Director Software Engineering, Runtime and cross plane Engineering, ITC

Position Type

Full Time

Career area

Software Engineering

Location

4/F, WeWork, Embassy GolfLinks, Karnataka, Karnātaka 560093, India

Job ID

R-87007

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It’s a place where passionate individuals come together to create the future of sport. We are unapologetic about who we are and what we’re after—bringing innovation and inspiration to every athlete in the world. We look for athletes who can push boundaries, elevate our potential and continue leading us to greatness. The next tastemakers, playmakers, risk takers and glue players. Are you game?

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:

You will report to the Senior Director of Cloud Runtime and Control Plane Engineering and manage two specialized engineering teams. You'll collaborate extensively with cloud infrastructure consumers across the organization, partnering with development teams, application owners, and business units who rely on your platform services. You'll work closely with other infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and avoid operational silos.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We're seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive our Cloud Runtime and Control plane engineering team in our India Technology Center. You will help drive engineering efforts around developing the Kubernetes. Based control plane foundations as well as development and operations of several critical control planes enablingtwo specialized teams focused on provising managed cloud compute, network, storage, and edge functionality.

The ideal candidate is an engineer at heart combining deep technical expertise with proven leadership skills to deliver best-in-class agility, availability, resiliency, security, and performance. You'll need both the technical depth to architect enterprise-scale solutions and the leadership abilities to guide teams through complex transformations using metrics-driven, evidence-based approaches.

This role requires a strong emphasis on operational excellence, with focus on scaling through automation to enable toil reduction and minimize human error across all platform operations

Key Qualification:

15+ years of progressive engineering experience (with at least 5 in a leadership role)

BS/MS degree in a technical discipline (CS/EE/ etc)

Proven experience leading specialized engineering teams through major technology transitions, particularly in cloud networking and compute governance

Track record of building and scaling platform engineering organizations with focus on self-service capabilities

Experience partnering with diverse stakeholders including infrastructure consumers, security teams, and technical product management

Demonstrated ability to develop talent, manage budgets, and remove delivery blockers in complex, multi-team environments

Experience working with globally dispersed teams working in a matrixed organization

Deep expertise in AWS with strong network focus, including advanced VPC design, subnetting, routing, and security groups

Extensive experience with Azure integration and networking architectures

Hands-on proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Terraform and Crossplane for multi-cloud resource management

Strong expertise in Kubernetes container orchestration, including cluster management, networking, and application deployment patterns

Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub integration

Experience with Platform Engineering, DevOps practices, and Configuration Management

Knowledge of CDN, DNS, containerization technologies, Edge Platform, and Infrastructure as a Service Platform technologies

Prior experience migrating from on-premises to Cloud Native infrastructure with focus on network and container transformation

Ability to establish best-practice software engineering methodologies for global, 24x7, high-volume, high-availability environments using metrics-based KPIs

Strong focus on operational excellence with emphasis on automation-driven scaling to reduce toil and minimize human error

Strong sense of ownership with focus on ensuring customer and user success

Experience developing software and infrastructure roadmaps to meet business goals for availability, resiliency, and performance

Proven capability to lead innovation and strategic direction in cloud and edge compute design and implementation

Experience implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices to improve system reliability and operational efficiency

Strong collaboration skills to ensure cloud engineering capabilities meet emerging business requirements

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

You will help drive engineering efforts around developing the Kubernetes. Based control plane foundations as well as development and operations of several critical control planes enablingtwo specialized teams focused on provising managed cloud compute, network, storage, and edge functionality.

Your responsibility includes:

Work with counterparts in other Geos to define and execute the technical vision for our cloud infrastructure platform

Translate business strategies and objectives into strategic technical direction and delivery plans

Present vision, strategies, roadmaps, and progress to Senior and Executive Leadership

Lead and grow local engineering team of individual contrutors and managers

Drive transformation from unmanaged to managed cloud resources using declarative technologies.

Implement policies to ensure consistent, secure, and efficient resource utilization

Implement automation strategies focused on toil reduction and elimination of manual, error-prone processes

Create self-service platforms and automation capabilities through Platform Engineering and DevOps practices

Foster a culture of operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and continuous improvement practices

Architect and deliver lifecycle management solutions for cloud resources using technologies which reconcile and perform drift detection (terraform, K8s operators, crossplane, etc). Resources under management will include compute, network, storage (including enterprise backup), dns, and cdn.

Design and implement cloud governance policies and automation to ensure secure, reliable, efficient, and compliant resources.

Build multi-cloud control plane architectures using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Crossplane, and Kubernetes Operators.

Build and manage Kubernetes-based container orchestration platforms for scalable application delivery

Collaborate with Architecture and Product Management to develop platform capabilities leveraging our core technology stack

Modern observability tooling to enable best practices for operational excellence

Partner with Corporate Security to implement security-first cloud governance frameworks

Manage CI/CD automation through Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub integration strategies

Identify and assess technology trends, articulating strategic technology recommendations

Ensure successful delivery of roadmap items through cross-functional problem-solving

Leverage AI technologies as a force multiplier – especially in toil reduction

A key aspect of this position is 24x7 oncall and operational excellence

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.

What You Can Expect

OUR HIRING GAME PLAN

01 Apply

Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.

02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment

If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.

03 Interview

Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.