T Mobile US
Cloud Design Manager
At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Job Overview
A motivated and technically-grounded Cloud Design Manager to lead the onboarding of internal wireless telecommunications applicationssuch as voice, data, and signalingonto our Red Hat-based Kubernetes private cloud platform. This is a pivotal opportunity for a people manager with a strong background in telecom and cloud-native technologies to shape processes, mentor engineers, and bridge the gap between infrastructure and application domains. Job Responsibilities
Cloud & Application Onboarding: Own the end-to-end onboarding lifecycle for telecom-grade applications to a Red Hat OpenShift-based Kubernetes environment. Partner with platform engineering, DevOps, and application teams to validate requirements, design onboarding blueprints, and ensure operational readiness. Drive the adoption of cloud-native patterns (e.g., microservices, containers, observability) and ensure telecom workloads meet SLAs for performance and resilience. Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical authority for onboarding activities, guiding design decisions, troubleshooting issues, and establishing platform best practices. Lead architecture reviews and onboarding planning sessions, aligning application needs with cloud infrastructure capabilities. Champion standardization across onboarding projects, promoting reusable patterns and consistent governance models. People Management & Mentoring: Manage a small but growing team of cloud engineers and onboarding specialists, providing clear expectations, coaching, and performance feedback. Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and psychological safety, where team members are empowered to innovate and grow. Support individual development plans, encourage technical certifications, and offer mentorship in cloud design, platform tooling, and leadership skills. Act as a role model and first-line advocate for diversity, inclusion, and a healthy team culture. Strategic Influence & Cross-Functional Alignment: Align onboarding initiatives with broader cloud strategy, business priorities, and platform scalability goals. Act as a trusted liaison between infrastructure, security, network operations, and business stakeholdersensuring clear communication and shared ownership. Represent the team in steering committees, executive updates, and quarterly planning cycles; effectively translate technical risks and opportunities into actionable business context. Define and improve onboarding processes, including intake workflows, technical assessments, and production readiness criteria. Use metrics and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and accountability. Contribute to budgeting, capacity forecasting, and resource planning to scale onboarding operations responsibly. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and cloud-native development principles. Understanding of wireless telecommunications technologies (e.g., VoLTE, EPC, IMS) in the context of cloud integration. Familiarity with automation, CI/CD tools, service mesh, and observability frameworks. Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to lead through influence and empathy. Demonstrated aptitude for managing priorities, stakeholder expectations, and project delivery timelines. Passion for mentoring and a clear commitment to developing othersideal for candidates transitioning into their first official management role. Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No Safety Sensitive Position:
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No Base Pay Range: $126,100 - $227,600 Corporate Bonus Target: 15% The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range. At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out
www.t-mobilebenefits.com . Never stop growing! As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladderit's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growthand we applaud it. You're unstoppable! T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated. Talent comes in all forms at the Un-carrier. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing ApplicantAccommodation@t-mobile.com or calling 1-844-873-9500. Please note, this contact channel is not a means to apply for or inquire about a position and we are unable to respond to non-accommodation related requests.
At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Job Overview
A motivated and technically-grounded Cloud Design Manager to lead the onboarding of internal wireless telecommunications applicationssuch as voice, data, and signalingonto our Red Hat-based Kubernetes private cloud platform. This is a pivotal opportunity for a people manager with a strong background in telecom and cloud-native technologies to shape processes, mentor engineers, and bridge the gap between infrastructure and application domains. Job Responsibilities
Cloud & Application Onboarding: Own the end-to-end onboarding lifecycle for telecom-grade applications to a Red Hat OpenShift-based Kubernetes environment. Partner with platform engineering, DevOps, and application teams to validate requirements, design onboarding blueprints, and ensure operational readiness. Drive the adoption of cloud-native patterns (e.g., microservices, containers, observability) and ensure telecom workloads meet SLAs for performance and resilience. Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical authority for onboarding activities, guiding design decisions, troubleshooting issues, and establishing platform best practices. Lead architecture reviews and onboarding planning sessions, aligning application needs with cloud infrastructure capabilities. Champion standardization across onboarding projects, promoting reusable patterns and consistent governance models. People Management & Mentoring: Manage a small but growing team of cloud engineers and onboarding specialists, providing clear expectations, coaching, and performance feedback. Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and psychological safety, where team members are empowered to innovate and grow. Support individual development plans, encourage technical certifications, and offer mentorship in cloud design, platform tooling, and leadership skills. Act as a role model and first-line advocate for diversity, inclusion, and a healthy team culture. Strategic Influence & Cross-Functional Alignment: Align onboarding initiatives with broader cloud strategy, business priorities, and platform scalability goals. Act as a trusted liaison between infrastructure, security, network operations, and business stakeholdersensuring clear communication and shared ownership. Represent the team in steering committees, executive updates, and quarterly planning cycles; effectively translate technical risks and opportunities into actionable business context. Define and improve onboarding processes, including intake workflows, technical assessments, and production readiness criteria. Use metrics and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and accountability. Contribute to budgeting, capacity forecasting, and resource planning to scale onboarding operations responsibly. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and cloud-native development principles. Understanding of wireless telecommunications technologies (e.g., VoLTE, EPC, IMS) in the context of cloud integration. Familiarity with automation, CI/CD tools, service mesh, and observability frameworks. Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to lead through influence and empathy. Demonstrated aptitude for managing priorities, stakeholder expectations, and project delivery timelines. Passion for mentoring and a clear commitment to developing othersideal for candidates transitioning into their first official management role. Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No Safety Sensitive Position:
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No Base Pay Range: $126,100 - $227,600 Corporate Bonus Target: 15% The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range. At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out
www.t-mobilebenefits.com . Never stop growing! As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladderit's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growthand we applaud it. You're unstoppable! T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated. Talent comes in all forms at the Un-carrier. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing ApplicantAccommodation@t-mobile.com or calling 1-844-873-9500. Please note, this contact channel is not a means to apply for or inquire about a position and we are unable to respond to non-accommodation related requests.