Director, Platform Engineering

• STRATEGIC PLANNING: Leads developing & implementing strategic plans of IT infrastructure to support organizational goals, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• BUDGET MANAGEMENT: Manages the IT infrastructure budget to ensure cost effective solutions and validates expenditures to align with financial goals.
• VENDOR MANAGEMENT: Builds & maintains relationships with vendors and service providers, negotiating contracts and ensuring compliance with service level agreements.
• SYSTEM MONITORING & MAINTENANCE: Oversees & guides continuous monitoring and maintenance of IT systems to guarantee optimal performance & availability.
• SECURITY & COMPLIANCE: Guides the implementation of security protocols to protect IT infrastructure from threats & maintain compliance with relevant regulations.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.
• 5+ years in application portfolio management; creating of product and application owners to fully understand and build platform hosting solutions.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft and Amazon cloud services; preferrable in transitioning workloads and applications.
• 3+ years in implementing and consolidating technical solutions into more consistent and modern platforms and uses.