Director - Cloud Platform Engineering - Nike - Portland

Job description
As the Director of Cloud Platform Engineering, you’ll bring the passion and experience of a leader dedicated to building high performance engineering teams. Your team will be responsible for enabling a culture of DevOps throughout Nike’s engineering organization through the creation of a continuous delivery tool chain and process as well as engineering focused infrastructure as a service. You’ll have demonstrated software engineering experience in your past, and be able to participate at all levels from technical architecture and design to communicating clearly with members of both the technical and business leadership.
Nike does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. We are a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. We’re looking for people who can grow, think, dream and create. We thrive in a culture that embraces diversity and rewards imagination. We seek achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about bringing what you have to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

If you’re ready to innovate and lead in the Digital space, join Nike’s Consumer Digital Technology organization. We bring together technology and process expertise to deliver one-stop solutions that enable Nike, Inc.'s digital products and services.
We are responsible for creating, developing and deploying seamless, tailored and inherently social experiences to its Digital consumers. Working with our organization will be rewarding, challenging, and most definitely not be just another job.

Desired Skills and Experience
Required Skills:
5-8 years of experience with Java, Groovy, or equivalent
Direct experience with deploying software into an IaaS (AWS, etc.)
Direct experience scaling services in an IaaS (AWS, etc.)
Ability to participate in technical architecture, technology, and implementation discussions
Ability to lead and grow a team of 15-20 engineers
Manage and provide transparency to commitments (scope, cost, schedule) and risks
Manage supporting software and infrastructure vendors to financial and technical commitments
Work effectively across teams and organizations as the owner of a foundational dependency

Desired:
Bachelor’s Computer Science or equivalent industry experience (15+ years)
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in written form
Ability to pass a standard seven year background check

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