Senior Engineering Manager, Anaplan

• Extensive managerial experience in a high-growth environment, specifically running production data centres or private cloud
• Infrastructure at scale
• Proven ability to lead diverse and distributed teams of technical professionals in a 24/7 large-scale infrastructure environment
• Strong technical foundation in operating production private cloud services (OpenStack), hypervisors (KVM), and bare-metal provisioning
• (MAAS/Ironic), coupled with a solid understanding of container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience with modern automation, configuration management, and DevOps practices (Terraform, Python, Ansible, Juju, Bash)
• Experience with infrastructure observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki), security best practices, and infrastructure cost management
• Adept in stakeholder management, capable of influencing outcomes andcommunicating technical details to a non-technical audience
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills, with an ability to motivate and guide teams towards achieving strict business
• And technology goals
• Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, and preferably a master’s degree in a relevant discipline
• Experience managing teams in an agile environment
• Leadership in large-scale, production private cloud environments (OpenStack)
• Managing senior engineering resources and infrastructure lifecycles
• Supporting Kubernetes/containerised workloads on top of private cloud infrastructure
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management
• Production hardware management, private cloud architectures, and operational resilience strategies

Desirable

• At Anaplan, our Infrastructure Services team provides the foundational infrastructure that powers our global data centres. We operate the Anaplan Private Cloud a mature, production-grade Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform built on OpenStack
• We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for managing, scaling, and optimising this extensive private cloud environment
• With your guidance, the team will ensure our production platform delivers the high availability, security, and unparalleled agility required by Anaplan’s internal engineering teams and customers
• Lead, manage, and expand a team of Infrastructure Engineers responsible for the operational excellence, scaling, and maintenance of our production OpenStack private cloud across multiple global regions
• Define and execute the ongoing engineering strategy for our production private cloud, focusing on reliability, capacity management, and performance optimisation, ensuring it optimally supports our internal consumers and Kubernetes workloads
• Communicate effectively; reach out to other teams involved in the delivery of your services and help information to flow between teams
• Foster a collaborative culture that emphasises operational maturity, automation, quality, and continuous improvement
• Oversee the development and execution of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management using tools such as Terraform, Python, Juju, and GitHub
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across the organisation (including SRE, SecOps, and Product Engineering) to ensure private cloud services align with business goals and SLAs
• Manage and mentor team members, providing career development planning, coaching, and performance management
• Drive initiatives to optimise hardware utilisation and improve system performance across our physical data centres
• Leverage emerging AI tooling and frameworks to enhance the management, automation, and operations of our infrastructure environments
• Promote and uphold best practices in private cloud security, high availability, and scalability
• Evaluate new infrastructure technologies and vendor offerings to continually evolve the Anaplan Private Cloud stack