Senior Infrastructure Leader — Hybrid Cloud & Security

Connerstrongbuckelew

Camden (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Conner Strong & Buckelew, a leading risk management and insurance solutions provider, seeks an AVP, Infrastructure Management to design, implement, and optimize enterprise infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The role emphasizes Azure expertise, security, reliability, and mentorship within a high-autonomy, senior-arena setting.

The candidate will drive strategy, architecture, budgeting, vendor management, and operation continuity while leading complex

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience), with 12+ years of progressive infrastructure experience and at least 5 years in senior engineering, architecture, lead, or technical leadership roles.
Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional infrastructure initiatives within hybrid enterprise environments, with strong analytical, troubleshooting, project execution, risk management, documentation, prioritization, and continuous improvement capabilities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to effectively present technical concepts, architecture decisions, risk assessments, investment recommendations, and operational impacts to both technical and business audiences.
Proven ability to manage competing priorities, lead through ambiguity, and deliver secure, reliable, scalable, and resilient technology solutions; relevant industry certifications and experience within regulated industries are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level technical leadership across the enterprise infrastructure portfolio, including cloud, datacenter, network, server, storage, backup, identity, telephony, collaboration, and workplace technologies. Design, implement, support, troubleshoot, optimize, and modernize infrastructure solutions while serving as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex operational issues.
Lead infrastructure strategy, architecture, and lifecycle management by translating business objectives and architectural direction into implementation roadmaps, technical standards, operating procedures, support models, capacity plans, resiliency improvements, and measurable operational outcomes.
Manage and optimize hybrid infrastructure platforms, including Azure cloud services, on-premises infrastructure, connectivity, identity, governance, security, cost management, and integration services. Ensure environments remain secure, resilient, scalable, performant, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
Direct infrastructure projects and operational excellence initiatives from planning through implementation, stabilization, documentation, and operational handoff. Oversee upgrades, migrations, patching, maintenance, monitoring, service transitions, and continuous improvement activities to maintain high service availability and reliability.
Advance cybersecurity, compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities by implementing secure infrastructure designs, access controls, vulnerability remediation, recovery procedures, incident response support, and resilience testing in partnership with cybersecurity and business stakeholders.
Drive infrastructure automation, standardization, and operational maturity through scripting, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, version control, monitoring, reporting, technical documentation, runbooks, and repeatable operational processes that improve efficiency, auditability, and service quality.
Collaborate with business, application, data, service, and technology teams while providing mentorship and technical guidance to infrastructure staff. Evaluate vendors and emerging technologies, support a distributed workforce, strengthen organizational capabilities through coaching and knowledge sharing, and ensure infrastructure readiness for new and existing business solutions.