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Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure & Multi-Cloud Systems

Arista Networks


Job Location:

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 28 August 2026 (15 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 25 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly technical strategic and experienced Senior Infrastructure Cloud Systems Manager to lead an IT team overseeing a complex hybrid multi-cloud enterprise ecosystem.

In this position you will work alongside executive leadership to identify strategic technology solutions direct a team of IT professionals manage key projects and assess emerging technologies to maximize operational efficiency and security. Key duties include building vendor partnerships maintaining robust cybersecurity standards overseeing the departmental budgets reporting performance metrics and cultivating an environment centered on continuous growth and professional development.

The individual must be dedicated to strengthening system resilience modernizing infrastructure and accelerating Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption through rigorous governance and service delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Strategy and Leadership 

  • Own the infrastructure strategy and roadmap partnering with senior management to align technology initiatives with business priorities risk tolerances and AI-enabled innovation. 
  • Lead mentor and develop a high-performing team of infrastructure professionals building strong technical capability accountability and succession planning. .
  • Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) clear escalation paths and operational SLAs/SLOs. Drive capacity planning resource allocation and advance technological transformation.

Multi-Cloud & On-Premises Architecture

  • Oversee day-to-day operations and strategic evolution of  enterprise infrastructure across VMware Windows Server Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) AWS GCP Azure and OCI.
  • Champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles (e.g. Terraform Ansible) to standardize deployments across distinct cloud environments.
  • Establish governance models for multi-cloud management workload placement cross-cloud networking and platform interconnectivity.
  • Develop the systems infrastructure governance identity and data foundations required for enabling enterprise AI.

Reliability Performance & Operations

  • Maintain target uptime resilience and business continuity across all production environments.
  • Implement centralized monitoring alerting and observability tools across hybrid environments.
  • Partner with Security teams to enforce identity access management (IAM) patch management zero-trust architectures and compliance standards (e.g. SOC2 PCI-DSS).
  • Lead through critical events including major outages cybersecurity incidents and recovery efforts. Work with cross-functional teams to restore services and minimize business impacts.
  • Lead Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy testing ransomware preparedness recovery capabilities and infrastructure governance to support security compliance and business continuity.

Vendor & Financial Management 

  • Manage infrastructure budgets and spends vendor relationships and licensing agreements to ensure cost effective operations.
  • Evaluate and select vendors negotiate SLAs contracts and performance expectations.
  • Drive FinOps practicesmonitoring multi-cloud consumption costs eliminating waste and optimizing usage across AWS Azure GCP and OCI.

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

  • Experience: 12 years in Systems/Cloud Engineering with at least 35 years in a formal technical leadership or management role.
  • OS & Virtualization Mastery: Deep operational expertise with VMware vSphere/vCenter Microsoft Windows Server administration (Active Directory Group Policy) and Enterprise Linux environments.
  • Multi-Cloud Expertise: Proven track record running production workloads across major cloud hyperscalers (AWS GCP Azure) and database/enterprise clouds (OCI).
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Hands-on background with automation and orchestration tools (Terraform Ansible Packer or cloud-native IaC frameworks).
  • Networking & Security: Solid understanding of multi-cloud networking (VPCs VNets DirectConnect ExpressRoute FastConnect) DNS IAM and hybrid connectivity.
  • Disaster Recovery: Experience designing and testing robust DR/BCP strategies across hybrid/multi-cloud setups.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Relevant enterprise certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert GCP Professional Cloud Architect OCI Architect Professional VCP-DCV).
  • Background in FinOps and cloud cost management tools.
  • Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes EKS GKE AKS) and CI/CD pipelines.

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Additional Information :

Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer.  Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal state or law law.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


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