Director, Cloud Engineering (Remote)

The Director of Cloud Engineering is a senior engineering leader accountable for the strategy, architecture, and operational excellence of the company's multi-cloud platform. Reporting to the Sr. Director of IT Operations, this role owns the end-to-end cloud estate across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure, setting the technical direction for cloud-native infrastructure, platform engineering, and developer experience.

You will build and lead a high-performing distributed team of cloud engineers, SREs, and platform engineers while partnering closely with product, security, data, and application engineering to deliver a reliable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud foundation. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances deep technical credibility with the strategic thinking and organizational influence expected at the Director level.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Strategy & Architecture

* Define and own the multi-cloud architecture strategy across GCP and Azure, aligning platform capabilities with business objectives, scalability requirements, and total cost of ownership targets.

* Lead architectural decisions for cloud-native workloads, including microservices, containerization (Kubernetes/GKE/AKS), serverless functions, and event-driven patterns.

* Drive the evolution of the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), enabling self-service infrastructure provisioning, golden-path templates, and standardized deployment pipelines.

* Establish and enforce cloud governance frameworks, including resource hierarchy, landing zones, policy-as-code, and guardrails across both cloud providers.

* Evaluate emerging technologies—AI/ML infrastructure, LLMOps tooling, edge compute—and make build-vs-buy recommendations grounded in cost, risk, and strategic fit.

Infrastructure Engineering & Operations

* Own Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards and practices; ensure all infrastructure changes flow through ve