Director of Platform Engineering & Cloud Modernization

Sonic Healthcare USA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonic Healthcare USA is seeking a seasoned Director of Platform Engineering to lead the design, delivery, and modernization of enterprise infrastructure platforms. You will manage data centers, cloud and hybrid environments, and drive automation, resiliency, and cost efficiency across critical clinical and business operations.

This role requires 10+ years in infrastructure engineering with 5+ years in leadership, plus deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Leadership experience

Cloud platforms

Networking & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

Job description

Sonic Healthcare USA is seeking a seasoned Director of Platform Engineering to lead the design, delivery, and modernization of enterprise infrastructure platforms. You will manage data centers, cloud and hybrid environments, and drive automation, resiliency, and cost efficiency across critical clinical and business operations.

This role requires 10+ years in infrastructure engineering with 5+ years in leadership, plus deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure and cloud platforms.