Senior Director – Cloud and Infrastructure Platforms

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the enterprise reference architecture for cloud platforms, networking, databases, and compute services, encompassing target-state design for hybrid infrastructure, landing zones, subscription and management group strategies, tenant governance, platform segmentation, identity integration, and operational guardrails.

• Spearhead the technical architecture and migration engineering strategy for transitioning from on-premises data centers to cloud platforms, including dependency mapping, workload suitability analysis, migration wave design, refactoring decisions, cutover architecture, rollback strategy, and post-migration stabilization.

• Act as the senior design authority for enterprise computing across virtual environments, addressing compute topology, virtualization standards, guest operating system strategies, performance engineering, resiliency, high availability, and lifecycle modernization.

• Establish and govern enterprise networking architecture standards across WAN, LAN, wireless, cloud, and data center environments.

• Provide architectural and operational leadership for Azure and associated Microsoft tenant services.

• Develop enterprise database architecture and engineering standards for Oracle, SQL Server, Azure database platforms, and related services.

• Set engineering standards for infrastructure as code, automation, image management, configuration baselines, drift control, and repeatable platform deployments.

• Lead enterprise vulnerability management, patch engineering, and operating system currency programs across compute assets.

• Create hardening patterns, privileged access architecture, monitoring telemetry requirements, logging standards, recovery controls, and platform security baselines.

• Offer technical oversight for networking, directory services, storage, databases, backup and recovery, capacity forecasting, and platform observability.

• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex issues related to Azure, Microsoft tenants, networking, databases, virtualized compute, incidents, and engineering tradeoffs.

• Manage relationships with Microsoft and other strategic infrastructure technology partners from both architectural and commercial viewpoints.

• Propel platform rationalization and standardization efforts to minimize technical debt and platform sprawl.

• Define and report on engineering and control metrics, including migration velocity, workload stability, availability, reliability, compliance, patch adherence, vulnerability aging, automation coverage, and mean time to recover.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven track record in designing and leading intricate migrations from on-premises infrastructure to cloud or hybrid platforms, including architecture definition, dependency analysis, migration engineering governance, and operational transition.

• Extensive technical knowledge in Azure infrastructure services, Microsoft tenant governance, identity and access integration, virtual infrastructure, enterprise networking, Windows and Linux server architecture, database platforms, and vulnerability remediation practices.

• Strong proficiency in cloud landing zone design, WAN and LAN architecture, wireless networking, cloud networking patterns, network security integration, infrastructure automation, configuration management, observability, and resilience engineering.

• Experience in architecting and governing enterprise database platforms, including designs for high availability, disaster recovery, performance optimization, operational controls, and modernization initiatives.

• Background in establishing platform standards for infrastructure as code, automation pipelines, policy enforcement, system hardening, operational engineering controls, and infrastructure governance across distributed environments.

• Established ability to function as the highest-level technical authority for infrastructure platforms while also leading teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving enterprise-wide adoption of architecture standards.

• Experience in managing strategic vendor relationships, particularly with Microsoft and key infrastructure partners, including executive engagement, support escalation, product roadmap alignment, and technical-commercial decision support.

• Comprehensive understanding of risk management, cybersecurity principles, operational governance, compliance expectations, and audit-defensible infrastructure controls.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud architecture, platform operations, networking, database services, or enterprise infrastructure leadership, including oversight of large-scale production environments.

• A bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field is preferred; an advanced degree and certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, CCNP, CISSP, Microsoft Certified Database certifications, or similar credentials are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Generous retirement savings plan with company match.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.