Director, Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering

Hybrid up to three days per week from home in either Owing Mills, MD or Baltimore, MD

Our client seeks a Director of Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering to lead a globally distributed team that designs, develops, and deploys cloud infrastructure and automation. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with people leadership, performance management, and governance of cloud platforms. You will drive multi-cloud strategy with emphasis on AWS, define automation platforms and deployment patterns, promote best practices, and ensure sustainable, reliable, resilient, and cost-optimized infrastructure at scale., * Lead architecture, development, and governance of evolving cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Ensure cloud infrastructure sustainability, reliability, resilience, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Define and maintain automation platforms, patterns, and Infrastructure as Code for large-scale deployments.
• Oversee integration of SaaS and vendor solutions in cross-cloud environments with IAM and security best practices.
• Own execution of complex initiatives from conception to completion and troubleshoot critical incidents.
• Monitor industry trends and identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies.
• Align work with Global Technology strategy and drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Represent the cloud community in internal and cross-organizational forums.
• Build organizational influence, mentor and coach team members, and manage recruitment and performance.
• Contribute to cloud architecture and governance processes and provide expert guidance on cloud direction.

• 10+ years in technical leadership with experience managing geographically distributed teams.
• Expertise in integrating infrastructure components across on-premises and cloud service providers.
• Current hands-on experience with cloud security, reliability, and integration best practices in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Fluency with IaC technologies including Terraform and CloudFormation; experience with Ansible, Python, Java, or Groovy is advantageous.
• Extensive experience managing cloud infrastructures on AWS and Azure with exposure to Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience building automated configuration and CI/CD for high-availability, resilient systems at scale.
• Knowledge of modern monitoring and alerting solutions spanning on-premises and cloud.
• Ability to assess and apply industry trends and technologies appropriately.
• Understanding of modern developer requirements and operational considerations such as supportability and maintenance.
• Preferred: Cloud certifications and prior asset management experience.

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

Salary: $200,000 - $190,000/ yr. w2, Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

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Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.