Associate Director - IT Infrastructure

Careernet; Hyderabad, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Careernet is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Leader to drive cloud engineering and network operations across hybrid environments. You will own service availability, performance, security, and SLA compliance for critical infrastructure services, while guiding modernization including cloud migrations and landing zone design.

The role requires 20+ years in enterprise infrastructure, strong leadership skills, and hands-on Azure DevOps experience to govern security, resilience, and operating models

Qualifications

• 20+ years of enterprise infrastructure, cloud engineering, and/or network operations experience.
• Strong background in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, and network operations leadership.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Azure cloud environments, and hybrid cloud operating models.
• Proven ability to manage security, governance, resilience, and service reliability across large-scale platforms.
• Experience leading infrastructure teams, driving operational discipline, and supporting enterprise service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud engineering and network operations teams across hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Own service availability, performance, security, and SLA compliance for critical infrastructure services.
• Drive infrastructure modernization initiatives including cloud migration, landing zone design, and network transformation.
• Establish governance for incident, problem, change, and major incident management.
• Partner with security, architecture, and executive leadership teams to define standards, guardrails, and operating models.

Skills

IT Infrastructure

Network operations

Leadership

Network Security

Cloud Infrastructure

DevOps

Cyber Security

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure Cloud

Job description

Key Skills: IT Infrastructure, Network operation, Leadership, Network Security, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Cyber Security, CICD

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead cloud engineering and network operations teams across hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Own service availability, performance, security, and SLA compliance for critical infrastructure services.
• Drive infrastructure modernization initiatives including cloud migration, landing zone design, and network transformation.
• Establish governance for incident, problem, change, and major incident management.
• Partner with security, architecture, and executive leadership teams to define standards, guardrails, and operating models.

Skills Required:

• 20+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, cloud engineering, and/or network operations.
• Strong background in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, and network operations leadership.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Azure cloud environments, and hybrid cloud operating models.
• Proven ability to manage security, governance, resilience, and service reliability across large-scale platforms.
• Experience leading infrastructure teams, driving operational discipline, and supporting enterprise service delivery.

Good to Have:

• CI/CD automation experience.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.