Director, Infrastructure Operations & Strategy (Kennesaw, GA)

Role: Director of Infrastructure Operations & Strategy, responsible for leading enterprise infrastructure, engineering, cybersecurity, and platform services to ensure high availability, security, and scalability. Key responsibilities include defining multiyear strategies, overseeing infrastructure modernization, managing day-to-day operations, and driving service reliability and resilience. The role involves strategic planning, operational execution, financial stewardship, vendor management, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement, including cybersecurity, IT leadership, and business units. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; 12-18 years in infrastructure engineering/operations, with 5-8 years in leadership roles managing teams, budgets, and vendor relationships. Proven experience in scaling and modernizing on-premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure, with deep knowledge of servers, storage, virtualization, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and network concepts. High-value specifics: focus on high availability, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, and compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, HIPAA). Certifications such as VMware, AWS, Cisco, ITIL, security credentials (CISSP, CISM) preferred. The role involves strategic, tactical, and executive communications, with leadership over incident response, capacity planning, and continuous improvement.