Our client is seeking a visionary Director of Cloud Operations to lead their global cloud infrastructure and operations strategy. This role will oversee the scalability, performance, availability, and security of their cloud environments while driving innovation and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate will partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to deliver resilient, high-performing services that meet the needs of our customers and business.
location: Somerset, New Jersey
job type: Permanent
salary: $148,000 - 155,000 per year
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Primary Job Objectives
This role entails the following primary objectives:
Strategy & Leadership
- Define and deliver the long-term roadmap for cloud operations, aligned with organizational goals.
- Lead and mentor teams responsible for cloud platform engineering, site reliability, and operations.
- Partner with executive leadership to drive cloud transformation initiatives and cost optimization.
- Oversee 24/7 availability, performance, and reliability of cloud-hosted applications and services.
- Define SLAs, KPIs, and operational metrics to measure and improve service delivery.
- Champion automation, observability, and modern DevOps/SRE best practices.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).
- Collaborate with security and governance teams on cloud access management and incident response.
- Manage cloud spend, forecasting, and vendor relationships with leading cloud and technology vendors.
- Implement FinOps best practices to optimize usage and efficiency.
- Serve as a critical partner to engineering, product, and business leaders.
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders about cloud performance, availability, and risks.
qualifications:
Job Qualifications Necessary
- 10+ years of IT and cloud infrastructure experience, with at least 5+ years in leadership roles.
- Proven expertise in managing large-scale, mission-critical cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Strong background in DevOps, SRE, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
- Experience with cloud security, compliance frameworks, and incident management.
- Strong leadership, communication, and team development skills.
- Experience driving cloud cost optimization and vendor management.
- Experience working with the direct customers of cloud solutions.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred).
- Willingness to travel as much as 25% of the time, possibly including international trips.
- Experience working with a geographically distributed team across different countries/time zones is a plus.
skills:
- Cloud Operations & Management: Oversee 24/7 operations, performance, and availability of large-scale, mission-critical cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- DevOps & SRE: Champion and implement modern DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and CI/CD best practices.
- Infrastructure-as-Code: Proficient in using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for managing cloud infrastructure.
- Automation & Observability: Drive initiatives to enhance automation and implement robust observability for cloud-hosted applications and services.
- Performance Metrics: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs), service level agreements (SLAs), and other metrics to measure and improve service delivery.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
