Director of Platform

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • DevOps

Job Summary

Job Description

Vizrt seeks a Director of Platform to lead their cloud and SaaS transformation. This leader will build and manage a high-performing platform team, architecting and maintaining secure, scalable cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS). Responsibilities include implementing CI/CD, observability, and IAM services; establishing operational excellence; enhancing security and compliance; and optimizing cloud costs. This role demands strong leadership, AWS expertise, infrastructure-as-code experience, and proficiency in programming/scripting languages.
Must have:
  • Lead & grow a high-performing DevOps/Platform team
  • Architect scalable, secure AWS infrastructure
  • Automate infrastructure using IaC tools
  • Drive operational excellence and enhance security
  • Collaborate across teams and optimize cloud costs

Job Details

Description

Vizrt is undergoing an exciting transformation from on-premises systems to modern cloud and SaaS solutions, and we’re looking for a visionary Director of Platform to lead this evolution. This role is perfect for a technical leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, systems reliability, and hands-on engineering excellence.

You will be responsible for building and leading a world-class platform organization focused on delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll design and implement critical platform services—including CI/CD, observability, developer experience, IAM, and more—that empower our product teams to ship quickly and confidently.

This is a high-impact role for a hands-on leader passionate about cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and enabling engineering excellence across the business.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead & Inspire: Drive technical vision and execution while mentoring and growing a high-performing DevOps/Platform team.
  • Architect Scalable Systems: Design and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS) that is secure, resilient, and scalable.
  • Automate Everything: Champion infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD best practices, and platform automation to streamline developer workflows.
  • Drive Operational Excellence: Establish best practices for monitoring, logging, and alerting. Own uptime, incident response, and performance.
  • Enhance Security & Compliance: Collaborate with the Security team to proactively address vulnerabilities and enforce industry standards.
  • Optimize Costs: Ensure efficient use of cloud resources through cost-aware architecture and governance.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with engineering, product, sales, and support to align platform capabilities with customer needs and business goals

Requirements

  • 10+ years in a senior engineering or technical leadership role (SRE, DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure).
  • Deep experience with AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, networking, IAM, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (CDK, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
  • Strong programming/scripting in Python, Typescript/JavaScript, Bash or similar.
  • Proven success scaling platform operations in a cloud/SaaS environment.
  • Excellent communicator with a people-first leadership style.
  • Experience overseeing complex projects and driving platform roadmaps.
  • Passion for modern DevOps, SRE principles, and developer productivity.

Benefits

Recruitment Process

  • Recruiter Screening
  • Team Interview
  • Technical Discussion
  • Final Interview

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