Director of Infrastructure

We are looking for talented individuals to join our Internal Firm Services (IFS) Technology team as Director of Infrastructure Services.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and directs the operations of multiple infrastructure solutions by identifying customer and business problems
• Collaborates and engages with cross-functional teams to champion and drive support for the purpose of ensuring delivery of customer services
• Coordinates and identifies cloud architecture and design of scalable, performant and cost-effective, and management solutions.
• Delivers operational excellence and datacenter best practices within the multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.).
• Develop, manages, and reports Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for departmental activities.
• Researches emerging technology for the purpose of being knowledgeable on trends, improving efficiencies, and reducing costs.
• Utilizes technical skills to coordinate enhancements and deployment efforts.
• Reviews and recommends proposed solutions to ensure the delivery of a quality cloud solution or service.
• Informs stakeholders of the strategy for deployment of new implementations, maintenance, and upgrades of cloud solutions.
• Provides documentation and communication to peers and management for status, coordination, objectives, and performance.
• Provides and manages the delivery of services and support 24 hours a day for the purpose of providing services within established timeframes and in compliance with related systems standards and requirements.
• Performs personnel administrative functions (e.g. hiring, counseling, training, supervising, evaluating, providing professional development opportunities, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining necessary staffing, enhancing productivity of staff, and ensuring necessary department/program outcomes are achieved.
  
  

Essential Traits

• 10+ years of hands-on management experience in a systems or operational field
• Proven ability to be an active and trusted collaborator and also coach, mentor, and guide more junior team members in this regard, in addition to providing technical guidance
• Expertise in datacenter and multi-cloud technologies and services (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
• Willingness to research and effectively evaluate cloud toolset providers; experience in strategic planning and ability to create coherent roadmaps for product toolsets
• Ability to manage enterprise systems environments, including installing packages and automating systems functions
• Skills and experience with source code control systems such as Git, SVN, etc.
• Strong understanding of Windows, Linux, and IP networking, including routing, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, etc.
• Ability to think horizontally (across many/all layers of the OSI technology stack) and work collaboratively to solve problems and design and implement robust solutions
• Ability and willingness to openly and transparently communicate ideas and perform (formal and informal) knowledge transfer
• Strong independent and collaborative problem-solving skills: example areas include the ability to research and select appropriate technologies and approaches for inclusion in the environment in a timely fashion, and the ability to rapidly understand a package, deploy it, and test it in a POC-like style
• Ability to install/configure development environments in support of work tasks; for example, editing environments such as Eclipse, database tools, etc.
• Ability/interest to learn, adapt to, and become self-sufficient in new environments, for example new cloud technologies
  
  

Additional Technical Responsibilities

• Manage and direct 6 functional groups in various specialized areas
• Provide technical insights and guide infrastructure projects across multiple BU(s) in Infrastructure areas
• Strategic planning in areas of Datacenters, Networking, Cloud, Enterprise Storage, and Infrastructure operations and process
• Collaborate with other technical groups to ensure seamless
• Billing and vendor relation responsibilities
  
  

EMS/NWS

• Manage and oversee OnPremise datacenter operations including connectivity, HW availability, and other infrastructural needs
• Manage and oversee 2000 Server OS and 3000 compute resources, 5 PB of shared storage,
• Global WAN
• Remote offices
• NW Security
  
  

CIC

• Cloud – AWS – analyze requirements, design, build, and implement Cloud solutions and ensure sound operational model in AWS.
• Cloud Azure – analyze requirements, design, build, and implement cloud solutions and ensure sound operational model in Azure
• Hybrid Clouds operations and develop and enforce best practices between teams
• Automation of Build infrastructure via Terraform to ensure speedy and consistent development of infrastructure across solutions and environments
  
  

DDE

• Stragtey in managing Data infrastructure behind datalake, databrick, synapse, etc
• Database Administration, policies, security, performance, backup and dr
• Data archiving and data backup and availability, and disaster recovery strategies
  
  

BAD

• Guide technical Audit in
• Guide technical and execution of Disaster Recovery
• Backup and Restore
  
  

IAR

• Guide remediation of vulnerabilities
• Guidance in monthly patching cycles, vulnerabilities tracking,
  
  

About Kroll

Join the global leader in risk and financial advisory solutions—Kroll. With a nearly century-long legacy, we blend trusted expertise with cutting-edge technology to navigate and redefine industry complexities. As a part of One Team, One Kroll, you'll contribute to a collaborative and empowering environment, propelling your career to new heights. Ready to build, protect, restore, and maximize our clients’ value? Your journey begins with Kroll.

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