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Job Title: Director, Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineering
We seek a visionary and technically accomplished Director of Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineering to lead the design, development, and evolution of our cloud-native platform capabilities. This strategic engineering leadership role is pivotal in building scalable, secure, and resilient cloud and container platforms while driving innovation in platform development across the organization.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in cloud platform engineering across Azure,GCP, and AWS andKubernetes ecosystem development, and multi-cloud architectures, along with a proven track record of building and leading high-performing platform engineering teams. Your engineering leadership will be instrumental in designing foundational platform capabilities, developer experiences, and self-service infrastructure that accelerate the entire engineering organization.
Platform Engineering Strategy
Own P&L responsibility, technology budget management, and ROI optimization for enterprise platform investments acrossAzure,GCP, and AWS.
Multi-Cloud Platform Development & Architecture
Develop our next-generation cloud-native platforms spanningAzure,GCP,and AWSenabling scalable, portable workloads across a unified multi-cloud estate.
Design and implement cloud-specific platform capabilities: AWS landing zones using Control Tower and Organizations; Azure platform engineering with Management Groups, Policy, and Blueprints; GCP platform design leveraging Organization Policies, Shared VPC, and Resource Hierarchy.
Build and govern a consistent cloud abstraction layer that normalizes networking, IAM, secrets management, and compute across all threehyperscalers.
Lead the engineering of cloud-native managed Kubernetes services Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE into a cohesive, centrally governed multi-cluster platform.
Lead the engineering of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks, CI/CD platform toolchains, and automation pipelines to support rapid, repeatable delivery across clouds.
Drive platform reliability engineering through proactive design, SLO-based engineering, error budgets, and scalable capacity planning.
Kubernetes & Container Platform Engineering
Lead the design, development, and lifecycle management of enterprise Kubernetes platforms across EKS, AKS, and GKE, including cluster architecture, networking, storage, and multi-tenancy patterns.
Build and mature container platform capabilities including image management, runtime security, policy enforcement, and workload scheduling.
Cloud Networking & Connectivity Engineering
Partner with the networking team on the design and engineeringcloud networking foundations including AWS Transit Gateway and VPC architecture, Azure Virtual WAN and Hub-Spoke topologies, and GCP Shared VPC and Cloud Interconnect patterns.
Support the networking team on the build and maintain private connectivity frameworkssuch asAWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, and GCP Dedicated Interconnect, ensuring high-availability hybrid and multi-cloud network paths.
Cloud Identity, Security & Compliance Engineering
Engineer cloud governance frameworks and embed compliance controls (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2) natively into the platform using AWS Config, Azure Policy, and GCP Organization Policies.
Champion platform-level security engineering practices across all cloud environments, including secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager), identity federation, and zero-trust networking.
Inspire, mentor, and manage a global team of cloud platform engineers, Kubernetes specialists, and DevOps practitioners.
Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
Cost & FinOps Engineering
In partnership with the Cloud FinOps teamDesign cost-aware platform architectures and implement FinOps practices to optimize cloud expenditure across AWS, Azure, and GCP without compromising performance or security.
Innovation & Platform Evolution
Stay ahead of emerging cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes ecosystem developments, andhyperscalerservice releases, proactively integrating capabilities that enhance platform value.
Drive adoption of emerging patterns includingGitOps,eBPF-based networking, WASM workloads, and AI/ML platform infrastructure across AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, and GCP Vertex AI.
Qualifications & Critical Skills
Deep, hands-on expertise across all three majorhyperscalers: AWS (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, Control Tower), Azure (AKS, Entra ID, Virtual WAN, Azure Policy), and GCP (GKE, Shared VPC, Organization Policy, Vertex AI).
Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes — including cluster design, operators, custom resource definitions (CRDs), Helm, and the broader CNCF ecosystem.
Strong command of platform engineering principles: internal developer platforms, golden paths, self-service infrastructure, and developer experience (DevEx).
Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform,Pulumi),GitOps(Flux,ArgoCD), and CI/CD platform tooling.
Experience with cloud-native security engineering including RBAC, policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper), CSPM tooling, and supply chain security.
Office requirement: We are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office.
Relocation is not budgeted for this role
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson,
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$126,900 - $169,200
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