Uber Manager Cloud Engineering - Capacity Strategy & Efficiency 

United States, West Virginia 

266384266

About the Role

OES (Office of Efficiency and Sustainability) works collaboratively for the purpose of developing strategies focused on infrastructure efficiency and cost optimizations. You will work closely with product & platform engineering, product management, strategic finance, and infrastructure partners to manage cloud storage efficiency programs and cloud financial analysis to support scalable infrastructure. This role will require a deep understanding of cloud efficiency management, resource forecasting, cloud management platforms, along with hands-on experience in managing cloud pricing models, optimizing consumption, and driving process improvements across teams. Additionally, having knowledge and experience with storage optimization strategies will be hugely beneficial.

As a key leader, you will partner to drive cost-saving initiatives and refine internal workflows to enhance collaboration and efficiency in managing cloud infrastructure. You will also serve as a strategic partner to key stakeholders across the organization, ensuring alignment on infrastructure needs, resource planning, and cost management.

Consumption & Cost Optimization:

Develop and implement cost management strategies to optimize cloud resource consumption and reduce waste particularly with storage and data lake services.

Stakeholder Management & Communication:

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1. 5+ years of experience in technical program management, with majority years focused on cloud infrastructure management, capacity planning, and/or resource demand forecasting.
2. Proven experience in managing cloud environments at scale, including strong experience with GCP, AWS, Azure and/or OCI.
3. Extensive experience in cloud cost optimization, including hands-on experience with cloud vendor pricing models, Reserved Instances, CUDs/Reservations, and other cost and capacity optimization strategies.

Education:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

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Skills & Knowledge:

1. Strong understanding of cloud architecture, resource provisioning, and capacity management.
2. Expertise in using data-driven approaches for cloud resource forecasting, cost management, and capacity optimization.
3. Good knowledge of cloud vendor-specific tools and features for resource utilization and provisioning, cost optimization, and pricing models.
4. Experience with creating operational excellence for capacity management, supply allocation, demand vs supply reconciliation.
5. Familiarity with capacity management and cost optimization tools across multiple cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).

Stakeholder Management & Communication:

1. Strong ability to manage and influence a broad set of internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, technical teams, and finance teams.
2. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical and financial information into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.

Leadership & Program Management:

1. Proven success in managing cross-functional teams and initiatives.
2. Experience leading and mentoring teams, driving continuous process improvement, and managing multiple projects in parallel.
3. Ability to lead without direct authority and influence decision-making across various teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with advanced analytics & visualization (python, SQL, ETL, gsheets, Looker), machine learning, or AI-driven forecasting for resource planning and cost optimization.
2. Experience in rapidly scaling environments, with a focus on driving both performance and cost efficiency in cloud resource management.

* Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to .