Director, IT Infrastructure

This role is responsible to ensure the scalable secure and efficient IT infrastructure in Greater China with focus on following pillar but not limited to:

• Cloud Management
• Cloud Network & Security
• DevOps

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining our cloud-based IT infrastructure to ensure high availability security and performance as well as managing DevOps principles and practices.

This role will be reporting into VP of EA and Engineering for Greater China.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership
  • Develop and execute the organizations cloud & network infrastructure DevOps roadmap in line with continent(Great China) tech strategy and global standard
  • Align infrastructure initiatives with business goals emphasizing cost optimization and agility
  • Ensure adherence to IT policies standards and regulations related to cloud and network management
  • Drive innovation and continuous improvement in cloud infrastructure and DevOps processes
• Cloud Management & Architecture
  • Oversee cloud operations (Alicloud AWS Azure) including migration resource allocation and cost management
  • Design resilient scalable cloud architectures for SaaS IaaS and PaaS environments
  • Develop and implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans in the cloud environment
  • Monitor and analyze cloud performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and cost optimization
• Cloud Network & Security
  • Optimize cloud network performance (VPCs VPNs CDNs) and troubleshoot connectivity
  • Implement security frameworks (Zero Trust encryption) and ensure compliance (CBDT GDPR etc.)
• DevOps
  • Following global DevOps practice and process drive the adoption of DevOps principles and practices across the organization including continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and containerization (Kubernetes Docker) and manage the respective capabilities and processes
  • Promote DevOps culture integrating monitoring tools (eg. Prometheus ELK Stack) for system reliability
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure smooth integration and operation of cloud services
  • Plan and implement DevSecOps for the long term
• Budget & Vendor Management
  • Manage infrastructure budgets and negotiate contracts with cloud vendors
• Team Leadership
  • Mentor cloud engineers network specialists and DevOps teams
  • Foster cross-departmental collaboration with software development and security teams
  • Stay current with industry trends and advancements in cloud technology and DevOps tools

Managing Key Stakeholders Expectation

• Participate as a domain leader on continent task forces and working groups assigned by VP EA and Engineering Greater China ensuring Greater China interests are covered.
• Collaborate with technology partners sourcing local technologies within region.
• Support continent initiatives from other disciplines from Digital and Technology team
• Act as infrastructure advisor for continent disciplines and business enabling solutions as require

Education and Experience

• Bachelors in Computer Science IT or related field; Masters preferred
• 10 years in IT infrastructure with 5 years in leadership
  • Proven expertise in cloud platforms (Alicloud/AWS/Azure)ACK/EKS/AKSand DevOps practices
  • Familiarity with WAN technologies (future-focused such as SD-WAN).
    
    

Technical Skills

• Experience in multi-cloud management
• Be familiar with Agile methodology CI/CD tools (Jenkins GitHub GitLab etc.) networking (TCP/IP DNS BGP)
• Be familiar with security standards (ISO 27001 NIST) and monitoring tools
• Strong leadership communication and problem-solving abilities
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation)

Key Stakeholders

• VP EA & Engineering Greater China
• VP IT Operation Greater China
• VP Digital and Enterprise Product Greater China
• SD Information Security Greater China
• Other Continent Digital and Technology Peer group
• Peer groups of cloud and DevOps in HQ

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