Program Director

Job Description IT Infrastructure Program Director - Enterprise Infrastructure, Network, Data Center, Cloud, Security & Compliance

Experience:

15+ Years of Enterprise IT Infrastructure Experience (8+ Years in Infrastructure Leadership)

The IT Infrastructure Program Director is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s enterprise infrastructure ecosystem, including data centers, enterprise networking, Azure cloud, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, infrastructure modernization, and regulatory compliance. This executive leadership role drives technology transformation initiatives that ensure highly available, secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructure services supporting mission-critical business operations.

The Program Director oversees enterprise data centers, network infrastructure, cloud platforms, storage, virtualization, compute, identity management, cybersecurity, and infrastructure operations while leading large-scale data center migrations, cloud transformation programs, and enterprise modernization initiatives. This role partners closely with executive leadership, enterprise architects, cybersecurity teams, application owners, business stakeholders, and strategic technology vendors to align infrastructure investments with organizational objectives.

• Develop and execute enterprise infrastructure strategy aligned with organizational goals and digital transformation initiatives.
• Establish long-term infrastructure roadmaps covering cloud adoption, modernization, networking, security, and operational excellence.
• Lead enterprise infrastructure architecture, technology lifecycle planning, capacity management, and infrastructure governance.
• Develop infrastructure standards, operational policies, and best practices.
• Manage infrastructure budgets, financial planning, technology investments, and vendor strategy.
• Present infrastructure performance, technology roadmaps, operational risks, and strategic initiatives to executive leadership.
• Lead enterprise-wide infrastructure transformation and modernization programs.

• Provide strategic leadership for enterprise network infrastructure supporting corporate offices, data centers, cloud platforms, branch locations, and remote workforce connectivity.
• Define enterprise network architecture and technology roadmaps supporting business expansion and cloud adoption.
• Oversee enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, Wireless, MPLS, VPN, Internet, and global connectivity services.
• Manage routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM), network segmentation, and traffic optimization.
• Lead data center networking initiatives including Cisco ACI, Spine-Leaf architecture, VXLAN, and Software Defined Networking (SDN).
• Direct Azure networking services including Virtual Networks, Virtual WAN, Express Route, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, and Load Balancers.
• Ensure network resiliency, redundancy, scalability, performance optimization, and high availability.
• Lead enterprise network monitoring, capacity planning, bandwidth optimization, and proactive performance management.
• Manage telecommunications providers, ISP relationships, and enterprise connectivity contracts.
• Partner with Cybersecurity teams to implement Zero Trust networking, secure remote access, network segmentation, and Network Access Control (NAC).
• Drive network automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting, and software-defined networking technologies.

• Lead enterprise data center operations supporting mission-critical business systems.
• Manage compute, virtualization, storage, backup, networking, and infrastructure services across multiple locations.
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Direct infrastructure lifecycle management including hardware refresh, upgrades, and technology standardization.
• Lead infrastructure capacity planning, utilization optimization, and asset management.
• Implement enterprise monitoring, alerting, and operational performance improvements.
• Manage Tier III/Tier IV data center environments and colocation facilities.

• Lead enterprise data center migration, relocation, consolidation, and modernization initiatives.
• Develop migration strategies, dependency assessments, migration sequencing, cutover planning, and execution governance.
• Coordinate migration of servers, databases, storage platforms, network infrastructure, virtualization platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Manage migration risks while minimizing operational disruption.
• Lead migration validation, rollback planning, post-migration stabilization, and operational transition.
• Collaborate with business leaders, application teams, vendors, and project management offices during migration programs.