Blue Cross NC is hiring a Director, IT Cloud Infrastructure Solutions to lead teams dedicated to the detailed design and planning of our cloud infrastructure technology futures. In this leadership role, you will direct the design of traditional and cloud infrastructure products and services, with a strong emphasis on cloud-native architectures, multi-cloud strategies, and automation, impacting health care delivery and community investment.
What You'll Do
- Oversee planning, design, and implementation of technology solutions across traditional datacenters and public/private cloud platforms.
- Provide direction to teams and contract labor responsible for designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Lead the establishment and maintenance of technology standards, guidelines, work procedures, and schedules for all aspects of solution engineering.
- Build collaborative relationships with the broader architecture leadership community to ensure input into IT strategies and standards.
- Direct team focus on forward-looking infrastructure initiatives, including cloud transformation roadmaps and vendor capability assessments.
- Drive expertise and knowledge in emerging cloud technologies like serverless, containers, and edge computing with strategic vendors.
- Facilitate presentations and briefings on datacenter and cloud infrastructure futures with executive leadership.
- Collaborate with Corporate Services on vendor strategy discussions, selection, and contract negotiations.
- Provide oversight of managed service providers and cloud service vendors.
- Establish and manage processes for budget management, technology roadmaps, capacity planning, inventory control, and cloud solution implementation.
What We're Looking For
- A Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of progressive IT leadership experience, including data center and cloud services.
- If no degree, a minimum of 12 years of progressive IT leadership experience, including data center and cloud services.
- A minimum of 5 years of technical leadership experience.
Nice to Have
- Broad technical knowledge in data center and cloud engineering, including cloud security, governance, and compliance frameworks.
- Expertise in one specialty area such as Compute, virtualization, storage; Middleware, database; Network, communications; or Collaboration tools, desktop, virtual desktop.
- Experience with provisioning automation, public cloud offerings (AWS preferred), cloud-native design patterns, and CI/CD concepts.
Technical Stack
- Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center Operations, IT Infrastructure
- IT Project Management, IT Security, IT Strategies
- IT Infrastructure Management, IT Service Management (ITSM)
- IT Strategy Development, IT Vendor Management
- Network Architecture, Virtualization
Team & Environment
You will lead teams dedicated to the design and planning of cloud infrastructure technology futures.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs.
- Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance.
- Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education.
- 401k match including an annual company contribution.
- Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work.
- Compensation range: $173,776.00 - $278,041.00.
Blue Cross NC is an equal opportunity employer.
