Director of Cloud Operations Engineering and Security

Director of Cloud Operations Engineering and Security

AVB is a fast-growing, stable company that has a firm mission to do whatever it takes to keep our members profitably in business. Our vision is to deliver best in class growth solutions and service fueled by a passionate mission belief, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to doing what is right for our members, organization, and team members. AVB has an experienced development team, smart strategy team, bright and creative designers, along with the rest of our dream team of enthusiastic, entrepreneurial minded individuals who want to help drive the success of our members!

We offer competitive salaries, full benefits, a flexible remote work environment, an employee reimbursement program to support enriching your life, EAP, employee discounts, a WFH stipend, an annual allowance for AVB apparel, 401k options, a robust sick time policy, and 5 Floating Holidays per year, along with a minimum of 10 days of vacation time that starts accruing from your first day.

In addition, from time to time, our team members will be required to engage in travel to attend AVB’s Annual All-Employee Meeting, as well as other travel obligations which may be required of the position- such as meetings with members, attendance at conventions, and other events, where you will represent AVB!

We are always looking for smart, resourceful, and dynamic people to join the team, so if you are looking for a company that will welcome you, collaborate with you, challenge you, and help develop your skills to the next level- then we are looking for you! We are geared up for growth, are you ready to grow with us?

The Director Cloud Operations Engineering and Security is responsible for strategic and operational leadership with respect to the requirements, design, implementation, and support of all AVB IT infrastructure services. Directs the planning, development, integration and maintenance of the infrastructure environment components that support the needs of the business systems and associated data. This position works closely with IT and business management to ensure that Infrastructure requirements for business systems are effectively met

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Lead the company in planning and executing infrastructure initiatives to deploy, enhance, and sustain technologies that will cost effectively support business strategies and operational requirements.
• Provide resources adept at industry best practices in technology disciplines to participate in design, delivery, and sustainment of information technology solutions.
• Works with business partners to understand the IT requirements generated by business strategies and operational requirements; communicate opportunities and present alternatives to executive leadership, demonstrating areas where new technologies can drive business results.
• Participate in engagements with business and IT leaders to understand and document business strategies, use key performance indicators and how they apply to IT asset investments primarily data leading to infrastructure.
• Provide business analysis, measurement and reporting using internal data as well as independent external industry sources through research and industry best practices to for technology investments.
• Lead the infrastructure aspect of the strategic initiatives by engaging key members.
• Responsible for providing strategic vision for network architecture.
• Consult with business partners to create functional business specifications and resulting technical requirements as well as identify, evaluate, and recommend potential solutions and vendors across all infrastructure disciplines (platform, networking, voice/data services).
• Ensure infrastructure services are delivered. Measure and report services to determine performance and business impacts.
• Ensure platform and systems are secure and in regulatory compliance.
• Ensure IT infrastructure commitments are met through the development, implementation, and operation of solution delivery.
• Direct a team to complete infrastructure projects and services from initiation through delivery ensuring completion of assigned objectives on schedule and within budget constraints.
• Direct company Telecom services.
• Lead infrastructure team to design, build and support technology in a highly available environment.
• Define and manage the IT Infrastructure & Operations team including staffing structure, operations, and network functions to achieve business objectives.
• Prepare, communicate, and educate client groups and team on changes in policies and practices with the organization.
• Key decision maker on escalated infrastructure issues.
• Research, evaluate and recommend emerging infrastructure…