<div class="content-intro"><p><span data-contrast="auto">Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to a high-energy, dynamic, and fast-paced organization? Are you interested in joining a team where you can contribute to building the fun, people-centric, culture and brand? Then you’re in the right place!</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Litmos develops eLearning solutions for top-performing companies. An established leader in the market since 2007, Litmos solutions include an easy-to-use LMS platform, a comprehensive learning content library, services to support success, and integrations with top workflow tools. Thousands of companies trust Litmos to create, curate, and connect learning to employees, customers, and partners. The solutions are used by more than 30 million people in 150 countries, across 35 languages. Find more information at </span><a href="http://www.litmos.com/"><span data-contrast="none">www.litmos.com</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p></div><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">We are seeking a Manager, Cloud Engineering to lead and develop a team of cloud engineers while serving as a key technical authority for the architecture, reliability, and evolution of our cloud platform. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with team development, driving infrastructure modernization, automation, and operational excellence across our global SaaS environment while building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">We are primarily an Azure-based environment with some cloud systems operating in AWS. A key focus for this role is to guide the strategic evolution and consolidation of our cloud infrastructure, ensure platform stability while simplifying architecture, and cultivate a team of cloud engineers capable of owning these objectives independently.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This is a hands-on leadership role which allows someone to explore their innate curiosity to solve complex challenges, improve engineering systems, and develop talented engineers. They will build and manage a small team of cloud and database engineers while shaping the long-term evolution of our SaaS platform and fostering a culture of technical excellence.</p> <h3 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">What You'll Do</h3> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Technical Leadership &amp; Architecture</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Define and evolve the architecture of the cloud platform on Microsoft Azure</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Own the technical roadmap for the cloud platform and guide modernization initiatives</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure and production issues</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Remain hands-on with infrastructure design, Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep preferred, ARM, or Terraform), and architectural decision-making</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Define reusable platform patterns and infrastructure modules that enable product teams to deploy safely and efficiently</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Establish reliability practices including observability, monitoring, alerting, SLOs, and incident response</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives and provide FinOps leadership across the organization</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Team Leadership &amp; Development</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build, hire, and onboard a high-performing team of cloud engineers aligned with current and future business needs</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular feedback, and manage performance reviews for direct reports</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Create individualized development plans that align with both team objectives and career aspirations</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Mentor and coach engineers on technical skills, leadership capabilities, and career growth</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Provide career pathing guidance and identify internal promotion and advancement opportunities</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Empower team members to own projects, make technical decisions, and grow their ownership and accountability</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture that values technical excellence, continuous learning, and psychological safety</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Delegate appropriately to develop team capability while maintaining hands-on involvement in critical initiatives</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Operations &amp; Strategic Execution</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure infrastructure meets scalability, security, and compliance requirements</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and operational consistency across environments</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Design highly available systems capable of supporting global SaaS workloads</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Implement tooling and reporting that provide transparency into infrastructure usage and cost drivers</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate team productivity, infrastructure automation, and operational insights</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Manage team capacity planning, resource allocation, and workload prioritization</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Drive cross-functional collaboration between cloud engineering, product, security, and other engineering teams</li> </ul> <h3 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Required Qualifications</h3> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles with increasing technical responsibility</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">2+ years of experience in a leadership, management, or senior technical role with direct responsibility for mentoring or developing engineers</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience operating production infrastructure for SaaS platforms</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong expertise with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and architecture</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience working with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Bicep, ARM templates, or Terraform</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong scripting or programming skills in PowerShell, Python, C#, or similar languages</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience designing and operating highly available distributed systems</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Demonstrated ability to lead and develop technical teams</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across organizational levels</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with hiring, onboarding, and performance management of technical teams</li> </ul> <h3 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Preferred Qualifications</h3> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Azure certifications such as AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) or AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect)</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized workloads</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience working across multiple public cloud providers (Azure and AWS)</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience planning or executing cloud migration or platform modernization initiatives</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with SRE practices and modern observability platforms</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools and emerging AI-driven operational platforms</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Prior experience managing remote or distributed engineering teams</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Exposure to engineering management best practices, coaching, and organizational development</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Salary:</strong> ₹3,500,000 - 4,500,000 base salary plus 15% bonus<br><strong>Location:</strong> Pune, Hybrid</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>As a learning company we believe in the potential of everyone; if you don't have experience in all the details mentioned in this job post, then we still encourage you to apply and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>We are an equal opportunity workplace employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.</p> <p>Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.</p></div>