Senior Manager, IT

Overview

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Aquila, a group within Constellation Software Inc., one of North America’s largest and most respected software companies, invests in category-defining B2B and B2G software businesses globally, providing long-term support and strategic guidance. Emphasys Software has been part of Aquila since 2008.

Operating across five specialized divisions, Emphasys provides mission-critical software that modernizes and streamlines complex processes for housing authorities, lenders, and government agencies in nearly every state. Through both products and services, Emphasys helps house roughly half of the families most in need in the country.

At Emphasys HFA (Housing Finance Agency), a division of Emphasys, we build and support the only end-to-end financial software in the U.S. dedicated to affordable housing. As the largest full-service provider in this space, we enable State Housing Finance Agencies and other public organizations to administer programs that help families access affordable home ownership or rental housing. Our solutions power the financial backbone that processes funding, manages compliance, and ensures every dollar of support is tracked and maximized.

Reporting to the General Manager, we are hiring a Senior Manager, IT to drive the strategy, delivery, and operations of enterprise SaaS hosting and cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical platforms used by 40+ Housing Finance Agencies nationwide.

As a senior infrastructure leader with deep expertise in enterprise cloud hosting, security compliance, and SaaS platform operations, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our platforms are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized, supporting the growth of our enterprise hosting solutions and strengthening client trust.

This role owns the infrastructure strategy behind our hosted SaaS platform, working directly with client IT teams to ensure secure, reliable, and compliant delivery of our solutions.

This is a full-time, fully remote position within the US working Eastern Standard hours.

Purpose-driven impact. Your work will support Housing Finance Agency (HFA) clients by enabling secure, reliable access to software that powers critical housing programs and financial services across the United States. You will collaborate directly with client IT teams to solve infrastructure challenges, strengthen security, and ensure regulatory compliance. You will also lead cloud cost optimization across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services environments, improving infrastructure efficiency while maintaining performance and reliability.

Autonomy and technical leadership. You will own the cloud infrastructure strategy supporting our enterprise SaaS platform across 79 client environments, shaping architecture decisions that impact scalability, security, and reliability. With authority to make key hosting and infrastructure decisions, you will influence platform resilience, compliance readiness, and the overall client experience while applying and expanding your expertise across identity management, security frameworks, disaster recovery, and large-scale cloud operations.

Career growth. You will lead a small but highly impactful infrastructure team while building operational maturity across our hosting environments. With a clear path toward Director-level leadership and potential progression to a CIO track, this role offers the opportunity to expand your influence across infrastructure strategy, security governance, and enterprise platform operations.

• Lead IT & Cloud Strategy. You will define and execute the IT and cloud infrastructure strategy aligned with company goals, the product roadmap, and customer needs. You will drive improvements in uptime, platform resilience, and infrastructure efficiency across hosted environments.
• Drive cloud cost optimization. You will monitor hosting expenditures on Azure, identify inefficiencies, and implement strategies to improve infrastructure…