The Walt Disney Company-posted 6 days ago
Full-time • Director
Bristol, CT
5,001-10,000 employees

As the Executive Director, Infrastructure Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technological backbone that powers a global media business. This executive-level position is responsible for leading a global, cross-functional organization that designs, implements, and supports integrated systems for high-quality media content delivery. Your leadership will ensure the performance, scalability, security, and resilience of enterprise-level platforms, driving innovation and operational excellence across the company.

  • Provide executive leadership and direction to solution engineering functions, including Site Reliability, Storage systems, computer systems, QA, and Systems Engineering.
  • Define strategic vision, operational objectives, and measurable goals aligned to enterprise technology and business outcomes.
  • Build and execute workforce strategies—recruiting, developing, and retaining top talent across engineering disciplines.
  • Oversee organizational design and realignment to promote agility and responsiveness to evolving business needs.
  • Direct the architecture and operationalization of scalable solutions supporting high-throughput production/content platforms.
  • Champion the implementation of efficient CI/CD pipelines, on-prem and cloud-native services, and observability automation.
  • Collaborate with systems engineering and product engineering teams to ensure operational readiness and continuous improvement.
  • Define and operationalize engineering standards and KPIs related to security, performance, and availability.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on platform health, system incidents, risk mitigation, and technical roadmap alignment.
  • Lead cross-functional engagement to ensure platform capabilities meet the evolving needs of business units and customers.
  • 12+ years of related experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field.
  • Proven experience in leading global, cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Strong strategic vision and operational execution skills.
  • Expertise in scalable solution architecture and operationalization.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native services, and observability automation.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
  • Strong leadership and talent development capabilities.
  • Ability to drive engineering excellence through documentation and process maturity.
  • Experience in managing third-party vendor relationships.
  • MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
  • Experience with distributed systems modernization.
  • Knowledge of security, performance, and availability standards.
  • Experience in fostering a culture of reusability and modularity.
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