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The Manager of Virtual Machines as a Service (VMaaS), and Containers as a Service (CaaS) Platforms team, is accountable for the endâtoâend ownership, reliability, and evolution of Intelâs VMaaS and CaaS Â platforms across Enterprise IT and Labs.
This role ensures stable operations, scalable architecture, and disciplined lifecycle management of VMaaS and CaaS environments, while leading the transition through platform modernization, EOL migrations, AI and automationâdriven operations.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Ownership & Accountability
Own VMaaS and CaaS platforms endâtoâend, including architecture, operations, lifecycle, security posture, and service quality.
Act as the single accountable owner for platform outcomes, aligning responsibility, authority, and execution.
Ensure consistent service delivery for both Enterprise IT and Labs workloads, balancing scale, performance, and resilience
Operational Excellence
Ensure 24x7 availability, incident response readiness, and operational stability.
Drive standardization, patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.
Improving process maturity, automation, and capacity planning.
Platform Modernization & Transformation
Lead major platform initiatives including:
VMware EOL and HyperâV migration
Provisioning tooling transition (VRA replacement / iLab adoption)
Kubernetes version upgrades and lifecycle alignment
Security & Compliance
Ensure platforms meet Intel security, Information Security, and audit requirements.
Own remediation of platformâlevel vulnerabilities, configuration drift, and compliance gaps.
Embed security into platform design, upgrades, and operational workflows.
AIâEnabled Operations & Efficiency
Drive the adoption of AI and automation tools to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual work, and lower runâcosts across VMaaS and CaaS platforms.
Leverage AIâassisted operations for proactive incident detection and noise reduction
Promote use of AIâpowered tooling for operational insights and dashboards and Intelligent alerting and trend analysis
Identify opportunities where AI can replace or reduce humanâintensive processes, helping rebalance senior talent away from pure run work toward engineering and transformation.
People Leadership & Talent Development
Lead and develop a highly skilled platform team spanning VM, Kubernetes, and automation expertise.
Build succession depth and reduce singleâpointâofâfailure dependencies.
Create a motivating environment that balances KTBR work with innovation and engineering growth, particularly for senior talent.
Stakeholder & Partner Management
Serve as the primary interface to:
Application teams
Labs stakeholders
Enterprise IT leaders
strategic vendors
Set clear expectations on service boundaries, SLAs, and platform responsibilities.
As a successful candidate, you must possess:
Proven leadership of largeâscale infrastructure or platform teams
Strong background in:
Virtualization platforms (VMware, HyperâV)
Kubernetes / container platforms
Infrastructure automation and lifecycle management
Experience operating missionâcritical platforms at enterprise scale
Skills to lead through transformation under cost and headcount pressure
Strong familiarity with AIâassisted IT operations concepts and tools, including their application to infrastructure, Kubernetes, and platform operations.
Handsâon and leadership experience using AI and automation to improve operational efficiency
People Leadership & Management
Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing high performing technical teams in complex, high pressure environments.
Skills to build engagement, accountability, and trust, especially in globally distributed teams.
Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate complex technical and operational topics
Join Intel and lead platforms that power innovation across one of the world's most influential technology companies. This role offers the perfect blend of technical leadership, strategic impact, and career growth in either our thriving Phoenix or innovative Hillsboro locations.
You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. This position is not eligible for Intel immigration sponsorship.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelorâs degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or closely related technical field
5+ years of people management experience leading infrastructure or platform engineering teams of 10+ engineers
3+ years of hands-on technical experience with virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V) AND container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker Swarm)
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or related technical field
Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Architect, CKA, or CKAD)
2+ years of experience in:
People management in infrastructure or cloud platform organizations
Managing teams of 15+ engineers across multiple technical disciplines
Public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) including IaaS, PaaS, and container services
Designing and operating hybrid or multi-cloud environments
Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
AI/ML operations tools (Datadog AI, Splunk ITSI, Dynatrace Davis, or similar AIOps platforms)
CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions)
Operating platforms supporting 1000+ virtual machines or 100+ Kubernetes clusters
Enterprise monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk)
Enterprise security and compliance frameworks (SOX, ISO 27001, NIST)
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We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $160,980.00-311,040.00 USDThe rangintel