Senior Director, Modern Work & AI Infrastructure

Par Health; Hazelwood (MO); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Par Health is seeking a Senior Director, Modern Work, Cloud Infrastructure, Operations to lead strategy, modernization, and cost optimization of enterprise infrastructure across Azure and hybrid environments. You will partner with cybersecurity, architecture, data and analytics, and QA to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable services that enable digital and AI initiatives.

Reporting to the CIO, you will build an AI-ready operating model, drive vendor governance, and oversee service

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field; Master's preferred.
• 15+ years IT infrastructure and enterprise technology operations, with 8+ years in senior IT leadership.
• Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator, or Azure AI Engineer preferred; ITIL 4, PMP, CISSP, CCSP, FinOps Practitioner desirable.
• Experience with modern infrastructure tech: public/hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and automation/observability tools.
• Experience in regulated-industry operations and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern cloud and infrastructure strategy with a cloud-first approach (Azure and hyper-scale providers).
• Lead modernization to secure, scalable cloud services; oversee migration planning and governance.
• Ensure ITIL-aligned incident, change, and service management and governance.
• Oversee AI infrastructure, MLOps, and AI platform operations and governance.
• Partner with security, architecture, data/analytics, and vendor governance to ensure compliant delivery.

Skills

ITIL

Agile

DevSecOps

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Azure certifications

ITIL 4

PMP

CISSP

CCSP

FinOps Practitioner

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Splunk

Azure

Job description

Par Health is seeking a Senior Director, Modern Work, Cloud Infrastructure, Operations to lead strategy, modernization, and cost optimization of enterprise infrastructure across Azure and hybrid environments. You will partner with cybersecurity, architecture, data and analytics, and QA to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable services that enable digital and AI initiatives.

Reporting to the CIO, you will build an AI-ready operating model, drive vendor governance, and oversee service