Director, IT Engineering

15 hours, 3 minutes ago
Full-time
Executive
DevOps and Infrastructure
Universal Martial Arts Academy

Universal Martial Arts Academy

UMA Global Network for Education, Research and Innovation. UMA is an international multidisciplinary organization dedicated to excellence in higher education, research, professional development, media, and community advancement. With more than 25 year...

Education Services
Founded 1989

Description

  • Set the multi-year strategy, operating plans, standards, budgets, and roadmap for enterprise IT engineering capabilities.
  • Build and mature platform engineering services, including cloud landing zones, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, automation, policy-as-code, and self-service platforms.
  • Design and govern shared technology services across institutions, subsidiaries, legal entities, and future acquisitions.
  • Lead cloud, hybrid, multi-tenant, identity, networking, storage, productivity, SaaS, and data architecture.
  • Establish reliability engineering practices covering monitoring, observability, incident management, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
  • Develop infrastructure for AI, analytics, data warehouses, data lakes, lakehouses, streaming, and integration services.
  • Lead technology due diligence and integration or separation planning for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings.
  • Embed security, privacy, compliance, zero-trust, vulnerability management, identity controls, and audit readiness into engineering practices.
  • Manage budgets, cloud spending, vendors, licensing, FinOps governance, and engineering portfolios.
  • Recruit, coach, develop, and retain engineering leaders and team members while fostering inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
  • Experience developing and executing IT strategies, roadmaps, operating plans, budgets, and performance measures.
  • Proven experience leading, mentoring, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering or infrastructure teams.
  • Experience with cloud and hybrid environments, infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, CI/CD, and scalable platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of system administration, networking, monitoring, incident management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and service reliability.
  • Experience with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, identity and access management, vulnerability management, governance, and risk mitigation.
  • Working knowledge of FERPA, GLBA, HIPAA where applicable, privacy regulations, accreditation requirements, and data protection standards.
  • Experience managing technology budgets, investments, software licensing, vendors, contracts, and cost optimization.
  • Ability to manage multiple technology initiatives and communicate complex technical topics to senior and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Full-time remote work readiness, including a quiet home office, camera capability, wired high-speed internet, occasional onsite travel, and flexibility for evenings or weekends as needed.
  • Preferred: Experience in regulated, higher education, healthcare, financial services, multi-entity, or federated environments.
  • Preferred: Experience with Azure, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Databricks, Terraform, modern observability platforms, M&A, ITIL, SRE, DevSecOps, FinOps, NIST, or CIS Controls.
  • Preferred: Advanced degree, relevant certifications, or experience with multi-tenant identity, cloud, data, security, and productivity architectures.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $125,900–$210,000 USD.
  • Annual incentive bonus eligibility and cell phone allowance.
  • Remote work arrangement with occasional onsite travel.
  • Subsidized medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off, including 15 days accrued in year one, 9 holidays, and 1 volunteering day.
  • 401(k) eligibility after 90 days of employment.
  • Employer-paid basic life insurance, long-term disability, and employee assistance program.
  • FSA/HSA options, supplemental insurance, pet insurance, and identity theft protection.

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