Director of Infrastructure: Cloud-Native & DevOps Lead

Maricopa Community Colleges; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 112,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) seeks a Director of Infrastructure to architect and lead modernization of its enterprise technology environment. The role focuses on building a high-performing engineering team, designing a resilient cloud-native and hybrid stack, and driving IaC standards across the organization.

The successful candidate will guide cloud adoption (AWS/Azure), DevOps workflows, and high-availability systems while aligning with district priorities and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with six years of professional IT infrastructure experience.
• Two years of supervisory or management experience.
• Experience building enterprise IT infrastructure teams and DevOps culture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and modernize MCCCD's enterprise infrastructure.
• Lead cloud-native and hybrid environments; implement IaC.
• Build and mentor an engineering team; establish DevOps practices.
• Oversee operations, monitoring, failover, and incident response.
• Collaborate with district stakeholders on infrastructure initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud & IaC

Enterprise IT

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) seeks a Director of Infrastructure to architect and lead modernization of its enterprise technology environment. The role focuses on building a high-performing engineering team, designing a resilient cloud-native and hybrid stack, and driving IaC standards across the organization.

The successful candidate will guide cloud adoption (AWS/Azure), DevOps workflows, and high-availability systems while aligning with district priorities and budgets.