VP, Enterprise Infrastructure and Cloud Transformation (Azure)

Location: Hybrid, Westbury, NY, US; work from the Westbury office 2–3 times per week is strictly required.

Company

hirify.global is presenting an executive technology leadership role for a high-growth, 700-person company with a 40-person executive tier.

What you will do

• Lead the strategy and execution of the enterprise data center exit and migration of workloads primarily to Microsoft Azure, including re-platforming, refactoring, and decommissioning decisions.
• Architect infrastructure blueprints, infrastructure-as-code deployment models, migration methodologies, and an AI-ready cloud foundation integrating data pipelines, AI models, Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, and vector databases.
• Lead technology operations across compute, storage, enterprise networks, telecommunications, service desk, and SRE while establishing SLOs and operational metrics for uptime and resiliency.
• Build and scale FinOps frameworks, cost-governance automation, and multi-million-dollar cloud budget optimization aligned with business outcomes.
• Partner with the CISO on IAM, Zero Trust, security architecture, audit readiness, and SOC 2/HIPAA controls embedded in CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead approximately 20 engineers and administrators and brief executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and Risk Committees on migration progress, spend, and resilience.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience focused on infrastructure engineering and cloud architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience executing a full data center exit and large-scale public cloud migration as a technical decision-maker.
• Deep technical fluency in public cloud ecosystems, with Microsoft Azure prioritized; AWS or GCP experience is also valued.
• Experience architecting and scaling cloud infrastructure for an AI-Native Enterprise, including data pipeline integration, low-latency workload orchestration, and enterprise cloud-AI frameworks.
• Experience in highly regulated environments such as Healthcare or Financial Services, with a strong understanding of SOC 2 or HIPAA compliance.
• Leadership background in Big Tech or other high-scale, technology-forward environments.
• Proven expertise establishing and scaling FinOps frameworks, optimizing multi-million-dollar cloud budgets, automating cost governance, and aligning cloud spend with business outcomes.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to debate technical strategies with peers, vendors, and the CIO.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or relevant cloud and architecture certifications.
• AWS or GCP background in addition to Azure.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct-hire, direct-placement opportunity.
• High-visibility executive role reporting directly to the CIO.
• Leadership of a lean, high-performing infrastructure organization of approximately 20 engineers and administrators.
• Opportunity to support the company’s transition to an AI-Native Enterprise.