Head of Infrastructure
PHINCON
Job Description
Requirements:Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Experience 10–17 years in IT operations, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.Deep knowledge of AWS, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of Zero Trust and cloud security architecture. Team leadership, stakeholder management, crisis management, and the ability to translate “tech-speak” for the Board. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional preferred. Responsibilities:1. Strategic Leadership & Vision Roadmap Development: Define the one year strategy for cloud migration, data center management, and edge computing. Financial Oversight: Manage CapEx and OpEx budgets, optimizing cloud spend (FinOps) and vendor contracts. Team Building: Lead and mentor diverse teams across DevOps, SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), Network Engineering, and Security Operations. 2.Architecture & Operations Scalability: Ensure the infrastructure can handle rapid user growth and peak traffic periods without performance degradation. Reliability: Maintain (99.99%) availability through robust disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning. Modernization: Cloud-native, containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).Implement IT service management practices including incident management, change management, and service monitoring.
3.Security & Compliance Governance: Partner with the CISO to implement rigorous security protocols, identity management, and encryption standards.Compliance: Ensure infrastructure meets industry-specific standards such as ISO 27001 and regional regulatory standards.Endpoint Management: Operate device management platforms (MDM) supporting secure provisioning, patching, and configuration of corporate devices.Zero Trust Enablement: Implement infrastructure capabilities supporting Zero Trust architecture, including identity-aware networking, device trust integration, and secure service-to-service authentication.