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Director, IT Cloud Infrastructure Solutions

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
$173,776.00 - $278,041.00
parental leave, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Missouri
Jan 29, 2026
Job Description The Director of IT Cloud Infrastructure Solutions is responsible for leading teams dedicated to the detailed design and planning of our cloud infrastructure technology futures. Lead the design of traditional and cloud infrastructure products and services, with a strong emphasis on cloud-native architectures, multi-cloud strategies, and automation. Provide oversight of managed service providers and cloud service vendors. Direct the teams' activities for full system lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure assets. Establish and manage processes that ensure efficient budget management, technology roadmaps, capacity planning, inventory control, and seamless cloud solution implementation. Lead the successful management of all technology and service vendors utilized within hybrid environments, ensuring alignment with cloud governance and security standards. WhatYou'llDo Oversee planning, design, and implementation of technology solutions across traditional datacenters and public/private cloud platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise IT strategies and cloud-smart principles. Provide direction to teams and contract labor responsible for designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions that meet evolving business requirements. Lead the establishment and maintenance of technology standards, guidelines, work procedures, and schedules for all aspects of solution engineering, with a focus on cloud automation, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps practices. Build collaborative relationships with the broader architecture leadership community to ensure input into IT strategies and standards, especially around cloud adoption, migration, and optimization. Direct team focus on forward-looking infrastructure initiatives, including cloud transformation roadmaps, vendor capability assessments, and strategic guidance on leveraging cloud-native services to solve business needs. Drive expertise and knowledge in emerging cloud technologies (e.g., serverless, containers, edge computing) with strategic vendors and lead adoption efforts across the organization. Facilitate presentations and briefings on datacenter and cloud infrastructure futures with executive leadership, highlighting innovation, cost efficiency, and business agility. Collaborate with Corporate Services on vendor strategy discussions, selection, and contract negotiations, providing insights into cloud vendor performance, SLAs, and operational maturity. What You Bring (Hiring Requirements Bulleted List) Bachelor's degree and 10 years of progressive IT leadership experience, including data center and cloud services. If no degree, a minimum of 12 years of experience as stated above. Minimum of 5 years technical leadership experience. Bonus Points(Hiring Preferences Bulleted List - no more than 5) Candidates should have broad technical knowledge in data center and cloud engineering, including cloud security, governance, and compliance frameworks. Expertise in one of the following specialty areas is required and is dictated by groups managed: Compute, infrastructure virtualization, storage, backup Middleware, tool-based application administration, database Network, unified communications, telecommunications Collaboration tools, active directory, desktop/laptop, virtual desktop, virtual application Experience with provisioning automation, public cloud offerings (AWS preferred), cloud-native design patterns, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) concepts. WhatYou'llGet The opportunity to work at thecutting edgeof health care delivery with a teamthat'sdeeply invested in the community Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to dogreat work Medical, dental, and vision coverage along withnumeroushealth and wellness programs Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacyassistance Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education 401k match including an annual company contribution Learn more Salary Range At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs. Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance. $173,776.00 - $278,041.00 Skills Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center Operations, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Information Technology (IT) Projects, Information Technology (IT) Services, Information Technology Project Management, Information Technology Security, Information Technology Strategies, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Strategy Development, IT Vendor Management, Network Architecture, Virtualization