This is a hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3 to 4 days per week. Please note that the number of days on-site can increase based on business needs.
Job Summary:
Private Cloud Operations (PCO) is responsible for the design and operations of Sysco's Data Center and Operating Sites (OpSite) compute/storage/backup worldwide in support of the company's strategic and resilient backbone. We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Manager for the Private Cloud team. As the Senior Manager of Private Cloud, you will lead teams responsible for delivering services in a private cloud data center environment and guiding M&A/Integration teams during discovery, engineering, and migration and operations phases.
This role oversees Edge Compute, Nutanix & VMware, Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), DC Compute, DC Networking (SAN/Management/LAN), DC Storage including Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), EMC, and Backup using HYCU. The ideal candidate will have strong planning and project management experience and will execute multiple, complex projects across diverse geographies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead and manage teams responsible for Edge Compute, Nutanix, VMware, DC Compute, DC Storage, Backup (HYCU), and Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
Ensure efficient and effective operations of Edge Compute, Nutanix, DC Compute, DC Storage (including NUS), and Backup services.
Utilize project management experience to oversee global private cloud service delivery, ensuring redundancy, DR standards, and effective utilization.
Provide technical leadership for teams with expertise in Nutanix & VMware, DC Compute, DC Storage (SAN/NAS), Backup (HYCU), Cisco networking, and fiber channel. Experience with NC2 and Hyperscaler bare metal preferred.
Education Required:
Bachelor's degree with an IT, Management or Engineering focus
Education Preferred:
Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems with a focus on management, and business operations.
Experience Required:
7-10 years of relevant experience. Experience with a large virtual infrastructure environment (5,000 virtual servers and VDI) in multiple datacenter and extended to hyperscalers.
Experience Preferred:
Proven experience leading Global IT teams responsible for server, backup, and/or storage delivery in private cloud environments, preferably in a Fortune 500 environment.
Strong understanding of server, storage, network, compute, and hyperconverged infrastructure technologies.
Technical Skills and Abilities:
Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Regular travel required (10-15%).
Hybrid schedule with expectation of at least 3 days a week in the office in Houston, Texas. Fast‑paced team environment with a high level of communication. This is a global team and the successful candidate will be expected to be able to manage team members in North America, Northern Europe, Asia. Experience working with teams in Global Delivery centers will be critical to being able to success in this role.
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