Director, Enterprise IT & Cloud Infrastructure

Digitailor; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Director of IT Infrastructure Services to lead strategy, engineering, and operations across network, cloud, and on-premises infrastructure. This senior leader will own the operating model, architecture standards, and investment priorities for hybrid environments, ensuring availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

The ideal candidate combines deep enterprise networking, cloud platforms, data center operations, and DevOps with a track record of building high-performing,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading enterprise IT infrastructure across networks, data centers, cloud, and identity.
• Strong background in cloud architecture, IaC, observability, and cost optimization.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing infrastructure teams in high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year IT infrastructure strategy and roadmap.
• Lead and scale the Infrastructure Services leadership team with clear service ownership.
• Define service-delivery models, SLAs, capacity planning, and performance metrics.
• Oversee Network Engineering (routing, switching, WAN, VPN, security).
• Oversee Cloud Platform Engineering (cloud architecture, provisioning, IaC, DevOps, identity, monitoring).
• Oversee on-premises compute, storage, data centers, and infrastructure automation.
• Partner with Cybersecurity on secure-by-default architectures and access controls.
• Drive cost optimization, vendor management, and lifecycle planning.

Skills

Enterprise IT infra

Cloud platforms

DevOps & IaC

Leadership & mentoring

Security by design

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Director of IT Infrastructure Services to lead strategy, engineering, and operations across network, cloud, and on-premises infrastructure. This senior leader will own the operating model, architecture standards, and investment priorities for hybrid environments, ensuring availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

The ideal candidate combines deep enterprise networking, cloud platforms, data center operations, and DevOps with a track record of building high-performing,