Overview

Our client is a fast-growing, purpose-driven organization redefining the customer experience in the service industry. They focus on people-first culture and scale rapidly while building a world-class workplace. They seek a strategic and hands-on Director of Cloud Engineering to lead a transformative cloud journey and architect a contemporary, scalable tech ecosystem. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone passionate about innovation, experienced in large-scale digital transformation, and excited to enable rapid product delivery across multiple business lines.

Responsibilities

- Cloud Strategy & Modernization: Own and lead the multi-year cloud transformation strategy — evolving legacy systems into scalable, secure, cloud-native platforms
- Enable product-led growth by building infrastructure that supports a portfolio of customer-focused services
- Drive standardization and scalability across multiple brands and business units
- Team Leadership & Growth: Build, grow, and mentor a high-performing cloud engineering team
- Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
- Infrastructure & Operations: Oversee cloud architecture, deployment, performance, and disaster recovery strategies
- Ensure reliability, severability, and high availability across environments
- Collaboration & Enablement: Work closely with Engineering, Product, Security, and Data teams to deliver reliable, self-serve infrastructure
- Enable agile product teams with the tools and automation needed for fast, secure delivery
- Innovation & Optimization: Champion modern DevOps practices, infrastructure-as-code,



and CI/CD pipelines
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve scalability, reduce costs, and streamline operations
- Cost & Vendor Management: Manage cloud spend across business units and drive ROI through smart investment and vendor partnerships
- Lead negotiations and maintain strong relationships with cloud service providers
- Security & Compliance: Ensure infrastructure meets high standards for security, data governance, and compliance
- Collaborate with Security teams to implement and enforce controls and best practices

Qualifications

- Cloud Architecture Expertise: Deep experience designing and operating cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) supporting high-traffic, customer-facing platforms
- Transformation Experience: Proven success driving cloud migrations or infrastructure modernization at scale
- Product-First Thinking: You understand how infrastructure empowers product and how to deliver speed without compromising security or performance
- Leadership DNA: A track record of hiring, growing, and retaining top engineering talent
- DevOps Savvy: Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (like Terraform), containerization, CI/CD workflows, and severability platforms
- Strategic Communication: You think long-term, communicate clearly, and build trust across technical and non-technical teams

Benefits

- Join a team that’s a recognized leader in its industry
- Competitive compensation package with great benefits
- Focus on personal and professional growth
- A mission-driven, high-energy workplace that puts people first

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📌 Director of Cloud Engineering (Toronto)
🏢 leadershipagency
📍 Toronto