Director of Infrastructure Engineering
Contract to Hire Hybrid - McKinney, TX U.S. Citizenship Required
We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the design, development, and operation of our client's infrastructure ecosystem. This role spans DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), networking, data center management, cloud operations, and platform engineering-making it central to the company's growth and operational excellence.
You will be responsible for building a comprehensive infrastructure roadmap, guiding high-performing technical teams, and ensuring the scalability, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency of our backend systems.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and execute a 3-5-year infrastructure roadmap aligned with overall business objectives.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across SRE, Cloud Operations, and Platform Engineering.
- Drive the adoption of next-generation technologies, including AI-driven automation.
Team Management
- Recruit, mentor, and retain top engineering talent and technical leaders.
- Foster a culture of intrinsic motivation, continuous learning, and blameless collaboration.
Operational Excellence
- Oversee the architecture and maintenance of multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises infrastructure environments.
- Implement and test comprehensive Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) strategies.
- Negotiate vendor contracts (ISPs, cloud providers) to optimize cost/service quality.
Innovation & Cost Optimization
- Balance infrastructure innovation (e.g., GitOps, zero-trust networking) with cost efficiency.
- Reduce toil through automation (IaC, observability, self-healing systems).
Competencies
Non-Technical:
- Leads through influence, not authority; builds trust across teams.
- Balances quarterly deliverables with long-term technical debt reduction.
- Communicates complex technical strategies to executives with clarity.
- Champions a culture of humility, ownership, and blameless problem-solving.
Technical:
- Expertise in multi-cloud/hybrid infrastructure design (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Deep knowledge of Linux/container orchestration at scale (Kubernetes, ECS).
- Mastery of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and SLO/SLI frameworks.
- Proven experience with IaC (Terraform, Pulumi) and security automation.
- Familiarity with data center ecosystems, carrier-grade networking, and the broader infrastructure vendor landscape.