About this role
The Hosting Lifecycle Leader ensures GE Aerospace keeps on-premise and cloud infrastructure secure, supported, standardized, and cost-effective over time. The role owns lifecycle governance across operating systems, hardware, images, managed services, and platform versions, driving upgrade and migration programs with minimal disruption.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain current-to-target roadmaps for on-prem OS/hardware refresh and cloud service versions
- Establish and lead governance for standards, exceptions, and EOL/EOS risk across on-prem and cloud
- Maintain standard service catalogs including approved OS builds, golden AMIs/OCI images, Kubernetes base versions, and managed database engine versions
- Align with security on baseline configurations, patching cadence, CIS/STIG compliance, tagging, and identity standards
- Monitor vendor/provider notices for EOL/deprecations/security advisories and publish lifecycle dashboards and reports
Technical Overview
You will define current-to-target roadmaps and governance for EOL/EOS risk across on-prem and public cloud, including AWS environments that use EKS and RDS and Kubernetes-based container platforms. Work includes maintaining service catalogs (approved OS builds, golden AMIs/OCI images, Kubernetes base versions, and managed database engine versions) and enforcing security practices such as CIS/STIG compliance, patching cadence, tagging, and identity standards.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an infrastructure/cloud leader who can own lifecycle governance for on-prem and public cloud platforms, including operating systems, hardware, images, and managed services. They have hands-on experience with AWS services (EKS, RDS) and Kubernetes, and they drive upgrade/migration programs by managing EOL/EOS risk, security compliance, and cost/capacity tradeoffs.
Must-Have Skills
Own the lifecycle of operating systemshardwareimagesmanaged servicesand platform versionsDefine and maintain current-to-target roadmaps for on-prem OS/hardware refresh and cloud service versionsEstablish and lead governance for standardsexceptionsand EOL/EOS risk across on-prem and cloudDefine and maintain standard service catalogs: approved OS buildshardware platformsgolden AMIs/OCI imagesapproved cloud servicesKubernetes base versionsand managed database engine versionsAlign with security on baseline configurationspatching cadenceCIS/STIG compliancetaggingand identity standardsMonitor vendor/provider notices for EOLdeprecationsand security advisoriesPublish dashboards and reports on lifecycle postureEOL exposureupgrade progressexceptionsand cost impact
Nice-to-Have Skills
Skilled level expertise in running Infrastructure management processes to monitor quantity and quality systemsUnderstands technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction aligning with business goal
Tools & Platforms
Amazon Web ServicesAWSEKSRDSKubernetesCISSTIG
Required Skills
Infrastructure lifecycleon-premise and cloud infrastructureoperating systemshardwareimagesmanaged servicesplatform versionsupgrade/migration programsgovernancedata centersAmazon Web ServicesEKSRDScontainer platformsbase imagescurrent-to-target roadmapsdecision frameworksblueprintsrisk security capacity coststandards exceptions EOL/EOS riskservice catalogsgolden AMIsOCI imagesKubernetes base versionsmanaged database engine versionsbaseline configurationspatching cadenceCIS/STIG compliancetaggingidentity standardsvendor/provider noticessecurity advisoriesdashboards and reportsplaybooksgovernance packetsdecision logs
Hard Skills
operating systemshardwareimagesmanaged servicesplatform versionson-premise and cloud infrastructure lifecycleupgrade/migration programsgovernancearchitectureprogram deliveryoperational leadershipdata centerspublic cloudAmazon Web ServicesEKSRDSLinuxcontainer platformsbase imagesdecision frameworksblueprintsrisk managementsecuritycapacity and cost alignmentmigration/refactor pathsstandards and exceptionsEOL/EOS riskservice catalogsgolden AMIsOCI imagesKubernetes base versionsmanaged database engine versionsbaseline configurationspatching cadenceCIS/STIG compliancetaggingidentity standardsvendor/provider noticessecurity advisoriesdashboards and reportslifecycle postureEOL exposureupgrade progressexceptionscost impactcross-functional forumsdecision-makinggovernance packetsplaybooksdecision logsoperating system refreshcloud service versions
Soft Skills
operational leadershipcross-functional collaborationfacilitate cross-functional forums and decision-makingescalate blockers early with options and recommendationsclear dashboards and reports communication
Keywords for Your Resume
Hosting Lifecycle LeaderInfrastructure lifecycleon-premise and cloud infrastructureoperating systemshardwareimagesmanaged servicesplatform versionsupgrade/migration programsgovernancedata centerspublic cloudAmazon Web ServicesAWSEKSRDSKubernetescontainer platformsbase imagescurrent-to-target roadmapsdecision frameworksblueprintsrisksecuritycapacitycostEOLEOSservice catalogsgolden AMIsOCI imagesmanaged database engine versionsbaseline configurationspatching cadenceCIS/STIG compliancetaggingidentity standardsvendor/provider noticessecurity advisoriesdashboardsupgrade progressexceptionsplaybooksgovernance packetsdecision logs
Deal Breakers
Must be able to define and maintain current-to-target roadmaps for on-prem OS/hardware refresh and cloud service versions, Must have experience establishing governance for standards, exceptions, and EOL/EOS risk across on-prem and cloud, Must demonstrate familiarity with AWS services including EKS and RDS and Kubernetes base versions, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM majors required
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