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# Head of Cloud & Infrastructure

- **Company:** Cloudflight GmbH
- **Location:** Wien, Austria (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €64,554.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apache ActiveMQ, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Ubuntu (Operating System), CentOS, Cloud Computing, Linux, Open Source Technology, OpenShift, OpenStack, Software Engineering, SonarQube, Google Cloud, Gitlab, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Teamcity, Docker, Artifactory
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://devjobs.at/job/f0fdf40580a8903d8a8f1f5ee4efa8bd

## About the Role

* Proven track record in workforce planning, capacity management, and resource allocation across multiple teams or locations, with the ability to align staffing decisions with business priorities and client demands.
 * Demonstrated ability to coach and develop leaders through regular feedback, performance management, and succession planning, while building resilient and scalable team organizations.
 * Fluency in both German and English, written and spoken., * Minimum 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, consulting, or a related field, including at least 5 years in a people leadership role with demonstrated experience in leading managers and building high-performing organizations.
 * Deep technical expertise in cloud and infrastructure, including hands-on experience with platforms like Azure, AWS or GCP, as well as open source and cloud native technologies like OpenShift, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux & Containers (e.g. Ubuntu, CentOs, Docker), Gitlab, Teamcity, SonarQube, Artifactory, Kafka, ActiveMQ.
 * Strong understanding of utilization, billability, compensation structures, and cost management, combined with experience contributing to budget planning and using workforce KPIs to drive data-informed decisions.
 * Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience collaborating across cross-functional stakeholders such as Sales, Delivery, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and executive leadership, and the ability to represent the stream in strategic discussions.

## Description

* Azure
 * AWS
 * Google Cloud Platform
 * OpenShift
 * OpenStack
 * Kubernetes
 * Linux
 * Ubuntu
 * CentOS
 * Docker
 * GitLab
 * TeamCity
 * SonarQube
 * Artifactory
 * Apache Kafka
 * ActiveMQ

Deine Rolle im Team

 * At Cloudflight, you'll lead a team of talented cloud and infrastructure specialists, driving the technical strategy and building the organizational foundation that enables over 800 brilliant minds to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions to clients across industries.
 * Your daily tasks will include leading, developing, and inspiring a team of cloud and infrastructure specialists, fostering a culture of collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous growth while acting as a role model for your people leaders.
 * Defining and driving the cloud and infrastructure strategy and technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and contributing to innovation initiatives in close collaboration with the CTO organization.
 * Overseeing the design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring reliability, compliance, and performance across environments.
 * Managing capacities, skill mix, and utilization by identifying gaps, initiating hiring decisions in collaboration with Talent Acquisition, and ensuring specialists are staffed to project demands in a timely and skill-appropriate manner.
 * Contributing to budget planning, including headcount projections, compensation, and skill development investments, while monitoring delivery KPIs and driving corrective actions together with the VP Group Delivery.
 * Collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Presales, Delivery, and People & Culture to align on planning activities, support presales engagements, and facilitate two-way communication between leadership and the team.


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