Director, Platform and Cluster Management

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August 28

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Artificial Intelligence • Data Center and Cloud Computing • High Performance Computing

DDN is a global leader in AI data intelligence solutions, providing high-performance computing and sophisticated data management technologies. With a focus on accelerating AI deployments and advanced data analytics, DDN's products, including the Data Intelligence Platform and advanced storage systems, serve diverse sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and government. DDN is committed to transforming enterprise data infrastructure to leverage the full potential of AI and drive operational efficiency.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1998

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $10M Funding Round on 2011-06

📋 Description

• Lead the engineering managers and teams responsible for building the management, deployment, and monitoring ecosystems of the Infinia product • Ensure alignment, scalability, and consistency across the full software and hardware lifecycle of Infinia • The Director will set the technical vision and strategy, guide manager and team development, and drive cross-functional collaboration with product management, QA, DevOps, Support, and hardware engineering • This leader will ensure that Infinia provides a cohesive, reliable, and user-friendly management experience across all supported platforms • Define and drive the vision for platform and cluster management in alignment with overall Infinia product strategy • Translate business objectives into technical roadmaps for both teams and foster a culture of engineering excellence • Provide career development, mentorship, and performance feedback to managers and senior engineers • Scale the organization to meet product and business growth needs • Execute end-to-end delivery of features spanning software deployment, upgrades, hardware and firmware management, monitoring, licensing, security, and APIs/CLIs • Oversee integration and alignment between platform and cluster management entry points • Establish clear ownership boundaries and cross-team collaboration processes • Partner with product management to shape requirements and priorities; coordinate with devops on deployment and automation; work with QE to ensure high quality • Collaborate with support and field engineering on customer issues, feedback loops, and product quality; engage with hardware vendors, certification partners, and cloud providers to ensure ecosystem readiness • Champion testability, reliability, and security across all deliverables; drive documentation and publication consistency; implement metrics, monitoring, and KPIs for engineering execution and product quality • Participate in an on-call rotation as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams or organizations, ideally at the Director level or atleast 12+ years of experience • Strong technical background in distributed systems, platform engineering, storage, or cluster management • Demonstrated success in managing managers and scaling engineering organizations • Experience with software deployment, hardware lifecycle management, monitoring, or orchestration systems • Excellent communication skills and ability to work across technical and business stakeholders • Strong organizational and decision-making skills; able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution • This position requires participation in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support as needed