Director of Cloud Architecture and Engineering

The Mission

We are seeking a talented Director to join our growing Cloud Architecture & Engineering team in Mexico. Caylent is rapidly growing our service delivery capabilities in Mexico supporting our US & Canada customer base and this role will be an integral part of leading the region and developing strong technical talent. The right candidate is someone who has deep expertise in managing leaders and guiding the overall success for project implementation for our customers. Your mission will be to work alongside other Directors and develop a team of Engineering Managers, Architects, and Engineers. You’ll work with the latest technologies and with disruptive customers looking to bring innovative ideas to the market. 

Your Assignment

• Act as a country leader supporting Mexico and maintaining a strong network within the community
• Manage a team of up to six (6) Engineering Managers who in turn manage a team of up to six (6) Architects and Engineers 
• Perform technical interviews for Engineering Manager, Architect, and Engineer candidates
• Manage the staffing process and business metrics for your team
• Work with our pre-sales team to shape and define implementation proposals 
• Provide strategic guidance to Engineering Managers on engagements
• Represent your direct reports during bi-annual review sessions
• Perform regular 1:1s with your direct reports and guide their career development
• Develop and improve operational practices and procedures

Your Qualifications

• Experience managing a team of up to 6 direct reports and 30+ indirect reports
• Experience working with AWS
• Previous experience managing and mentoring a technical team 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Enthusiasm for working in a startup environment and the ability to be cross-functional
• Possess a natural curiosity and excitement for learning new technology
• You embody and cultivate the Caylent ‘s values

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a some of the following:
  • Migrations
  • CICD
  • IaC (Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK, Pulumi, etc)
  • Scripting
  • Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate, etc)
  • Cloud Security Best Practices  
  • Networking
  • Incident, release, problem and change management processes
• Experience working in a client-facing environment
• Experience working on agile projects 
• Consultancy/advisory experience

Benefits

• 100% remote work
• Private Health Insurance
• Generous holidays and flexible PTO
• Competitive phantom equity
• Paid for exams and certifications
• Peer bonus awards
• State of the art laptop and tools
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Individual professional development plan
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.   

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].