Director, Infrastructure Engineering – Cloud Operations

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. Provide strategic leadership for enterprise cloud and infrastructure platforms supporting critical IT, business, and clinical operations .

Posted 9/28/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $70 - $117 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud strategy, architecture, and operational oversight, with a strong focus on leading engineering teams and driving cloud modernization initiatives. Proficient in managing cloud platforms, ensuring security compliance, and optimizing cloud services for enterprise applications.

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Cloud Strategy DevelopmentKubernetes Workload ManagementPublic Cloud Platform DesignCloud Migration LeadershipTeam Leadership and Development

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Hard Skills

Cloud ArchitectureMicroservices DesignCloud MigrationDisaster Recovery PlanningOperational Controls ImplementationCloud Cost OptimizationAI Development ToolsReliability EngineeringAutomation PracticesData Center Modernization

Soft Skills

Strategic LeadershipCoaching and MentoringPerformance ManagementCollaborationIncident Management

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetesSaaS PlatformsCloud ServicesObservability ToolsAutomation ToolsIdentity Management SystemsBackup and Recovery Solutions

Certifications & Qualifications

Professional-Level Cloud Certifications

Industry Keywords

Healthcare Industry ExperienceCloud Operating ModelsGovernanceComplianceCybersecurity

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic leadership for enterprise cloud and infrastructure platforms supporting critical IT, business, and clinical operations
Lead the design, implementation, modernization, and operational oversight of cloud, data center, compute, storage, virtualization, operating system, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, network, observability, automation, and operational support services
Establish and execute technology roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives
Define cloud strategy and target state, including governance and optimization of cloud services and SaaS platforms
Lead evaluation, selection, and implementation of software platforms and cloud services
Set platform product direction for internal cloud platforms, including landing zones, identity, automation enablement, observability, and container platforms
Own the cloud operating model, including service catalog, escalation model, SLAs/SLOs, and governance
Create cloud roadmaps and investment plans covering capabilities, deprecations, technical debt reduction, and modernization milestones
Establish cloud and platform standards, architecture patterns, reference designs, and approved services
Partner with Cybersecurity on cloud controls, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and compliance evidence generation
Provide leadership for identity, access, and role-based security for enterprise applications and cloud services
Manage cloud service lifecycle and change/release governance for shared platforms
Ensure digital engineering and integration enablement for system implementations and upgrades
Oversee application integration and data exchange between enterprise systems and cloud services
Lead application rewrite stream for data-center-to-cloud migration and maintain application modernization plans
Implement operational controls for account/subscription structure, network segmentation, secrets management, access reviews, and backup/disaster recovery posture
Drive operational excellence through incident management maturity, runbooks, on-call health, and post-incident learning
Lead and develop Cloud Platform Architects, cloud platform engineers, SRE/platform SRE, cloud security engineers, and digital engineers
Hire, coach, manage performance, and plan succession
Drive reliability engineering practices including SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, capacity planning, and resilience testing
Build a culture of automation and learning through blameless postmortems, reliability work, documentation discipline, and internal platform product thinking

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 10 years of experience in leadership roles managing engineering teams
5+ years of experience leading microservices cloud architecture, design and implementation at scale
Minimum of 3 years of Kubernetes-deployed workload experience on a cloud platform
Experience with AI development tools
Proven experience with platform operating models and product-driven delivery approaches
Hands-on experience designing and scaling public cloud platforms, preferably AWS and Azure
Experience with large-scale cloud migrations and modernization initiatives
Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
Preferred: Healthcare industry experience
Preferred: Professional-level certifications on public cloud platforms
Deep knowledge of at least one cloud provider among Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure, with working knowledge of other clouds
Experience with cloud cost optimization
Additional related education and/or experience preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits
May be eligible for the Management Incentive Program
Total Rewards package
Career opportunities across a wide array of disciplines
Drug-free work environment