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Drive the future of cloud reliability at scale. Kinective is seeking a seasoned Director of Cloud Infrastructure & SRE to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our multi-cloud platform supporting real-time, high-volume financial data flows. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll shape cloud strategy, define best practices, and scale mission-critical systems that power modern banking infrastructure.
You’ll head global teams of DevOps, SRE, and CloudOps engineers, champion Infrastructure-as-Code, AI/ML-based automation, and work with tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Prometheus, and ELK. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in Azure & AWS, strong security and compliance knowledge (SOC2, GDPR, NIST), and a passion for building resilient, secure, and scalable systems.
WHAT YOU’LL OWN:
- As a leader, you will have the opportunity to lead the DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure transformation in a rapid growing organization of multiple teams in delivering on business priorities while collaborating with development leaders and executives to define and advance best practices
- Kinective is seeking a strategic and experienced leader to oversee the cloud infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) for our large-scale, connected products ecosystem and CloudOps
NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10 + years in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in Cloud Operations, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering, with 8+ years in technical leadership roles
- Experience managing large & Medium scaled, distributed cloud environments supporting millions of data connections per day
- Deep professional experience in Azure and AWS cloud platforms including networking, storage, compute, and database services
- Experience in Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Application Monitoring & observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
- Experience in large-scale systems design and architecture, with a focus on reliability, performance, and scalability of cloud-native platforms
- Hands-on experience with tools like Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, CDK, Pulumi for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and managing cloud-native architectures
- Strong background in AI/ML-driven automation for cloud infrastructure monitoring, self-healing, and optimization
- Solid understanding of security-first cloud architectures, DevSecOps, and compliance standards (PCI, SOC2, GDPR, NIST)
- Proven ability to manage teams across multiple global time zones, ensuring operational excellence and driving performance in large, distributed environments
- Expertise in incident management, disaster recovery, and building resilience engineering frameworks
- Ability and desire to review code, system designs, and engage in system engineering discussions and decisions
- Expertise in serverless architecture, and edge computing
- Strong financial acumen in cloud cost management, and forecasting
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks such as SOC2, GDPR, PCI, and ISO 27001
- Relevant certifications in Azure or AWS Cloud Practices
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