Practice Director, Cloud Services

Role overview

Lead a cloud services practice that designs and delivers hybrid-cloud and DevOps consulting solutions. The role combines people leadership, technical direction, business growth, and hands-on architecture work, from shaping client opportunities through successful delivery.

Responsibilities

- Hire, develop, and retain solution architects; set goals, provide feedback, plan capacity, and maintain a strong technical learning culture. - Establish reference architectures and review designs for security, scalability, quality, and cost efficiency. - Partner with sales teams to assess client needs, shape proposals, lead important technical discussions, and match architects to engagements. - Turn repeatable work—such as cloud migration, container platforms, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, reliability, and cost management—into scalable service offerings. - Guide delivery teams through complex decisions and take direct ownership of architecture and proofs of concept on strategic engagements. - Track pipeline support, utilization, win rates, client satisfaction, and financial performance; build partner relationships and maintain relevant certifications.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years in cloud, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering and architecture, including at least five years leading solution architects or senior engineers. - Three or more years managing a business or team, ideally with budget or profit-and-loss accountability and a record of improving growth and profitability. - Experience building and scaling hybrid-cloud and DevOps services in consulting, managed services, technology services, or enterprise settings. - Deep knowledge of hybrid or multi-cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud, including connectivity, identity, governance, and workload placement. - Strong grounding in virtualization and data-center platforms, Kubernetes or similar container platforms, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, security, reliability, and observability. - Able to build executive client relationships, translate technical choices into business plans, make data-informed decisions, and contribute hands-on in a fast-moving environment.

Nice to have

- MBA or relevant cloud, Kubernetes, or infrastructure-as-code certifications. - Familiarity with FinOps, cloud migration, disaster recovery, compliance frameworks, AI-enabled operations, or edge computing.

Benefits and work setup

- Remote position; resumes and work-related communication must be in English.