Director of Technology

Your future role at a glance

Location: Remote

Department: Technologies, Cloud Platform

Schedule: Full-Time, Day

Salary: $142,936.00 - $201,792.00 per year

Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Benefits that help you thrive

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program , counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.

How you'll make an impact in this role

• The Director of Cloud Technology is responsible for the reliability and scalability of cloud services across multi-cloud environments including Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• This leader must effectively manage a team of technical professionals by providing mentorship and clear operational direction while overseeing the implementation of Infrastructure as Code frameworks like Terraform, Ansible, or OCI Resource Manager to ensure high performance and repeatable provisioning.
• The position requires establishing robust incident management frameworks and standardized monitoring using tools such as OCI Observability and Management, Datadog, Dynatrace, or ServiceNow to support 24/7 operations and meet strict SLAs.
• Success in this role depends on driving organizational efficiency by standardizing practices for cloud tagging and resource optimization across compute services like OCI Bare Metal and VMs, storage solutions such as Block Volume and Object Storage, and networking components including Virtual Cloud Networks (VCN), FastConnect, and Load Balancers.
• The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to translate high-level organizational goals into technical strategies for container orchestration using OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) and database management with Oracle Autonomous Database.

What minimum requirements you'll need

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

What additional preferences we're seeking

• Candidates should possess 10 or more years of experience in IT operations, including at least 5 years specifically focused on cloud operations or similar roles involving Google Cloud, Azure, and OCI.
• Proven track record of migrating complex on-premises workloads or alternative cloud environments specifically into Google, Azure or OCI
• A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is highly desired

Equal employment opportunity employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

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Responsibilities

• The Director of Cloud Technology is responsible for the reliability and scalability of cloud services across multi-cloud environments including Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• This leader must effectively manage a team of technical professionals by providing mentorship and clear operational direction while overseeing the implementation of Infrastructure as Code frameworks like Terraform, Ansible, or OCI Resource Manager to ensure high performance and repeatable provisioning.
• The position requires establishing robust incident management frameworks and standardized monitoring using tools such as OCI Observability and Management, Datadog, Dynatrace, or ServiceNow to support 24/7 operations and meet strict SLAs.
• Success in this role depends on driving organizational efficiency by standardizing practices for cloud tagging and resource optimization across compute services like OCI Bare Metal and VMs, storage solutions such as Block Volume and Object Storage, and networking components including Virtual Cloud Networks (VCN), FastConnect, and Load Balancers.
• The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to translate high-level organizational goals into technical strategies for container orchestration using OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) and database management with Oracle Autonomous Database.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.