Director Engineering and Operations at Vaco, LLC
Raleigh, NC 27609
About the Job
Director, Engineering and Operations
Hybrid - Raleigh, NC, US
Overview:
We are seeking a strategic leader with technical expertise in AWS to join our IT team as Director of Engineering and Operations. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing infrastructure engineering and operations, building new cloud solutions, modernizing legacy workloads, and automating maintenance processes. The position focuses on ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability of IT systems to meet the growing demands of the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic and Hands-On Leadership: Develop and implement a strategic technology infrastructure plan while also diving into technical details when necessary.
- Team Development and Management: Build and lead a small team of infrastructure engineers and operations staff, offering mentorship and fostering a high-performance culture.
- Operational Excellence: Manage AWS infrastructure to ensure reliability, performance, and security, while implementing best practices in cloud operations, including disaster recovery.
- Innovation and Optimization: Identify and implement new cloud solutions to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and improve scalability and reliability.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with other departments to support their technology needs and ensure seamless integration of infrastructure services. Partner on mergers and acquisitions to integrate systems and applications.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Technical Expertise: Strong background in AWS services, cloud architecture, infrastructure management, and familiarity with DevOps, Git, infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform), scripting, automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, and observability practices.
- Leadership: Proven experience in leading and motivating teams to achieve goals and foster professional development.
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate business objectives into actionable technology strategies.
- Problem-solving: Excellent problem-solving abilities to handle complex challenges and align solutions with strategic goals.
- Communication: Strong communication skills to effectively engage with technical teams, senior management, and external partners.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, software development, or related technology roles, with 5+ years in a leadership position.
- Proven experience managing AWS-hosted infrastructure and leading engineering and operations teams.
- AWS or other cloud provider certifications are highly desirable.
*This position requires authorization to work in the U.S.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
