Director of Platform Engineering

Sonic Healthcare USA; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonic Healthcare USA seeks an experienced Director of Platform Engineering to lead enterprise infrastructure modernization, data centers, cloud and hybrid platforms, and platform resilience. This leadership role focuses on automation, IaC, recovery planning, and cost-efficient operations across the organization.

The position drives collaboration with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, and Applications teams to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure supporting clinical and business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive infrastructure engineering experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing infrastructure and engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms and disaster recovery.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Strong networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud architecture knowledge.
• Experience managing large operational and capital budgets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise platform engineering roadmap and infrastructure strategy.
• Lead design, management, and modernization of data centers, colocation, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Oversee Windows, Linux, virtualization, compute, storage, backup, and platform operations.
• Drive cloud adoption, IaC, automation, and platform standardization initiatives.
• Establish disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for critical systems.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, EA, App Development, Data & Analytics, and Ops teams.
• Optimize performance, reliability, availability, and cost efficiency.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and multimillion-dollar budgets.
• Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams with a culture of automation.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure strategy

Budget management

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

AWS

Bicep

Job description

Job Functions, Duties, Responsibilities And Position Qualifications

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Sonic Healthcare USA is seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Platform Engineering to lead the design, delivery, and modernization of our enterprise infrastructure platforms. This leader will be responsible for data centers, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, platform reliability, disaster recovery, infrastructure automation, and overall hosting strategy supporting critical clinical and business operations across the organization

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute the enterprise platform engineering roadmap and infrastructure strategy.
• Lead the design, management, and modernization of data centers, colocation facilities, cloud platforms, and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Oversee Windows, Linux, virtualization, compute, storage, backup, and platform engineering operations.
• Drive cloud adoption, infrastructure automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and platform standardization initiatives.
• Establish and maintain disaster recovery, business continuity, and resiliency strategies for mission-critical systems.
• Partner closely with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Application Development, Data & Analytics, and Operations teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
• Optimize infrastructure performance, reliability, availability, and cost efficiency.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships, contracts, and multimillion-dollar infrastructure budgets.
• Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams while fostering a culture of innovation, automation, and continuous improvement.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive infrastructure engineering experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing infrastructure and engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, data centers, colocation services, virtualization, disaster recovery, and platform resiliency.
• Experience leading large-scale infrastructure transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud architecture.
• Experience managing large operational and capital budgets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare or highly regulated industry experience.
• Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or similar certifications.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and infrastructure integrations.

Why Join Sonic Healthcare USA?

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of enterprise infrastructure for a leading healthcare organization. You'll lead modernization efforts that improve reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence while supporting critical systems that help deliver high-quality patient care across the country.

Join us and help build the next generation of enterprise infrastructure at Sonic Healthcare USA.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Job Category

Information Technology

Company

Sonic Healthcare USA, Inc

Sonic Healthcare USA is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive workplace for all employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.