Director, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

McKesson•Richmond, VA

12h

About The Position

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

Network: Expert-level knowledge of network design principles like LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, MPLS, BGP, VPN, cloud networking, QoS, and Zero Trust access patterns.
Cloud (GCP): VPC, Shared VPC, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud VPN, Cloud Router (BGP), Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS, Cloud Armor, VPC Service Controls, Network Intelligence Center, GKE, Cloud Run, Apigee.
Database & Storage: Deep experience with Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Cloud SQL; familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks and GCP-native data storage patterns; knowledge of database migration strategies.
Security: Firewall design and policy migration (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA/FTD), IAM, encryption, DDoS protection, intrusion detection, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST).
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform for cloud resource provisioning; Git-based infrastructure change management; CI/CD pipeline integration for infrastructure deployments.
Observability: Cloud Monitoring, VPC Flow Logs, Cloud Trace, network monitoring platforms (SolarWinds, Grafana, or equivalent), ITIL-aligned incident and problem management.
Emerging Technologies: SD-WAN, IoT device network management, edge computing awareness, container networking (GKE), and service mesh fundamentals.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data in the drug supply chain and commercial domain within healthcare, pharma is a plus.

Responsibilities

Proven track record leading large-scale cloud migrations or enterprise infrastructure transformations — including carve-outs, M&A integrations, or equivalent high-complexity programs.
Direct experience with GCP infrastructure (VPC, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, GKE, Cloud Monitoring) or equivalent AWS/Azure with demonstrated GCP transition capability.
Broad infrastructure domain expertise across network engineering, cloud architecture, database management (Oracle, SQL Server, Cloud SQL), and storage systems.
Experience designing and leading migration wave programs across multi-site physical environments distribution centers, warehouses, campuses — with demonstrated operational sensitivity.
Knowledge of ITIL and IT Service Management.
Proven ability to lead and manage diverse teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence with technical teams, business leaders, and external partners.
Strategic thinker with a strong analytical mindset and problem-solving abilities.
Proven track record of overseeing a portfolio of multiple projects and experience leading large scale global transformation program at a company with global footprint.
Strong change manager. Comfortable with change, especially that which arises through transformation. Able to lead a team effectively through times of change.
Positive and flexible attitude to enable adjusting to different needs in an ever-changing environment.
Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; comfortable managing trade-offs.
Ability to lead others without direct authority.
Highly influential and ability to educate stakeholders on the role of data and its purpose in the business.
Teams up and collaborates for speed, agility, delivery excellence and innovation.
Strong negotiation and decision-making skills.