Director, Engineering R&D Infrastructure Operations

Director, Engineering R&D Infrastructure Operations

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We are a global leader in industrial software delivering solutions that transform how products are designed, manufactured, and serviced. Siemens Digital Industries Software combines software agility with engineering excellence and global scale to power digital transformation across industry.

The Director of Engineering R&D Infrastructure Operations will lead Siemens Digital Industries Software's worldwide facilities planning and operations, overseeing an infrastructure ecosystem that spans multiple continents. This leader will manage a diverse portfolio of facilities, including Siemens-owned data centers and strategic colocation partnerships, and will orchestrate a complex technical environment that includes high-performance computing clusters, petabytes of multi-vendor storage, extensive virtualization platforms, and hybrid cloud integrations with AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle.

The role requires exceptional leadership in balancing technical innovation, operational excellence, financial stewardship, while ensuring 24/7/365 availability of mission-critical services for global R&D operations.

• Strategic Leadership & Infrastructure Planning
  • Develop and execute the global facilities strategy, aligning infrastructure capabilities with business objectives and technology trends
  • Support capacity planning, forecasting, and asset lifecycle to ensure infrastructure scales with business needs
  • Establish technical standards and architectural guidelines for global data center operations
  • Drive innovation in data center design, operations, monitoring/alerting, and sustainability
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to define investment priorities and resource allocation

• Technical Infrastructure Management
  • Oversee the complete technical ecosystem including power, cooling, network, compute, and storage
  • Direct the implementation of advanced cooling technologies such as Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) and Rear Door Heat Exchangers (RDHx)
  • Guide deployment and operation of high-performance storage systems, including parallel file systems
  • Support virtualization strategy across VMware, Open Stack, and Kubernetes platforms
  • Orchestrate hybrid cloud operations across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle environments

• Operational Excellence
  • Establish infrastructure monitoring, observability, and incident management frameworks
  • Apply industry-leading practices for change management and datacenter services delivery
  • Develop and maintain business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities
  • Define and manage dashboards for real-time visibility into system health, incidents, and utilization
  • Partner with Service owners and R&D Service Operations to design high-availability architectures for critical services
  • Oversee data center security operations in partnership with the CISO

• Financial & Resource Management
  • Manage substantial capital and operating budgets for global data center operations and expansion
  • Develop sophisticated TCO models balancing performance and cost
  • Support R&D engineering chargeback/showback models to drive responsible resource consumption
  • Optimize infrastructure investments through strategic vendor partnerships
  • Lead financial transformations from Cap Ex to OpEx in hybrid environments

• Team Leadership & Development
  • Build and lead high-performing teams across global locations
  • Develop technical career paths and growth opportunities for data center professionals
  • Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
  • Recruit and retain top talent in data center operations
  • Implement knowledge management and AI systems to preserve institutional expertise

• Compliance & Risk Management
  • Ensure compliance with global regulations affecting data center operations
  • Implement risk management strategies for infrastructure resilience
  • Oversee audit preparations and responses across multiple frameworks
  • Develop and maintain business impact analyses for critical infrastructure
  • Collaborate with teams on security and compliance initiatives across…