Head of IaaS (M/F)

Cloud Temple is a leading player in the sovereign cloud in France, helping businesses and public sector organisations to host and transform their most critical applications.

Qualified SecNumCloud by ANSSI, our platform meets the most stringent requirements in terms of security, availability and compliance. We master hybridisation with the major hyperscalers (Azure, AWS) while defending a sovereign, transparent approach rooted in European values.

With over 300 employees throughout France, we operate within a decentralised organisation that encourages autonomy, initiative and accountability. At Cloud Temple, every employee has the opportunity to develop his or her expertise, to take on high added-value projects and to grow within a framework of lasting trust.

Against this backdrop of growth and technological ambition, we're recruiting our Head of IaaS - a strategic, structuring role at the heart of the performance and evolution of our multi-tenant cloud platform.

Your tasks
Reporting to the CTO, you will have overall responsibility for Cloud Temple's IaaS platforms and products - from vision to operations, including management of a team of around 30 staff.

• Define and steer the IaaS roadmap (compute, storage, network, connectivity), in direct liaison with the CTO and CPO, to align technical ambitions with business objectives
• Design and operate highly available, certified platforms (SecNumCloud, HDS, ISO 27001), with high resilience, performance and scalability requirements
• Industrialising and automating infrastructure practices (IaC, CI/CD, SRE) to improve reliability and reduce time-to-market
• Managing and structuring the teams (~30 people): defining the Target Operating Model, recruiting talent, developing skills and fostering a culture of operational excellence
• Managing the platform's economic performance: budget, CAPEX/OPEX, capacity planning and monitoring profitability indicators

Training: 5-year degree, engineering school or university equivalent. Cloud or security certifications (e.g. AWS, Azure, CISSP) are an asset.

Experience:

• At least 10 years in critical infrastructure (computing, networking, storage, data centre)
• At least 5 years' experience in technical team management
• Significant experience with a cloud provider or multi-tenant IaaS host is essential

Skills required:

• Proficiency in large-scale virtualisation platforms (VMware, KVM, Xen or equivalent)
• Solid grounding in backbone networks, operator connectivity and software-defined storage
• Experience of infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible or equivalent)
• Experience in SRE, observability and high availability
• Knowledge of certified and restricted environments (SecNumCloud, HDS, ISO 27001)

Expected leadership

• IaaS product vision and customer focus
• Ability to manage budget, roadmap and organisation simultaneously
• Ability to balance technical, financial and business issues
• Clear executive communication and assertive cross-functional leadership

Why join Cloud Temple?

Joining Cloud Temple means becoming part of one of the few SecNumCloud-qualified French players, at the heart of the digital sovereignty issues that are defining the future of the cloud in Europe.

You'll be working in a decentralised organisation on a human scale, with real autonomy and decision-making close to the ground. You will play a role in with a high strategic impact, This is a major project, with extensive responsibility for the technology, teams and economic performance of a critical platform.

With us, the projects are ambitious, the technical issues demanding, and the employees are treated like real experts who are trusted. It's an environment where you can build, innovate and leave a lasting impression.

Cloud Temple is proud to promote diversity and inclusion. This position is open to all, including disabled workers, with equal qualifications.

📩 Does this job appeal to you? Apply directly or contact our recruitment team - we'll be delighted to talk to you.