Manager - VMaaS & CaaS Platforms (Enterprise & Labs)

**Welcome!**.* Ensure platforms meet Intel security, Information Security, and audit requirements.* Own remediation of platform‐level vulnerabilities, configuration drift, and compliance gaps.* Embed security into platform design, upgrades, and operational workflows.* Lead and develop a highly skilled platform team spanning VM, Kubernetes, and automation expertise.* Build succession depth and reduce single‐point‐of‐failure dependencies.* Create a motivating environment that balances KTBR work with innovation and engineering growth, particularly for senior talent.* Serve as the primary interface to: + Application teams + Labs stakeholders + Enterprise IT leaders + strategic vendors* Set clear expectations on service boundaries, SLAs, and platform responsibilities.* Proven leadership of large‐scale infrastructure or platform teams* Strong background in: + Virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper‐V) + Kubernetes / container platforms + Infrastructure automation and lifecycle management* Experience operating mission‐critical platforms at enterprise scale* Skills to lead through transformation under cost and headcount pressure* Strong familiarity with AI‐assisted IT operations concepts and tools, including their application to infrastructure, Kubernetes, and platform operations.* Hands‐on and leadership experience using AI and automation to improve operational efficiency* People Leadership & Management + Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing high performing technical teams in complex, high pressure environments. + Skills to build engagement, accountability, and trust, especially in globally distributed teams.* Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate complex technical and operational topics* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or closely related technical field* 5+ years of people management experience leading infrastructure or platform engineering teams of 10+ engineers* 3+ years of hands-on technical experience with virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V) AND container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker Swarm)- 2+ years of experience in: * People management in infrastructure or cloud platform organizations * Managing teams of 15+ engineers across multiple technical disciplines * Public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) including IaaS, PaaS, and container services * Designing and operating hybrid or multi-cloud environments * Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef) * AI/ML operations tools (Datadog AI, Splunk ITSI, Dynatrace Davis, or similar AIOps platforms) * CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions) * Operating platforms supporting 1000+ virtual machines or 100+ Kubernetes clusters * Enterprise monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk) * Enterprise security and compliance frameworks (SOX, ISO 27001, NIST) #J-18808-Ljbffr Intel Corporation