Director of Cloud Operations & IT - Hybrid Denver Metro

Goldstone Partners, Inc. • Denver, CO

1d • $170,000 - $185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As our Director of Cloud Operations & IT, you'll own everything from end-user IT to cloud infrastructure to security compliance — leading a small team, mentoring junior staff, and serving as the primary bridge between technical operations and executive leadership. You have 8+ years of infrastructure and DevOps experience and are comfortable working alongside engineers as a partner, not a gatekeeper - you know how to earn their trust by making their lives easier. Your startup DNA means you're ready to build and do simultaneously, establishing the foundation that supports a growing company serving demanding enterprise customers in the world's most regulated industries. This is meaningful, complex work at the intersection of AI and legacy systems — if you thrive where the problems are real, the resources are finite, and the wins are earned, let's talk.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years in infrastructure or DevOps, including 3+ years in a senior or leadership role
• Proven experience in a small company or startup where you wore multiple hats and built things from scratch
• Hands-on Azure expertise across architecture, security configuration, and cost management
• Experience leading or meaningfully contributing to a SOC 2 Type I or II certification
• Awareness of DevOps best practices and security considerations for enterprise financial services customers
• Cloud infrastructure fluency - Azure required; AWS or GCP experience transferable
• Infrastructure as Code experience - Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, or equivalent
• CI/CD platform experience - GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent
• Familiarity with compliance automation platforms - Vanta, Drata, Tugboat Logic, or equivalent
• A mentorship mindset - you invest in your team's growth and take satisfaction in watching them level up
• Capacity to translate risk and operational status into plain language for non-technical executives
• Ability to think critically, justify decisions, and guide change with respect

Responsibilities

• Owning the Azure environment - architecture, security configuration, cost management, and ongoing optimization
• Setting CI/CD pipeline standards and driving build time improvements to under 20 minutes
• Managing environments across dev, staging, and production, including co-location infrastructure
• Owning technical controls for the SOC 2 Type II program, collaborating with the compliance PM, and leveraging Vanta
• Developing and enforcing security policy, managing vulnerability response, patching, and incident handling
• Managing device lifecycle, identity, and access Entra ID, SSO, MFA and Microsoft 365 administration
• Directly managing and mentoring two staff members, overseeing knowledge transfer from an existing contractor, and delivering regular operational updates to the executive team

Benefits

• Base salary: $170,000-$185,000 plus an impressive benefits package
• The opportunity to put your name on revolutionary, patent-pending AI technology
• A collaborative, intellectually curious team tackling deeply complex problems
• The chance to make a meaningful, lasting impact on the future of software development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees