Guidewire Software · 2 weeks ago
Director, Cloud Infrastructure
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$202K/yr - $304K/yrGuidewire Software is a leading platform for P&C insurers, combining digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver cloud services. The Director of Cloud Infrastructure will lead the cloud strategy and automation efforts while managing a team of engineers and ensuring the security and reliability of cloud services.
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Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Collaborate with engineering, security, and product leadership to align cloud and delivery roadmaps with business priorities
Manage the budget for all cloud consumption and DevOps tooling, reporting on key metrics (availability, cost) to executive leadership
Establish and maintain Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including Service Level Objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and incident management procedures. This role works closely with our ops director in maintaining 24x7 Operations and uptime of services
Embed security (DevSecOps) into the CI/CD pipelines by implementing automated security scanning, vulnerability testing, and secrets management
Ensure all cloud infrastructure and operational practices meet security and regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, COBIT, and NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)
Oversee monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to provide proactive system health insights and minimize downtime
Experience and understanding managing infrastructure for Data Science teams, including familiarity with MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, or GCP Vertex AI)
Qualification
Required
Expert knowledge and experience leading enterprise cloud adoption and operations across at least one major provider: AWS: Solutions Architect - Professional, DevOps Engineer - Professional; GCP: Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Deep, practical expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
Experience with Containerization & Orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
Experience with Continuous Delivery: CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
Experience implementing centralized monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch)
Expertise in DevSecOps practices, including security auditing, vulnerability scanning, and managing cloud IAM roles
Familiarity with data centers commissioning and maintenance and related technologies including compute, storage, hypervisors such as VMware
Proven security first and security by design mentality with hands on experience in security practices and frameworks such as NIST, CIS, and certifications such as CISSP and higher or equivalent
Experience managing global teams across multiple time zones
Experience defining policies, process and procedure and revamping them as needs change
Proven ability to think big picture but willing to roll up the sleeves and get things done with speed and agility
Demonstrated ability to inspire and grow others and lead with conviction
Communicate clearly and influence others and manage and maintain strong relationships
Proven budget and fiscal management experience
Deep understanding of project management, agile, budget management, vendor management and business continuity and disaster recovery planning methodologies and implementation
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off
Company sponsored retirement plan
Annual company bonus plan
Commissions
Long term incentive awards
Company
Guidewire Software
Guidewire Software provides core back-end systems software to the global property, casual and worker's compensation insurance industry.
Founded in 2001
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$624.75M2024-10-15Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2012-01-25IPO
2008-03-28Series C· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Mike Rosenbaum
CEO
Alex Naddaff
Senior Vice President
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