Senior Director, IT Infrastructure, Greater China

JOB SUMMARY

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 leading a team to design implement and maintain Marriotts cloud-based IT infrastructure to ensure high availability security and performance and to manage 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) 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(Harness) and containerization (Kubernetes Docker) and manage the respective capabilities and processes
• Promote DevOps culture integrating monitoring tools 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

Global Collaboration

• Working closely with global colleagues and follow Marriotts global infrastructure strategy process and policy.
• Acting as the on the ground bridge of between GC and global infrastructure team.

Team Leadership

• Build an inclusive team working environment
• 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

On Time Delivery

• Ensure all the infrastructure setup efforts are well planned and communicated with global infrastructure team to get their resource and priority following the process.
• As on the ground part of global infrastructure team to deliver the infrastructure architecture design setup and configuration within the reasonable lead time to support the on time delivery of all Greater China projects of Marriott.

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 and 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