Director of Cloud Operations (on-site Omaha, NE)

First National Bank of Omaha•Omaha, NE

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Cloud Operations is a key leadership role responsible for managing the organization’s private and public cloud infrastructure technologies. This role provides strategic direction and hands-on leadership to the Cloud Operations and Systems Engineering teams, ensuring the AWS cloud platform, CI/CD technologies, developer toolsets, and various automation technologies are optimized for high performance, reliability, scalability, and security.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 5-7 years of leadership and technical experience managing large and complex technology solutions.
Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining private and cloud infrastructure and services.
Candidates must possess unrestricted work authorization and not require future sponsorship.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to handle high-pressure situations.
Strong communication and leadership abilities.

Nice To Haves

Preferred technical experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Technical knowledge and skills in cloud services like AWS EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, Terraform, and Ansible preferred.
Proven experience managing cloud expenses, cost optimization opportunities, and resource allocation.
Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of cloud engineers which provide technical expertise and guidance for on-premises and cloud computing technologies.
Develop and implement policies, procedures, and best practices for CI/CD, private and public cloud technologies.
Drive Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) cross functional leadership to establish and maintain best practices for cloud computing while providing technical guidance and support to other departments.
Monitor and analyze cloud resource utilization, cost optimization opportunities, and resource allocation.
Recommend and implement cost-saving measures and fine-tune resource allocation to maintain cost-effectiveness.
Lead the resiliency architecture and manage disaster recovery and business continuity plans for public and private cloud.
Negotiate contracts and manage relationships with technology vendors to ensure cost-effective service delivery.
Serve as the point of contact for compliance audits or reviews.
Implement optimization practices to ensure performance improvements and performance tuning.
Collaborate with the security team to ensure compliance with security standards
Provide technical leadership and expertise during incidents and cultivate an environment of continuous learning.
Research and remediate vulnerabilities.