Director of Cloud Operations (Baltimore, Maryland; Irving, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Evansville, Indiana; Wilmington, Delaware; New York, NY)

Overview:
We are seeking a visionary leader to drive our cloud and DevOps engineering strategy, with a primary focus on AWS-based services and hybrid infrastructure integration. This role will oversee the development and operations of a robust enterprise service catalog, incorporating networking, application, and middleware services. The ideal candidate will champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), promote developer self-service, and ensure secure, scalable, and efficient delivery pipelines across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the organization s AWS and DevOps strategy, aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals and delivery priorities.
• Manage a team of embedded DevOps engineers supporting continuous integration and delivery across business units.
• Define standards and best practices for DevOps, fostering adoption of modern engineering principles and tools.
• Drive environmental separation strategies to protect critical data while enabling efficient delivery workflows.
• Extend cloud capabilities into on-premises infrastructure, supporting a seamless hybrid environment.
• Promote a culture of automation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation in DevOps practices.
• Oversee cloud operations engineering with a focus on developer enablement and platform efficiency.
• Establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable, and disruption-free deployments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Security, and Networking to ensure secure, compliant, and resilient solutions.
• Monitor key performance metrics and continuously enhance operational performance.
• Support compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements related to cloud and emerging technologies.
• Manage cloud operations budgets and continuously optimize for cost and performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (Master s preferred). AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional preferred.
• Extensive experience leading public cloud initiatives, with deep AWS expertise in service consumption, automation, and scalability.
• Strong background in modern DevOps tools and platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Jenkins).
• Proven ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing, geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Experience modernizing on-prem data centers using containerization and infrastructure as code across hybrid cloud environments.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated success driving large-scale cloud and DevOps transformations.