We are sharing a full-time opportunity for an experienced Director of Infrastructure Engineering with deep expertise in AWS, GCP, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, platform engineering, reliability, security, and technical leadership to build and scale the infrastructure supporting production AI systems.
The role combines hands-on infrastructure engineering with strategic leadership across cloud architecture, developer platforms, observability, reliability, security, and engineering operations. The successful candidate will own both long-term infrastructure strategy and day-to-day execution, including production resilience, incident response, automation, and team development.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure Strategy
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Own the architecture and evolution of multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP
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Define long-term infrastructure strategy aligned with scalability, reliability, security, and cost objectives
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Evaluate architecture trade-offs across cloud platforms and deployment models
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Ensure infrastructure can support growing production workloads
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Maintain strong operational standards as systems and teams scale
Infrastructure as Code & Platform Engineering
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Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform or comparable tooling
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Ensure environments are reproducible, auditable, and version controlled
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Develop reusable infrastructure patterns and platform abstractions
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Reduce operational friction through automation and internal tooling
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Improve developer productivity across engineering teams
CI/CD & Software Delivery
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Design and improve CI/CD systems
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Enable fast, reliable, and secure software delivery
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Standardise deployment practices across engineering teams
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Improve release safety through automation and validation
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Reduce deployment risk while supporting rapid iteration
Reliability & Production Operations
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Define and drive reliability practices across production systems
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Establish SLOs, error budgets, incident-response processes, and on-call operations
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Lead disaster-recovery planning and resilience initiatives
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Improve operational maturity through blameless postmortems
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Ensure infrastructure remains highly available and recoverable
Observability & Incident Management
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Build comprehensive observability across metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
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Improve detection of production issues before they affect users
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Define meaningful operational signals and alert thresholds
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Support structured troubleshooting and incident response
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Use production data to guide reliability improvements
Security & Compliance
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Partner with Security and Engineering leadership to embed security by default
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Strengthen infrastructure controls and operational risk management
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Support compliance with frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CMMC
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Evaluate security risks across cloud architecture and platform tooling
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Maintain secure infrastructure practices throughout the software lifecycle
Team Leadership & Engineering Culture
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Lead and grow a high-performing Infrastructure or Platform Engineering team
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Establish a culture of ownership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
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Mentor experienced engineers and support technical development
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Influence infrastructure strategy across engineering and executive stakeholders
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Balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical involvement
Ideal Profile
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8+ years of experience building and operating production infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE systems
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3+ years of experience leading engineering teams
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Deep expertise with AWS, GCP, or multi-cloud production environments
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Strong experience with Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code tooling
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Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and containerised infrastructure
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Experience building and operating modern CI/CD platforms
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Demonstrated success designing highly available, observable, and resilient systems
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Strong understanding of infrastructure security, compliance, and operational risk
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Experience scaling infrastructure and engineering organisations in fast-moving environments
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Ability to influence technical strategy across engineering and executive stakeholders
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Experience supporting AI/ML infrastructure or large-scale data platforms is highly valuable
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Familiarity with model training, inference, evaluation, or data-pipeline infrastructure is advantageous
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Experience with regulated cloud environments such as FedRAMP, GovCloud, or CMMC Level 2 is beneficial
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Contributions to platform engineering, open-source infrastructure, or developer-productivity initiatives are a plus
Engagement Details
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Full-time engagement
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Fully remote
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Base compensation: $350,000–$500,000/year
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Work will involve AWS, GCP, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering, platform tooling, security, and technical leadership
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Strong hands-on infrastructure expertise and leadership experience are central to this role
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Responsibilities will span strategic architecture, production operations, developer experience, team leadership, and incident management
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The role may support AI/ML infrastructure, large-scale data platforms, or regulated cloud environments
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Infrastructure priorities, compliance requirements, and platform architecture may evolve as production systems scale
About the Platform
This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.
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