Global Cloud Platforms Director

Pacific Life; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 264,000 - 322,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Wellbeing Reimbursement Account

Paid Time Off and holidays

401k with company match

Job summary

Pacific Life is seeking a Cloud Platforms Director to shape the strategic direction of our cloud platforms. You will lead global teams of engineers, partner with business leaders, and drive a scalable, secure cloud core infrastructure across regions. This is a senior role with relocation options and growth potential.

You will collaborate on governance, automation, and cost optimization while guiding the organization toward best-in-class cloud practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud platform management or IT infrastructure.
• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to generate executive-level proposals and communications.
• Proven track record leading global infrastructure operations teams.
• Strong knowledge of security, identity, networking, cloud technologies, and hybrid environments.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR).
• Foundational understanding of CI/CD and pipeline orchestration.
• Budgeting and cost optimization experience.
• Hands-on disaster recovery planning, incident management, and operational risk mitigation.
• Experience in regulated/high-availability environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for cloud platform engineering aligned with business goals.
• Manage distributed cloud core infrastructure with highly redundant, automated governance.
• Lead experienced cloud platform engineers and foster a culture of excellence.
• Ensure cloud platforms are scalable, performant, secure, and cost-effective.
• Collaborate with leadership to gather requirements and align compute strategies.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and third-party services.
• Develop and run a global service line to automate cloud workloads with KPIs/KRIs.
• Collaborate with executives to align global compute strategies with IT and business goals.
• Monitor industry trends to maintain a competitive edge.

Skills

Cloud platform management

Global team leadership

AWS or CSP certifications

Hybrid cloud architectures

CI/CD and IaC

Budgeting and cost optimization

Education

4-year degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Pacific Life is seeking a Cloud Platforms Director to shape the strategic direction of our cloud platforms. You will lead global teams of engineers, partner with business leaders, and drive a scalable, secure cloud core infrastructure across regions. This is a senior role with relocation options and growth potential.

You will collaborate on governance, automation, and cost optimization while guiding the organization toward best-in-class cloud practices.