Director- Cloud Infrastructure

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Understand strategic vision of HITS Infrastructure Services and Information Security departments and design cloud infrastructures to support and advance the vision and business objectives. Contribute to annual operating plans and budgets that support those strategies.
Maintain a solid understanding of technical trends, evaluate new technologies and initiate and execute projects in support of the vision across supported technical areas.
Ensure adequate technical and security solutions are in place and actively managed, working closely with IT infrastructure, application, information security and other functional teams and vendors and to define and deploy those solutions. Lead initiatives to improve these solutions in terms of both service delivery and cost.
Develop and refine the operational support model(s) for cloud infrastructures and serve as an escalation and coordination point for incidents and critical events. In addition, supervise the creation and maintenance of technical standards and engineering designs across supported technical areas.
Work closely with the Director of Cloud Security to facilitate information security risk assessment and risk management processes. Work with internal and external auditors, as well as key partners, to assess compliance of the supported technologies with policies, standards, procedures, and best practices.
Oversee strategic technology vendor relationships to ensure vendor accountability and alignment to business objectives, including resellers, public cloud providers and managed service providers. Supervise support vendor performance to ensure they are performing competently and is receiving quality services aligned with contractual terms and conditions.
Maintain compliance with standards and policies across all supported technologies. Recognize existing and potential shortfalls and initiate action to limit exposure and risk, working closely with all areas of HITS. Develop and oversee implementation of plans to support infrastructure policies including patch management, backup and recovery and disaster recovery in the cloud environments.
Manage and provide business leadership in procurement, budget, and spending, and forecasting for cloud technologies. Directly manage budgets for routine maintenance of technologies as well as technology projects.
Coordinate with the IT acquisition team to assess, plan and budget for future integration of aligned locations, and coordinate the integration and remediation of cloud systems and services as necessary.
Regular and reliable attendance.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Additional Information:

Position serves both internal co-workers and external customers, clients, patients, contractors, and vendors.

Access to and / or works with sensitive and / or confidential information.
Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g., HIPAA). Skilled in the application of policies and procedures. Knowledge of Business Office Standards and Recommended Practices.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work and ensuring quality standards. The position requires management of employees, contracts, vendors, and contractors associated with the ancillary facilities.

CERTIFICATIONS:
Vendor certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., cloud storage, virtualization, networking) are relevant and should be current. Microsoft Azure certifications are strongly encouraged. Vendor-agnostic / process-based certifications such as those from PMI, ITIL, ISACA and ISC2 are considered favorably.