Director Cloud Engineering

WHO WE ARE:

Xactus (pronounced ‘Zac-tus') is the leading verification innovator for the mortgage industry. We have over 10,000 clients ranging from the largest bank and non-bank mortgage originators to credit unions and mortgage brokers. With 2 operation centers across the U.S., Xactus works closely with our clients to digitally integrate a 360° approach to verification across their workflows. As a result, lenders can easily access the technology necessary to meet consumer demands for a modern mortgage experience with industry-leading speed, reliability, and accuracy - while also closing more loans more quickly with greater profitability.

We provide a friendly, primarily remote work environment while also providing many opportunities for you to enhance your skills. We have a top-notch financial leadership team who prioritizes building talent. If you are curious and searching for a change that will be fun and rewarding, please reach out to us! We would love to have you on our team!

WHO YOU ARE:

You are a career-minded, driven individual who is looking for a position that challenges you and supports your professional development.

THE BENEFITS WE OFFER:

A friendly, supportive environment which is highly rated by Xactus employees. Feedback from our employees says: 'The people I work with treat each other with respect,' 'I feel accepted by my coworkers,' and 'The person I report to cares about me as a person.'

Xactus offers medical, vision and dental insurances, bonus programs, fitness reimbursement and other healthy life-style programs through our benefits carrier, 401k plan with a company match, short and long-term disability, life insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, health savings account, flexible spending account, employee assistance program, legal services, employee discounts and more.

SUMMARY:

Director of Cloud Engineering is responsible for the leadership and management of Xactus’s cloud infrastructure across platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP. This role leads a cross-functional team of engineers and administrators, ensuring that cloud operations are secure, scalable, effectively maintained, and cost-efficient. The role carries strong operational leadership accountability, managing workstreams and workflows across the team and ensuring service levels and SLAs are consistently met.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following is a list of essential functions, which is subject to change at any time and without advance notice.  Management may assign new duties, reassign existing duties, or eliminate a function based on business needs or at its sole discretion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers and systems administrators for multiple products.
• Establish and enforce best practices across cloud environments.
• Oversee team development and training to ensure proficiency in cloud technologies.
• Manage the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, and GCP). Collaborate with CISO, CTO, and engineering leaders to align cloud strategy with security, performance, and cost-efficiency goals. Drive the adoption of Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC tools for automation and consistency.
• Provide operational leadership across the cloud engineering function, including managing day-to-day workstreams and workflows, prioritizing team capacity, and driving execution against commitments.
• Own SLA performance for cloud operations, ensuring uptime, incident response, and change management targets are consistently met and reported to leadership.
• Implement cloud governance practices in cooperation with Information Security team to manage risks and vulnerabilities.
• Work closely with information security teams to remediate vulnerabilities, adjust configurations, and ensure the cloud infrastructure meets evolving security requirements.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Provide regular reports on cloud performance and budgetary impacts to leadership.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

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

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure roles with at least 5 years in cloud engineering or architecture.
• Proven leadership experience managing remote, distributed teams, including ownership of team workstreams, workflows, and SLA-driven performance.
• Extensive experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, and related cloud platforms.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect are highly desirable.

SKILLS AND COMPETENTCIES:

• Expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and multi-cloud strategies.
• Expertise in automation, scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitHub Actions).
• Experience administering and scaling GitHub Enterprise, including repository governance, access controls, and workflow automation.
• Demonstrated operational leadership skills, able to manage competing workstreams, coordinate cross-team workflows, and hold the team accountable to SLA commitments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Traditional office environment with low-to-moderate office noise (computers, phones and business conversations).  The position may be remote from main offices.
• May require flexibility in hours.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Xactus promotes an equal opportunity workplace, which includes reasonable accommodations of otherwise qualified disabled applicants and team members.  Please contact your supervisor with questions regarding the physical demands of this position.

• Lifting/carrying up to 10 lbs.
• Manual dexterity for computer work
• Speaking, hearing and vision are required to perform essential functions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING EMPLOYMENT WITH XACTUS:

If applying for a position at Xactus, candidates must be a resident of the United States, and should be authorized and eligible for employment in the United States. Xactus does not provide visa sponsorship at this time. 

If hired to work at Xactus, employment is contingent upon successful completion of required background checks (including but not limited to federal and state criminal history checks, employment history verification, education verification, credit history check) and pre-employment drug screening. 

No agency submissions, please. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.