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Sysdig

Director of Infrastructure

Sysdig

. Own the end-to-end cloud infrastructure strategy across the global footprint, including architecture, resourcing, maintenance, capacity planning, and vendor strategy across AWS, GCP, Azure, IBM, and OCI .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • ItalyLead💰 €99,000 - €124,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading cloud infrastructure strategy, including architecture, cost optimization, and security posture management across multiple cloud platforms. Proven ability to influence C-level executives and manage cross-departmental initiatives while building and mentoring high-performing teams.

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Cloud Infrastructure StrategyCost OptimizationInfrastructure As CodePeople ManagementCross-Departmental Leadership

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Hard Skills
AWSGCPAzureTerraformKubernetesNetworking FundamentalsCloud-Native TechnologiesHigh-Availability PlatformsDistributed SystemsGDPR Compliance
Soft Skills
Strategic Decision-MakingCollaborationEmpathyCoachingExecution Mindset
Tools & Technologies
SysdigFalcoCloud Security Platforms
Industry Keywords
Infrastructure SecurityDisaster RecoveryEvent-Driven InfrastructureFinOpsCNAPP

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the end-to-end cloud infrastructure strategy across the global footprint, including architecture, resourcing, maintenance, capacity planning, and vendor strategy across AWS, GCP, Azure, IBM, and OCI
  • Drive continuous infrastructure cost optimization through rightsizing, committed spend, tagging, chargeback discipline, and waste elimination
  • Partner with executives by translating infrastructure investments and tradeoffs into business terms and presenting roadmaps influencing CTO/CFO budget and planning decisions
  • Make and defend build-vs-buy, multi-cloud versus single-cloud, and centralize-versus-federate decisions
  • Manage cross-team dependencies with Security, Data, and Product Engineering
  • Build, mentor, and lead an infrastructure/platform/SRE team; conduct performance reviews and provide coaching
  • Own infrastructure security posture, disaster recovery, GDPR and other EU regulatory considerations, and incident management
  • Review infrastructure-as-code and team architecture, and provide hands-on support when needed
  • Secure innovation in the cloud for organizations through Sysdig's cloud security platform and Falco open standard

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of infrastructure/platform engineering experience
  • 4+ years directly leading infrastructure strategy and budget in a distributed systems environment
  • Proven experience leading cross-departmental initiatives in matrixed organizations
  • Demonstrated, measurable cloud cost optimization experience
  • Ability to present to and influence C-level executives
  • Deep hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud: AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or Pulumi
  • Networking fundamentals
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containerized environments, and cloud-native technologies
  • Understanding of scalable, high-performance, event-driven infrastructure and reusable cloud components
  • Experience building high-availability, fault-tolerant platforms
  • Experience managing distributed/European teams and navigating EU-specific considerations
  • People management experience focused on coaching and developing managers and engineers
  • Experience or strong interest in CNAPP or FinOps is a plus
  • Passion for solving complex distributed-systems problems
  • Relentless execution mindset
  • Strategic decision-making under ambiguity and incomplete information
  • Collaborative, empathetic, high-ownership approach

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Extra days off to prioritize your well-being
  • Mental health support for you and your family through the Modern Health app
  • Great compensation package