Sr. Director of Infrastructure Engineering
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Job Summary
Position Title: Sr. Director of Infrastructure Engineering
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID:42223
In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
As Senior Director Infrastructure Engineering you will be the architect of our digital future. As the Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering you will lead the strategy design and execution of our global infrastructure transformation. We are moving fast to modernize our technology landscape and we need a highly technical strategic leader to drive our multi-year cloud migration execute a complete data center exit and build a self-service AI-powered cloud platform.
Your mandate is clear: eliminate infrastructure as a bottleneck. By leveraging your deep engineering background you will establish a robust DevSecOps SRE and Agentic AI culture that enables our software engineering teams to ship faster scale seamlessly and operate with maximum agility. This is a high-impact high-visibility role where you will directly influence our supply chain resilience factory floor connectivity and global market growth.
What youll be doing.
Own and deliver McCains multi-year global cloud and infrastructure transformation including full data center exit and Azure-first modernization.
Lead enterprise-scale cloud migration programs in parallel with major initiatives such as SAP S/4HANA ensuring infrastructure readiness and alignment to application milestones.
Architect and operationalize a secure self-service multi-cloud platform that enables rapid provisioning DevSecOps automation and developer productivity.
Establish and lead modern engineering practices across Infrastructure including DevSecOps SRE observability and high-availability / disaster recovery design.
Build and scale AI-enabled infrastructure platforms including GPU-enabled environments Kubernetes-based workloads and AI-specific CI/CD pipelines.
Drive adoption of GenAI Agentic AI and AIOps to enable autonomous operations such as incident triage root cause analysis and self-healing infrastructure.
Translate complex technical architectures and migration progress into clear compelling narratives for executive leadership and Board-level stakeholders.
Lead highly matrixed global teams and partners across Technology Security Finance Legal and Manufacturing to remove blockers and deliver outcomes.
What youll need to be successful.
15 years of experience in infrastructure cloud and data center engineering with 5 years in a senior Director-level or equivalent leadership role managing global teams.
Proven experience leading large-scale multi-year cloud migrations and enterprise infrastructure transformations including data center exit strategies.
Deep hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure multi-cloud architectures and the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF); Azure certifications strongly preferred.
Demonstrated success executing an industrialized Azure Migration Factory approach at enterprise scale.
Strong background in DevSecOps CI/CD infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Ansible) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
Advanced experience designing high-availability cross-region architectures and comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solutions.
Expertise in AI platform engineering including GPU orchestration containerized workloads (Kubernetes/Docker) LLM/SLM deployment and prompt engineering.
Practical experience deploying GenAI Agentic AI and AIOps solutions to enable autonomous IT operations.
Strong financial acumen including enterprise infrastructure budgeting capacity planning and cost optimization.
Exceptional executive communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
About the team.
You will lead McCains Global Infrastructure Engineering organization a critical function within Global Technology. The team is responsible for cloud platforms core infrastructure reliability engineering and AI-enabled operations across McCains global manufacturing supply chain and corporate environments. This role partners closely with Application Engineering SAP Cybersecurity Digital Manufacturing and Business Technology leaders to enable scalable secure and resilient technology platforms worldwide.
About McCain.
Leadership principles.
At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. Were big believers in the power of working together in personit helps us stay connected collaborate more effectively and grow as a team. At the same time we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
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Compensation Package:$175000.00 -$225000.00 . CAD annually Bonus eligibility Long-term incentive eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education and training and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain were on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical dental vision prescription drug) retirement savings benefits and leave support including medical family and bereavement. Well-being programsinclude vacation and holidays company-supported volunteering time and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resourcesto support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCains Global Privacy Policyand Global Employee Privacy Policy as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information isbeing handled here.
Job Family:Information Technology
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
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About Company
McCain Foods | Our purpose - 'Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food'. We supply delicious frozen French fries, potato specialties, and appetizers to retail and foodservice customers around the globe.
