Cloud Platform Director (Azure & AWS)

Zelis; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Health benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and consumers. We are seeking a Director of Cloud Engineering to own the Cloud Center of Excellence across Azure and AWS, lead the cloud engineering team, oversee the MSP partnership, and set the technical direction for how we build, secure, and operate in the cloud.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on architecture, focusing on Infrastructure as Code, security controls, resilience, and cost

Qualifications

• 10+ years in infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering with leadership experience.
• Proven experience leading cloud engineering teams.
• Deep production experience with Azure or AWS; both preferred.
• Strong IaC experience, with Terraform or CDK.
• CI/CD, automation, and modern infrastructure delivery expertise.
• Experience with regulated environments and translating HIPAA into cloud controls.
• Experience managing MSPs or external technology partners.
• Excellent cross-functional communication with technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve cloud strategy, architecture standards, landing zones, and guardrails.
• Lead architecture decisions for cloud migrations and major infrastructure initiatives.
• Provide senior technical leadership during complex engineering challenges and escalations.
• Drive policy-as-code and automated security controls across Azure and AWS.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the cloud engineering team and MSP oversight.
• Partner with finance for forecasting and cost optimization; communicate progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Azure & AWS

Security & compliance

IaC (Terraform/CDK)

CI/CD & GitOps

MSP management

Communication

Tools

Terraform

CDK

Job description

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and consumers. We are seeking a Director of Cloud Engineering to own the Cloud Center of Excellence across Azure and AWS, lead the cloud engineering team, oversee the MSP partnership, and set the technical direction for how we build, secure, and operate in the cloud.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on architecture, focusing on Infrastructure as Code, security controls, resilience, and cost