Director of Technical Infrastructure

Precise Resource • Plain City, OH

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About The Position

Precise Resource, Inc. is a leading privately held Woman-Owned Business Enterprise specializing in Executive Search and Head-Hunting services for clients across the United States. One of our prestigious clients has asked for our assistance in seeking a Director of Technical Infrastructure. Our client is a cooperative and a leader in its field, supporting a complex, distributed environment across multiple business units and affiliate companies, both domestic and international. The Director of Technical Infrastructure will lead enterprise infrastructure strategy, cloud platforms, technical architecture, and support services across the organization. This role will establish enterprise standards, drive modernization, and align independently operating business units around a common infrastructure strategy. This is a senior leadership role for someone who has successfully operated in a decentralized or federated environment and understands how to influence across multiple business units without relying solely on direct authority.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience from an accredited university or college.
• 12+ years of progressive information technology experience, including significant responsibility for enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and technical architecture.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience managing managers, technical leaders, or multiple infrastructure teams.
• Demonstrated responsibility for managing an annual infrastructure or technology budget exceeding $5 million.
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 in a large enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing enterprise infrastructure strategy and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Experience operating across multiple business units, subsidiaries, affiliates, or other decentralized environments.
• Proven ability to establish common technical standards across independently operating business units.
• Experience leading large-scale infrastructure modernization initiatives such as cloud migration, Azure/Microsoft 365 consolidation, platform standardization, or acquisition integration.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, networking, identity, platform engineering, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, risk, vulnerability management, and enterprise controls.
• Experience partnering with Cybersecurity, Application Development, Data, and other technology leadership functions.
• Strong financial acumen, including capital planning, forecasting, vendor management, contract negotiation, and technology investment justification.
• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to influence across the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, architecture, or related certifications are preferred.
• Experience supporting international, multi-region, cooperative, agricultural, manufacturing, or similarly distributed organizations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive enterprise infrastructure and technical architecture strategy, including multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Establish and govern infrastructure standards across multiple business units and affiliate companies.
• Lead Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 consolidation, standardization, modernization, and governance initiatives.
• Provide strategic leadership across cloud, network, identity, platform, infrastructure, and support environments.
• Partner closely with Cybersecurity leadership to align infrastructure architecture with enterprise security requirements.
• Lead major infrastructure modernization initiatives, including cloud migration, platform consolidation, technical standardization, and legacy transformation.
• Lead and develop Platform Engineering and Infrastructure/Support leadership.
• Partner with Application Development, Data Services, Cybersecurity, and other technology leaders to align infrastructure strategy with broader business priorities.
• Own infrastructure financial planning, including operating and capital budgets, forecasting, vendor spend, contract negotiations, and ROI justification.
• Lead infrastructure integration related to acquisitions, affiliate onboarding, and business expansion.
• Own disaster recovery, business continuity, infrastructure architecture standards, and major incident response.
• Communicate infrastructure strategy, technology risk, and investment priorities to executive leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior