Director, Cloud Operations & DevOps

Role Overview

We are seeking a Director of Cloud Operations & DevOps to lead our cloud infrastructure and DevOps functions across AWS and Azure in a regulated Life Sciences environment. This role owns the reliability, security, scalability, and cost optimization of our cloud platforms while leading teams responsible for cloud administration, DevOps, and platform engineering. This leader will ensure production stability and compliance while enabling engineering teams through modern DevOps and automation practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Operations & Infrastructure: Own and operate AWS and Azure cloud environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.


• Lead cloud administration including incident management, monitoring, patching, and system health.


• Establish and enforce cloud governance, IAM, security controls, logging, and audit readiness.


• Drive disaster recovery and business continuity planning and execution.


• Cost Management: Own cloud cost management, forecasting, and optimization.


• Partner with Finance to manage cloud budgets and implement best practices.


• DevOps & Platform Engineering: Lead DevOps and platform teams supporting CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automation.


• Champion DevOps best practices to improve deployment speed, reliability, and operational efficiency.


• Partner with Engineering to enable self-service and developer productivity.


• Security, Compliance & Identity: Support SOC 1&2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and other compliance requirements.


• Collaborate with Security on IAM, SSO, encryption, monitoring, and incident response.


• Leadership & Vendor Management: Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed team.


• Manage relationships with AWS, Azure, and key vendors/MSPs.


• Communicate cloud strategy, risks, and progress to executive leadership.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Operations, or DevOps, with leadership experience. Hands-on experience managing AWS and Azure production environments. Strong background in cloud operations and administration, not just architecture. Experience leading Cloud Ops, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams. Expertise with Terraform (or similar IaC) and CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins). Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and scripting (Python/Bash). Strong communication skills.

What we provide:

Merit-based compensation – Competitive base salary plus bonus
Work from anywhere – Roles are open to candidates located anywhere in the US (United States)
Unlimited PTO (Paid Time Off), including Paid Holidays and Sick Leave
401k+ Match
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Health and wellness perks including life & disability insurance, healthcare funding options like FSAs (Flexible Spending Accounts) and HSAs (Health Savings Account), Dependent Care, an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) program, discounts, Learning and Development