Manager Cloud Onboarding
Company | T-Mobile |
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Location | Bellevue, WA, USA, Overland Park, KS, USA |
Salary | $126100 – $227600 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and cloud-native development principles.
- Understanding of wireless telecommunications technologies (e.g., VoLTE, EPC, IMS) in the context of cloud integration.
- Familiarity with automation, CI/CD tools, service mesh, and observability frameworks.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to lead through influence and empathy.
- Demonstrated aptitude for managing priorities, stakeholder expectations, and project delivery timelines.
- Passion for mentoring and a clear commitment to developing others—ideal for candidates transitioning into their first official management role.
- At least 18 years of age
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end onboarding lifecycle for telecom-grade applications to a Red Hat OpenShift-based Kubernetes environment.
- Partner with platform engineering, DevOps, and application teams to validate requirements, design onboarding blueprints, and ensure operational readiness.
- Drive the adoption of cloud-native patterns (e.g., microservices, containers, observability) and ensure telecom workloads meet SLAs for performance and resilience.
- Serve as the technical authority for onboarding activities, guiding design decisions, troubleshooting issues, and establishing platform best practices.
- Lead architecture reviews and onboarding planning sessions, aligning application needs with cloud infrastructure capabilities.
- Champion standardization across onboarding projects, promoting reusable patterns and consistent governance models.
- Manage a small but growing team of cloud engineers and onboarding specialists, providing clear expectations, coaching, and performance feedback.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and psychological safety, where team members are empowered to innovate and grow.
- Support individual development plans, encourage technical certifications, and offer mentorship in cloud design, platform tooling, and leadership skills.
- Act as a role model and first-line advocate for diversity, inclusion, and a healthy team culture.
- Align onboarding initiatives with broader cloud strategy, business priorities, and platform scalability goals.
- Act as a trusted liaison between infrastructure, security, network operations, and business stakeholders—ensuring clear communication and shared ownership.
- Represent the team in steering committees, executive updates, and quarterly planning cycles; effectively translate technical risks and opportunities into actionable business context.
- Define and improve onboarding processes, including intake workflows, technical assessments, and production readiness criteria.
- Use metrics and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and accountability.
- Contribute to budgeting, capacity forecasting, and resource planning to scale onboarding operations responsibly.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.