Director, Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud Operations

Travere Therapeutics; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Travere Therapeutics is seeking a Director of Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering & Operations to lead the modern workplace and core infrastructure, including Microsoft 365, identity, endpoints, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, and monitoring. You will supervise a small team and work hands-on during the initial phase.

The role requires extensive experience in AWS, Microsoft cloud platforms, and regulated industries, with travel up to 15-30% and on-site work in San Diego.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. An equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise infrastructure, platform engineering, AWS and Microsoft cloud platforms, modern workplace technologies, and technology operations.
• 7+ years leading technical teams and enterprise platform capabilities.
• Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare, or other regulated-industry experience is strongly preferred; experience supporting GxP environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise roadmaps, architecture standards, and lifecycle plans for modern workplace technologies, and AWS Cloud infrastructure capabilities and Microsoft 365, identity, endpoints, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, backup and recovery, and monitoring.
• Personally design, configure, automate, implement, and troubleshoot complex infrastructure and workplace solutions; lead high-risk technical decisions, major changes, and escalations using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Infrastructure as Code, and other appropriate tools.
• Modernize and operate platforms to improve reliability, security, scalability, performance, supportability, automation, cost efficiency, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resilience.
• Establish engineering, configuration, documentation, testing, monitoring, identity, endpoint, Zero Trust, information protection, and lifecycle standards in partnership with Cyber Security, Risk, and Quality.
• Lead and develop infrastructure engineers and oversee service desk operations, managed service providers, and vendors with clear ownership, service levels, performance measures, escalation paths, and accountability for outcomes.
• Partner with application, data, AI, security, quality, and business teams to translate requirements into secure, scalable, supportable platforms and ensure effective implementation and operational transition.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, Microsoft licensing, cloud consumption, contracts, vendor relationships, capacity, technical debt, and investment priorities; communicate roadmaps, service performance, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Modern workplace tech

Vendor management

Leadership

Zero Trust

Scripting & automation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

15+ years enterprise infrastructure

7+ years leading technical teams

Experience in regulated industries (GxP a plus)

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph

IaC

Azure

Microsoft 365

Job description

Travere Therapeutics is seeking a Director of Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering & Operations to lead the modern workplace and core infrastructure, including Microsoft 365, identity, endpoints, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, and monitoring. You will supervise a small team and work hands-on during the initial phase.

The role requires extensive experience in AWS, Microsoft cloud platforms, and regulated industries, with travel up to 15-30% and on-site work in San Diego.