Director GIS, Infrastructure Platform Engineering

Director GIS, Infrastructure Platform Engineering at Lam Research

The Global Information Systems Group is dedicated to the success of Lam through providing best‑in‑class and innovative information system solutions and services. Together, we support users globally with data, information, and systems to achieve their business objectives.

The Director of Infrastructure Platform Engineering is a strategic and technically adept leader responsible for delivering and evolving enterprise infrastructure platforms that power global business operations. This role leads the modernization of hybrid infrastructure services through Platform Engineering principles—enabling scalable, observable, and resilient systems that support developer productivity, operational efficiency, and business continuity. The leader will oversee the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of platforms spanning Azure Cloud, Azure Local (on‑prem compute), Net App storage, HPC, global networks, observability platforms, BC/DR, and Fin Ops.

Success in this role requires deep technical expertise, a strong product mindset, and the ability to drive automation, reliability, and cost optimization across a complex infrastructure landscape.

• Lead the transformation of infrastructure into platform services that are modular, automated, and consumable via APIs and self‑service interfaces.
• Apply Platform Engineering principles to deliver infrastructure as product, enabling internal teams to build, deploy, and operate applications with speed and reliability.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git Ops, CI/CD, and policy‑as‑code to ensure consistency, repeatability, and compliance.
• Standardize automation frameworks and reusable patterns to reduce operational toil and accelerate delivery velocity.
• Build systems with capabilities to detect, respond to, and recover from failures with minimal manual intervention.
• Leverage telemetry, event‑driven automation, and intelligent alerting to enable proactive and adaptive infrastructure operations.
• Standardize health checks, remediation workflows, and operational runbooks to support resilient and scalable platforms.
• Define and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement through blameless post‑mortems, automation‑first mindset, and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards through automated controls and auditability.
• Build and lead a high‑performing, globally distributed Platform Engineering team.
• Partner with application teams, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and business units to deliver integrated, developer‑friendly platforms.
• Communicate platform strategy, value, and performance to executive stakeholders and influence cross‑functional alignment.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 10+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in Azure cloud services, hybrid compute/storage, and infrastructure automation.
• Deep understanding of Platform Engineering, Dev Ops, and SRE principles.
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Open Telemetry), IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD platforms.
• Strong background in HPC, scale‑out storage, and global networking including SASE‑WAN, ZTNA, and SSE architectures.
• Demonstrated success in leading Fin Ops practices and optimizing cloud spend.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Certifications in Azure, Kubernetes, Fin Ops, or SRE.
• Experience in regulated or large‑scale enterprise environments.

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