Practice Director, Cloud Services (Hybrid Cloud and DevOps)

Location: Canada; remote position

Company

hirify.global is a global network of business, design, and technology talent that helps companies scale their teams on demand through virtual services.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, hire, and develop the Cloud Services team of solution architects.
• Define architecture standards, reference architectures, design patterns, and best practices for hybrid cloud and DevOps solutions.
• Partner with Sales to assess client needs, shape proposals, lead technical presentations, and support consulting engagements.
• Develop scalable offerings covering hybrid cloud architecture and migration, landing zones, container platforms, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, DevSecOps, SRE, observability, and FinOps.
• Partner with Delivery on implementation, guide complex technical decisions, and own architecture and proofs of concept for strategic accounts.
• Manage capacity, utilization, performance metrics, partner relationships, certifications, and thought leadership for the practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering and architecture, including 5+ years leading teams of solution architects or senior engineers in cloud or technology services.
• 3+ years managing a business or team, preferably with P&L or budget responsibility, financial performance oversight, and a record of driving profitability and growth.
• Experience building and scaling hybrid cloud and DevOps service offerings in consulting, managed services, technology services, or enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in hybrid and multi-cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, including connectivity, identity, governance, and workload placement across on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud environments.
• Experience with data center and virtualization platforms, hybrid cloud technologies, containers and orchestration, serverless computing, and microservices.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and automation frameworks.
• Expertise in DevOps and platform engineering, including DevSecOps, SRE, observability, and delivery metrics such as DORA.
• Experience with cloud migration, application modernization, disaster recovery, business continuity, security and compliance frameworks, identity and access management, encryption, policy-as-code, FinOps, and cloud cost optimization.
• Ability to build enterprise client relationships, translate complex technical concepts into business strategies, lead collaboratively, make data-driven decisions, communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, and operate in a fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environment.
• Must be a strong hands-on individual contributor who can architect solutions, build proofs of concept, and demonstrate execution.

Nice to have

• Relevant AWS, Azure, GCP Architect, CKA/CKAD, or Terraform Associate certifications.
• Experience with AI-enabled infrastructure and operations or edge computing.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within Canada, with a highly collaborative environment spanning Marketing, Sales, Delivery, and Talent Operations.
• Structured onboarding includes meeting colleagues and the Solution Architects team, learning hirify.global’s operating model, and shadowing critical teams.
• Initial priorities include reviewing practice demand and existing talent, assessing team capabilities, defining the operating model and standards, and building the team.
• The role includes regular client interaction, partner development, and responsibility for revenue growth and practice performance.