GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps: all powered by PlayOn. Run stronger programs, reach more fans, and keep every moment of the season working for you. Backed by BIP Capital.
About the role
Reporting to the CTO, the VP of Cloud Operations will partner closely with Software Engineering, Security, Product, and Data leadership to modernize how PlayOn builds, deploys, and operates its cloud footprint. You’ll play a critical role in supporting a multi-product platform (NFHS Network, GoFan, MaxPreps, PlayOn HQ) that streams over 600K+ live events and processes 700K+ ticketing events annually, all running cloud-native on AWS. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years of infrastructure, platform, or site reliability engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership managing managers
- A proven track record leading the consolidation or scaling of Cloud Engineering, SRE, and DevOps functions into a single, high-performing organization
- Deep, hands-on expertise running production workloads on AWS at scale across multiple accounts and regions
- Strong experience owning SLOs, error budgets, incident management, and on-call programs for high-traffic, real-time systems (live video or streaming infrastructure a strong plus)
- Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS), and modern CI/CD tooling
- Demonstrated success building or running a FinOps practice with measurable cloud cost optimization results
More about this role
We are seeking a strategic, hands-on VP of Cloud Operations to unify and lead our Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and DevOps disciplines under a single, cohesive organization. This is a newly consolidated leadership role for an infrastructure executive who cares deeply about building resilient, cost-efficient, cloud-native systems that keep PlayOn’s platforms fast, available, and ready to scale.
Reporting to the CTO, the VP of Cloud Operations will partner closely with Software Engineering, Security, Product, and Data leadership to modernize how PlayOn builds, deploys, and operates its cloud footprint. You’ll play a critical role in supporting a multi-product platform (NFHS Network, GoFan, MaxPreps, PlayOn HQ) that streams over 600K+ live events and processes 700K+ ticketing events annually, all running cloud-native on AWS.
- Unified Infrastructure Organization - Consolidate Cloud Engineering, SRE, and DevOps into one coherent discipline with clear charters, on-call ownership, and career paths, eliminating duplicated tooling and conflicting standards.
- Platform Reliability at Scale - Own availability and performance for PlayOn’s live-streaming and ticketing...
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