Director of Infrastructure

Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a hands-on, highly technical Director of Infrastructure to architect, build, and lead the ground-up modernization of MCCCD's enterprise technology environment. This role is tasked with recruiting and structuring a high-performing engineering team and designing a resilient, modern technology stack across cloud native environments, hybrid data centers, next-gen networking, automation, and database systems.

The Director of Infrastructure will serve as a principal technical authority, driving hands-on architectural decisions, establishing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards, and migrating legacy systems onto scalable, high-availability enterprise platforms.

Essential Functions

Technical Architecture & Stack Modernization (30%)

Leads the hands-on design, evaluation, and implementation of a modern enterprise technology stack; architects cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure (AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, IaC/Terraform), modern networks (SD-WAN, zero-trust security), and automated database platforms to ensure high availability, security, and scalability.

Team Building & Engineering Leadership (25%)

Supervises and provides direction to a top-tier engineering and operations team; establishes a DevOps culture, defining technical workflows, CI/CD pipelines, operational standards, and performance metrics to drive engineering excellence; identifies training needs and opportunities; promotes professional growth and development opportunities; holds team members accountable for completing assigned tasks

Infrastructure Operations & Continuous Improvement (20%)

Oversees daily technical operations across networking, telecommunications, cloud systems, and database management; implements robust monitoring, automated failover, incident response, and continuous improvement practices to guarantee uptime and system resilience.

Enterprise Architecture & Stakeholder Collaboration (10%)

Partners with peer IT leaders and district stakeholders to align infrastructure engineering with institutional priorities; serves as the lead enterprise architect for districtwide initiatives and emerging technology evaluations.

Fiscal & Technical Resource Optimization (10%)

Directs infrastructure engineering budgets, cloud resource optimization (FinOps), and hardware life-cycle management; negotiates technical contracts and vendor agreements for enterprise-level software, hardware, and cloud services.

Strategic Operations (5%)

Performs related technical leadership and administrative duties as assigned.