Director Of Global Infrastructure
Austin, Texas, Us
Oversaw the strategic operations for a network of 13 worldwide data centers providing the core infrastructure for a large-scale online platform. Guided the deployment of systems engineering, software, security administration, and production operations and initiatives. Directed the activities of 135 team members, with direct oversight of seven senior level leaders within database engineering, corporate IT systems, network engineering, cybersecurity, physical security, and international technical operations groups.• Effectively navigated exponential company growth, with demonstrated success leading the infrastructure and operations (I&O) organization through significant expansion.• Managed all mission-critical network operations and data center budgets within very precise predications with a very small percentage of revenue.• Directed the Systems Engineering Team, responsible for maintaining a hybrid network of thousands of on-premises machines, virtual machines, and cloud instances on GCP and AWS.• Achieved functionality benchmarks in support of CI/CD, logging only 30 minutes of downtime in seven years while operating with no maintenance windows and completing dozens or hundreds of daily artifact deployments.• Provided DNS-controlled active/active GSLB with automatic failover, redundant at provider level.• Aligned I&O workflow with top-level company goals, strategies and initiatives.• Implemented strategic staffing initiatives, including transformation of teams from a static line of generalists to multi-layer teams of specialists, while positioning regional managers in APAC and EMEA to manage follow-the-sun I&O capabilities. • Mitigated contract risks through extensive evaluation of hundreds of cloud, SaaS, and hardware/software systems.Indeed is the #1 job site worldwide, with over 200 million unique visitors per month. Indeed is available in more than 50 countries and 28 languages, covering 94% of global GDP.
