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Salary: USD 159,700 - 178,300 / annual
Somatus, a leading provider of outcomes-driven care for individuals and communities living with chronic conditions, is seeking a Director of IT Infrastructure to architect, scale, and manage cloud and enterprise environments with a heavy focus on Microsoft Azure.
This is a hands-on director role requiring a technical player-coach who balances high-level Azure governance and modernization with active, day-to-day involvement in cloud configuration, systems engineering, and environment optimization. You will lead from the front, providing strategic direction and oversight for the entire lifecycle of IT systems design, development, operation, and support across multiple divisions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing long-term infrastructure strategy while maintaining accountability for day-to-day operation, performance, and reliability of enterprise systems
- Balancing strategic planning with hands-on leadership, actively engaging in infrastructure initiatives, troubleshooting complex issues, and driving execution of critical projects
- Providing direction on emerging technologies to incorporate into infrastructure and security products and services
- Developing IT process maturity to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and increase collaboration across business areas through Agile and DevOps methodologies
- Building successful stakeholder relationships with IT and business leaders by understanding business needs and ensuring cost-effective delivery of IT services
- Managing the annual IT infrastructure budget aligned with strategic objectives
- Defining, developing, and managing a comprehensive ITSM landscape based on best-practice processes
- Overseeing strategic vendor and partner relationship management
- Working with HR and IT leadership to develop workforce plans ensuring skilled resources meet current and future demand
- Continuing to improve cloud product reliability, availability, maintainability, and cost-benefit analysis
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Project Management, Healthcare Administration, Data Analytics, or related field
- 5-7+ years of total IT experience, including 3-5+ years in a technology leadership role managing enterprise infrastructure strategy, technical implementation, and team operations
- Proven ability to operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels, shifting seamlessly between executive planning and detailed execution
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise technology strategy while maintaining strong understanding of infrastructure operations and technical implementation
- Hands-on technology leadership experience with ability to engage in technical discussions, review architecture, troubleshoot complex issues, and support implementation activities
- Strong execution mindset with track record of delivering results through both leadership and direct involvement in key initiatives
- Awareness of DevOps methodologies and mindset to drive rapid prototyping and piloting of cloud solutions
- Experience building hybrid workplace secure solutions
- Experience establishing and improving DevOps, Cyber Security, and other working practices
- Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills
- Ability to move fluidly between long-term strategic planning, team leadership, project execution, and operational problem-solving
- Strong business acumen, including industry and domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategic staffing plans ensuring right people in right roles with high engagement and satisfaction
- Knowledgeable in leading cloud adoption at scale, including establishing governance mechanisms, delivering migration projects, and modifying IT's target operating model
- Ability to build best-in-class infrastructure and operations with world-class benchmark metrics
