Cloud Services Director: Delivery & Security Leadership

Coalfire-; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 127,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Coalfire, headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Director of Cloud Services to lead professional and managed services teams delivering client-centric cloud outcomes. You’ll shape engagements, set scopes, and guide governance, training, and day-to-day execution with strong engineering fluency.

You’ll partner with Sales, Advisory, and Security to translate client needs into executable cloud strategies, drive GTM initiatives, and build trusted relationships across delivery and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in managing consulting, cloud engineering, strategy, or leadership roles.
• Strong experience establishing delivery standards and improving operational performance.
• Experience supporting sales lifecycles and translating engineering effort into pricing.
• Customer-facing roles with experience managing client escalations and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing cloud engineering engagements, set expectations and maintain communication.
• Own engagement momentum, monitor scope, risks, milestones, and client satisfaction.
• Lead escalations with professionalism and resolve issues while preserving relationships.
• Provide delivery leadership across cloud services engagements with standards and governance.
• Create repeatable systems to reduce dependency on experts and improve friction.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cloud engineering

Delivery governance

Executive communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Coalfire, headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Director of Cloud Services to lead professional and managed services teams delivering client-centric cloud outcomes. You’ll shape engagements, set scopes, and guide governance, training, and day-to-day execution with strong engineering fluency.

You’ll partner with Sales, Advisory, and Security to translate client needs into executable cloud strategies, drive GTM initiatives, and build trusted relationships across delivery and executive stakeholders.