IT Director

The IT Director Infrastructure is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the strategic direction operational excellence and modernization of the enterprises hybrid computing infrastructure. This role is also responsible for the architecture and the design of the ecosystem throughout the modernization journey. This includes on-premises systems cloud platforms and the foundational services supporting a modern data and AI ecosystem. The Director plays a critical role in evolving infrastructure practices toward automation security and scalability while leading a high-performing team and ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership and Transformation:
Develop and execute a forward-looking infrastructure strategy aligned with enterprise IT and business goals.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior IT and business leaders on infrastructure modernization cloud migration automation and operational resilience.
Serve as the Enterprise Architecture lead to align infrastructure capabilities with digital platform roadmaps.
Promote a culture of innovation agility and continuous improvement across infrastructure teams

Infrastructure Operations Management:
Oversee the end-to-end operations of data center services cloud environments and foundational infrastructure platforms.
Defining and track SLAs and key performance indicators (KPIs) for service delivery uptime and user experience.
Support the implementation and execution of the enterprise backup and recovery processes and capabilities
Ensure high levels of system availability performance and stability through proactive monitoring maintenance and incident management.
Manage relationships with key infrastructure vendors and service providers ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met.

Infrastructure Modernization and Cloud Strategy:
Develop and execute a strategic cloud migration roadmap identifying suitable workloads for cloud adoption and ensuring a seamless transition.
Lead the transformation of legacy infrastructure environments through cloud adoption workload re-platforming and data center consolidation. Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configuration management and CI/CD-aligned automation practices.
Build the organizations cloud infrastructure strategy ensuring platforms are optimized for performance security and cost.
Implement and oversee FinOps-aligned processes for cloud resource allocation monitoring and cost optimization.
Evaluate emerging cloud services and technologies to enhance flexibility and accelerate innovation

Security and Compliance:
Ensure the security and integrity of the computing infrastructure in both on-premises and cloud environments.
Implement and maintain security best practices policies and procedures related to infrastructure.
Collaborate with the cybersecurity team to address security vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
Work with cybersecurity and IT Governance on disaster recovery and business continuity planning and testing for the computing infrastructure.

Team Leadership and Development:
Recruit mentor and develop a team of skilled infrastructure engineers and administrators.
Set clear performance expectations provide regular feedback and conduct performance evaluations.
Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment that encourages knowledge sharing and professional growth.
Identify training and development opportunities to enhance the teams technical skills and industry knowledge.

Requirements

Experience:

Strategic Thinking
Technical Expertise
Leadership and Team Development
Decision Making
Problem Solving
Communication (Written and Verbal)
Financial Management
Project Management
Change Management
Results Orientation