IT Director — Remote, Scale & Secure Cloud Platform

Smart Tech Contracting, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Tech Contracting, LLC is seeking an IT Director to lead the company’s growing IT function in a fully remote, nationwide role. You will set IT strategy, build the internal team, and own platforms, policies, and MSP relationships as the business scales.

The role covers cloud, security, compliance, and enterprise systems. You will report to the President and work with engineering, AI, and operations leaders to accelerate secure, rapid delivery of technology across all departments and client

Qualifications

• Experience building or scaling an internal IT function through rapid growth.
• Expert knowledge of Azure cloud platform, governance, and cost management.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, identity, and enterprise collaboration tools.
• Proven ability to lead remote teams and manage MSP relationships.
• Experience with DevOps, IaC, and modern application hosting.
• Experience with security frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, CIS).
• Ability to define IT policy with practical, business-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Translate objectives into an annual IT plan and roadmaps.
• Lead and develop the initial IT team and later managers; succession planning.
• Own MSP relationships and gradually move services in-house.
• Own Azure tenant, landing zones, policies, and cost management.
• Oversee security, data governance, and policy across IT and AI initiatives.
• Maintain IT budgets, schedules, and service performance; report progress.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Strategic thinking

Remote team management

Cloud computing

DevOps

CI/CD

Security

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Bicep

GitLab

Entra ID

Job description

Smart Tech Contracting, LLC is seeking an IT Director to lead the company’s growing IT function in a fully remote, nationwide role. You will set IT strategy, build the internal team, and own platforms, policies, and MSP relationships as the business scales.

The role covers cloud, security, compliance, and enterprise systems. You will report to the President and work with engineering, AI, and operations leaders to accelerate secure, rapid delivery of technology across all departments and client