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What this role is
Columbia Sportswear seeks a Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the strategy and modernization of their global cloud and on-premises infrastructure, partnering with architecture and security teams to support the company's worldwide retail and ecommerce operations. This role suits an experienced leader who combines deep technical knowledge with the ability to develop teams and balance long-term modernization against day-to-day operational needs.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of progressive infrastructure leadership in complex enterprise environments
- Experience leading infrastructure engineering teams supporting cloud, network, compute, storage, and platform services
- Strong experience with Azure and AWS in hybrid cloud environments
- Experience leading cloud migration and infrastructure modernization initiatives
- Deep understanding of enterprise networking, network architecture, and network segmentation
- Experience improving infrastructure operations through automation, observability, and service management
- Experience leading geographically distributed teams
- Experience managing vendor relationships and infrastructure budgets
Nice to have
- Experience implementing or maturing a CMDB
- Experience with AIOps, event correlation, or modern service management practices
- Experience supporting retail, ecommerce, supply chain, or customer-facing environments
- Experience in apparel, footwear, retail, or consumer products industry