Director, IT Infrastructure & Engineering

Job description

**General Summary** The Director of IT Infrastructure & Engineering is responsible for defining and executing Penumbra's global infrastructure strategy, delivering secure, scalable, resilient, and AI-ready technology platforms supporting worldwide operations. The role leads enterprise infrastructure, cloud, networking, workplace technologies, identity management, infrastructure security, and engineering operations while driving modernization through cloud transformation, automation, AI-enabled operations, and operational excellence. **Specific Duties and Responsibilities** Leadership - Select, manage, train, and develop staff. Establish objectives and assignments and provide ongoing feedback through performance reviews and development plans. \* - Recruit, develop, mentor, and lead high-performing Infrastructure & Engineering teams.\* - Collaborate with business and IT leaders to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable solutions. \* - Ensure compliance with QMS, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements. - Perform other work-related duties as assigned. Infrastructure Strategy & Engineering - Develop and execute Penumbra's enterprise infrastructure strategy aligned with business objectives. - Lead the architecture, engineering, implementation, and operation of enterprise infrastructure, cloud, networking, collaboration, identity, and endpoint platforms. - Drive modernization through cloud-first, automation-first, and AI-first initiatives. - Establish architecture standards, governance, operational excellence, and engineering best practices. Cloud & Enterprise Platforms - Lead enterprise cloud, collaboration, identity, endpoint, and infrastructure services across hybrid environments. - Develop cloud governance, resilience, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and cost optimization strategies. - Ensure infrastructure platforms meet business continuity, security, and regulatory requirements. Network & Security Infrastructure - Provide leadership for global network infrastructure supporting corporate, manufacturing, and remote operations. - Partner with Information Security to strengthen Zero Trust architecture, infrastructure security, identity management, and compliance. AI & Infrastructure Automation - Champion Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, observability, and AI-powered operations. - Partner with Data & AI teams to build scalable infrastructure supporting enterprise AI initiatives. Operational Excellence - Lead disaster recovery, business continuity, service management, operational metrics, and continuous improvement. - Manage strategic vendors, technology roadmaps, and infrastructure investments. - Adhere to the Company’s Quality Management System (QMS) as well as domestic and global quality system regulations, standards, and procedures. \* - Understand relevant security, privacy, and compliance principles and adhere to the regulations, standards, and procedures that are applicable to the Company. \* - Ensure other members of the department to follow the QMS, regulations, standards, and procedures. \* - Perform other work-related duties as assigned. \*Indicates an essential function of the role **Position Qualifications** Minimum education and experience: - Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field with 15+ years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience Additional qualifications: - Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field is preferred - 15+ years of proven experience in IT Infrastructure Management, with a strong technical background in Datacenter design, Business Continuity Planning, Incident Management, and Configuration management. - Any one or two certifications in relevant IT domains are highly desirable (ITIL, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCNP, CCSP, CDCP, Azure, AWS, GCP). - Expertise in Network Operations Center (NOC), Project Management, Security Operations, Information Security, and Compliance Management. - Demonstrated leadership in managing teams and providing innovative solutions to complex IT challenges. - Partners well with cross-functional teams to solve hard problems and to complete complex deliverables with quality and business outcomes.