Director of Cloud Operations & Infrastructure

APPIT Software Solutions is hiring a Director of Cloud Operations & Infrastructure in Hyderabad, India. Direct APPIT Software's cloud infrastructure and platform engineering strategy in Hyderabad, ensuring 99.99% uptime, cost-optimized operations, and secure multi-cloud environments for all products and client deployments. ResponsibilitiesOwn the cloud infrastructure strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP, managing a $2M+ annual cloud spend with a focus on cost optimization, reserved capacity planning, and FinOps maturityLead a team of 20+ SREs, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers to build self-service developer platforms, automated provisioning, and infrastructure-as-code pipelinesDesign and enforce SLA/SLO frameworks achieving 99.99% availability for production systems, with comprehensive incident management, post-mortem processes, and chaos engineering programsArchitect multi-region, multi-tenant infrastructure supporting enterprise clients with strict data residency, compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR), and disaster recovery requirementsDrive platform modernization initiatives including Kubernetes adoption, service mesh implementation, observability stack upgrades, and zero-trust network architectureCollaborate with engineering, security, and product teams to establish golden paths for deployment, reducing time-to-production for new services from weeks to hoursRequirements12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud operations, or platform engineering with at least 4 years in Director or Senior Manager rolesExpert-level knowledge of AWS (or Azure/GCP) including networking, compute, storage, security services, and cost management toolsExtensive experience with Kubernetes orchestration at scale, including multi-cluster management, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and GitOps workflowsStrong background in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi), configuration management, and automated compliance-as-code frameworksProven ability to manage cloud budgets exceeding $1M annually while improving performance and reliability metrics year over yearExperience achieving and maintaining compliance certifications (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA) for cloud infrastructureNice to HaveAWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Cloud Professional Architect, or equivalent certificationsExperience building internal developer platforms (IDPs) with backstage.io or similar frameworksAbout APPIT Software SolutionsAPPIT Software Solutions is a leading technology company building AI-powered enterprise products. Join 150+ professionals working on cutting-edge solutions in AI/ML, cloud computing, and digital transformation. We offer competitive salaries, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for career growth across our global offices. .