Banner Health · 2 days ago
Senior Director, Cloud Platform Engineering
Denver, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$73.76/hr - $140.84/hr
8+ years expBanner Health is a nationally-recognized healthcare leader committed to excellence and safety in healthcare delivery. The Senior Director of Cloud Platform Engineering will lead cloud transformation initiatives and platform engineering teams, focusing on developing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure and services while ensuring collaboration across various technology teams. This pivotal role requires comprehensive decision-making and talent development to support the organization's digital transformation and strategic objectives.
Health CareInsuranceNon Profit
Responsibilities
Leads the establishment of a clear Platform Operating Model that shifts from day-to-day support to product-driven delivery, transforming platform services into consumable products with clear service catalogs and self-service capabilities
Drives data center migration initiatives, overseeing the strategic migration of on-premises systems to cloud platforms while ensuring business continuity
Leads the transformation of IT practices to embrace cloud platform engineering, including DevSecOps and CI/CD, with focus on launching developer self-service capabilities, reusable deployment archetypes, and "paved paths" for application teams
Champions automation of Governance, SRE, and FinOps foundations, implementing comprehensive observability and monitoring solutions to improve system reliability and reduce P1 incidents
Leads cloud FinOps practices including real-time cost visibility, chargeback/showback models, optimization initiatives, managing budgets and driving ROI analysis for cloud migrations and modernization efforts
Develops and execute a cloud strategy roadmap, fostering innovation and adoption of cutting-edge cloud technologies including containerization, microservices, and event streaming architectures
Builds collaborative relationships across IT, Security, and business stakeholders, ensuring cloud platform initiatives align with overall IT strategy and business goals
Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements, leveraging cloud solutions to enhance data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity posture
Establishes platform KPIs focused on developer experience, self-service adoption, and operational excellence, driving continuous improvement across all platform services
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent level of education and experience
A minimum of eight years of experience in leadership roles managing large engineering teams, with at least five years managing leaders
Five+ years of experience leading cloud architecture, design and implementation at scale
Five+ years of experience applying cloud platform, container-based technologies, and observability at scale
Proven experience with platform operating models and product-driven delivery approaches
Hands-on experience designing and scaling public cloud platforms, preferably AWS and Azure
Experience migrating data centers to cloud and modernizing application stacks
Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
Demonstrated ability in leading DevSecOps and CI/CD implementations
Experience with large-scale cloud migrations and modernization initiatives
Preferred
Master's degree in Engineering disciplines (i.e., Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, etc.)
Professional level certifications on public cloud platforms (AWS and Azure preferred)
Deep knowledge of at least one cloud provider between AWS and Azure and working knowledge of other clouds
Experience with specific tools and platforms: CI/CD & Version Control: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, HashiCorp Sentinel
Container Platforms: Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, Docker Hub, ECR/ACR
Observability: Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog
Security Tools: WIZ, Palo Alto, Tenable, CyberArk
Work Management: ServiceNow, JIRA, Confluence
Healthcare industry experience
Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization
Additional Related Education And/or Experience Preferred
Benefits
Option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits
Management Incentive Program as part of your Total Rewards package
Company
Banner Health
Banner Health operates as a nonprofit health care system in the United States. The company offers hospital care, home care, hospice care,
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknownKey Investors
Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation
2025-10-24Grant
Leadership Team
Andy Kramer Petersen
President & CEO Banner Health Foundation
Brian P. Kellar
Chief Executive Officer
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