Director of Cloud & SRE
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Our client is a well-established distribution powerhouse and one of the fastest-growing companies in the Chicagoland area. They've earned a reputation for exceptional customer service while cultivating a welcoming atmosphere that truly sets them apart in the industry. After experiencing impressive growth, including several exciting acquisitions both in the U.S. and internationally, they re continuing to expand.
On top of offering great health benefits (including 401K), they also keep work-life balance in mind and offer a hybrid schedule remote on Mondays and Fridays!
As the Director of Engineering, you will lead the company's transition to Azure for its overall cloud strategy. You will build and guide a team to implement new cloud initiatives, while managing both the existing cloud and on-premise infrastructure. Your role will also involve overseeing resources and promoting collaboration across teams such as Application Development and Cybersecurity to bring critical projects to fruition.
This role is a true Director of Engineering position, ideal for someone passionate about driving innovative and modern technology solutions. While you'll be leading people, a strong technical background is essential, having progressed through engineering roles into leadership. You should be well-versed in multi-cloud environments within an enterprise setting, modern ITIL V4 practices, and SRE concepts. Additionally, you are a thoughtful leader, skilled in budget planning, and serve not only as a people manager, but as a mentor to technical teams.
Responsibilities:
- Instill a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement across teams.
- Lead talent acquisition and development efforts, with a focus on performance and fostering growth.
- Identify strategic opportunities and influence stakeholders to support key initiatives.
- Conduct capacity assessments to ensure systems are scalable and performance meets objectives.
- Set annual objectives for your function, ensuring alignment with broader company goals.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and new technologies, advising on adoption or avoidance.
- Cultivate relationships with vendors to support both engineering and business objectives.
- Spearhead organization-wide initiatives that elevate the maturity and effectiveness of engineering practices.
- Collaborate with teams across the company to establish technical requirements and prioritize initiatives.
- Analyze and refine processes to enhance efficiency and drive improvements.
Experience:
- A minimum of 10+ years of industry experience and 5+ years in a leadership and management position.
- Mastery of Azure cloud platform and cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform/OpenTofu, TFlint, Ansible, Packer, OPA, Terragrunt, Consul, Vault, KMS, etc.
- Deep understanding of systems architecture, cloud networking concepts (e.g., VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalling, security groups), and proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems.
- Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption, and security configurations. Familiarity with SAST & DAST tooling.
- Experience with ITIL4-centric incident management processes, including coordination of cross-functional teams and problem management, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and resiliency patterns.
- Expertise in observability best practices and experience with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS CloudWatch, EFK/ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty/OpsGenie, etc.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
- Proven track record in building high-performing teams and influencing organizational outcomes.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Certification in ITILv4 a plus
MMD Services Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
