, growing and developing the team for capacity and growth, looking at performance across the team, and time management.

Required

• 7 years of experience in IT, or related area.
• 4 years of leadership experience, with at least some of this experience directly leading people.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in a technical discipline, or an additional two years of relevant training/ experience in lieu of this degree.
• In-depth knowledge of the following:
  • Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Docker and Kubernetes - Container Builds, Hosting, and Orchestration
  • Modernizing highly complex and critical applications to modern cloud architectures
  • Cloud Architectural Design and Review, Patterns and Practices Implementation
  • Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Terraform, etc), Azure DevOps, CI/CD
• Proven ability to build, coach, and mentor teams.
• Writes business cases to gain support from senior leaders.
• Define the long-term strategy for multiple cloud platforms and their implementation.
• Adaptive leader, sensitive to the needs of the team, and creating a culture of belonging.
• Loves learning and development, embraces the practice of service leadership, and builds teams that are engage, thrive, and deliver results.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.

Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.

Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air with high priority status 
• Select number of confirmed travel credits provided annually 
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off 

For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement  

It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.   

We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.  

We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”).  All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.   

To implement this policy, we will: 

(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories; 
(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and 
(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories. 

Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions  of VEVRAA. 

Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations 
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.