Director, Software Engineering - Enterprise Infrastructure

Linked In is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At Linked In, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a Linked In office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.

The Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering (EIE) team builds and operates the Compute, Storage, Network, and Public Cloud infrastructure that powers Linked In’s enterprise platforms and services. The team delivers reliable, secure, and cost-efficient foundations across offices, data centers, and Azure, enabling critical business systems and modern CI/CD platforms for internal applications.

• Define and drive a multi-year technical infrastructure vision across network, compute, storage, and Azure, balancing reliability, security, velocity, and cost efficiency.

• Own service reliability for global network, routing, firewall telemetry, and identity/access pathways

• Drive AI transformation and automation for Infra, developer velocity, and operations

• Partner with Info Sec to harden posture (e.g., device identity, AAA, policy enforcement), complete rollouts with high compliance across global interfaces.

• Lead Azure governance for tenants, subscriptions, and shared services; scale visibility dashboards, cost guardrails, and remediation workflows in partnership with platform teams.

• Drive Zero Trust initiatives to modernize remote and enterprise access; coordinate cross-functional execution spanning network architecture, client upgrades, and policy refactoring.

• Oversee Infra migrations with predictable delivery and minimal user impact

• Provide direction for internal CI/CD platforms that serve enterprise applications (e.g., integrations for agent workflows, data pipelines) to improve developer velocity and operational rigor.

• Help lead the strategy and end-to-end delivery of corporate endpoint platforms and global VD to provide scalable device management and engineering escalation.

• Scale org effectiveness across distributed teams; ensure strong on-call, runbooks, and incident leadership practices.

• Manage multi-vendor ecosystems, negotiate contracts, and align investments to business outcomes and platform roadmaps.

• Establish annual goals/OKRs and measurable outcomes tied to platform health, compliance, and TCO (e.g., availability, MTTR, capacity, cost per workload).

• Hire, coach, and grow a diverse leadership bench (Sr. Managers, Managers, Staff+ ICs); foster a culture of clarity, accountability, craftsmanship, and bias for action.

• BA./B.S. Degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure/software engineering with 8+ years of people management experience.

• Experience in areas such as global network, compute, storage, and public cloud (Azure) portfolios in enterprise environments.

• Demonstrated outcomes in Infra reliability engineering, security and compliance programs, and cost optimization across complex ecosystems.

• Deep expertise in Network architecture, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), firewall telemetry, and distributed logging pipelines.

• Hands-on leadership across Azure governance (tenants, subscriptions, policy), platform observability, and Fin Ops practices.

• Strong experience in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and enterprise developer platforms supporting internal applications.

• Track record of managing multi-vendor environments and large capital/operating budgets tied to business outcomes.

• Exceptional stakeholder management with executive communication and data-driven decision-making.

• Ability to clearly communicate with all levels of the organization and across functions, and translate strategy to execution.

• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to…