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Arista Networks is seeking a Senior Manager of IT Infrastructure & Multi-Cloud Systems to lead an IT team overseeing a complex hybrid, multi-cloud enterprise ecosystem. You will partner with 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 responsibilities include:
**Infrastructure Strategy & Leadership**: Own the infrastructure strategy and roadmap, aligning technology initiatives with business priorities and AI-enabled innovation. Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of infrastructure professionals, building technical capability, accountability, and succession planning. Establish standard operating procedures, escalation paths, and operational SLAs/SLOs. Drive capacity planning, resource allocation, and 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 principles (Terraform, Ansible) to standardize deployments. Establish governance models for multi-cloud management, workload placement, cross-cloud networking, and platform interconnectivity. Develop systems infrastructure, governance, identity, and data foundations for enterprise AI enablement.
**Reliability, Performance & Operations**: Maintain target uptime, resilience, and business continuity across production environments. Implement centralized monitoring, alerting, and observability tools. Partner with Security teams on IAM, patch management, zero-trust architectures, and compliance (SOC2, PCI-DSS). Lead through critical events including outages and cybersecurity incidents. Lead Disaster Recovery strategy, testing, ransomware preparedness, and infrastructure governance.
**Vendor & Financial Management**: Manage infrastructure budgets, vendor relationships, and licensing agreements. Evaluate and select vendors, negotiate SLAs and contracts. Drive FinOps practices—monitoring multi-cloud consumption costs, eliminating waste, and optimizing usage across cloud providers.
**Requirements**
- 12+ years in Systems/Cloud Engineering, with 3–5 years in a formal technical leadership or management role
- Deep operational expertise with VMware vSphere/vCenter, Microsoft Windows Server administration (Active Directory, Group Policy), and Enterprise Linux environments
- Proven track record running production workloads across AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI
- Hands-on background with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Packer, or cloud-native IaC frameworks)
- Solid understanding of multi-cloud networking (VPCs, VNets, DirectConnect, ExpressRoute, FastConnect), DNS, IAM, and hybrid connectivity
- Experience designing and testing robust DR/BCP strategies across hybrid/multi-cloud setups
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Relevant enterprise certifications (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
