Blue Cross NC · 5 days ago
Director, IT Cloud Infrastructure Solutions
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$174K/yr - $278K/yr
10+ years expBlue Cross NC is seeking a Director of IT Cloud Infrastructure Solutions to lead teams in designing and planning cloud infrastructure technology. This role involves overseeing the implementation of cloud-native architectures and managing vendor relationships while ensuring alignment with IT strategies and cloud governance standards.
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Responsibilities
Oversee planning, design, and implementation of technology solutions across traditional datacenters and public/private cloud platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise IT strategies and cloud-smart principles
Provide direction to teams and contract labor responsible for designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions that meet evolving business requirements
Lead the establishment and maintenance of technology standards, guidelines, work procedures, and schedules for all aspects of solution engineering, with a focus on cloud automation, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps practices
Build collaborative relationships with the broader architecture leadership community to ensure input into IT strategies and standards, especially around cloud adoption, migration, and optimization
Direct team focus on forward-looking infrastructure initiatives, including cloud transformation roadmaps, vendor capability assessments, and strategic guidance on leveraging cloud-native services to solve business needs
Drive expertise and knowledge in emerging cloud technologies (e.g., serverless, containers, edge computing) with strategic vendors and lead adoption efforts across the organization
Facilitate presentations and briefings on datacenter and cloud infrastructure futures with executive leadership, highlighting innovation, cost efficiency, and business agility
Collaborate with Corporate Services on vendor strategy discussions, selection, and contract negotiations, providing insights into cloud vendor performance, SLAs, and operational maturity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and 10 years of progressive IT leadership experience, including data center and cloud services
If no degree, a minimum of 12 years of experience as stated above
Minimum of 5 years technical leadership experience
Preferred
Candidates should have broad technical knowledge in data center and cloud engineering, including cloud security, governance, and compliance frameworks
Expertise in one of the following specialty areas is required and is dictated by groups managed: Compute, infrastructure virtualization, storage, backup; Middleware, tool-based application administration, database; Network, unified communications, telecommunications; Collaboration tools, active directory, desktop/laptop, virtual desktop, virtual application
Experience with provisioning automation, public cloud offerings (AWS preferred), cloud-native design patterns, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) concepts
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs
Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance
Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
401k match including an annual company contribution
Company
Blue Cross NC
It's an exciting time to work at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). Health care is changing, and we're leading the way.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tunde Sotunde
President and Chief Executive Officer
Caleb Davies
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