VP Technology Infrastructure
The corporate office is in Dallas - this in-site Role
Some hybrid after 6 months
I am handpicking this hands-on, technically credible Vice President of Technology Infrastructure to lead the strategy, architecture, delivery, and operations of its enterprise technology environment.
This senior leader MUST have begun their career as a hands-on infrastructure engineer and bring deep, practical experience into strategic decision-making and modernization efforts. I need a self-starter with ethical standards and accountability. Energetic, proactive, and adaptable..........passionate about technology, fostering growth and success, AND of course a team player.
The role oversees all infrastructure services, including Azure cloud platforms, enterprise networking, identity and access management, endpoint management, security, and core systems. The VP will serve as the principal architect for Azure and related Microsoft technologies, ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and compliance across a multi-site enterprise.
Partnering closely with the CIO, security leadership, and firm stakeholders, the VP will drive multi-year infrastructure strategy, cloud modernization, zero trust security, and digital workplace initiatives.
You will report to the CIO, who is great, very sharp, educated, driven, and amazing, and so is the Team. The company always leads with integrity and family-first leadership!
Take a peek - if this looks like a great fit, please send your resume to lori@theclkgroup.com with some salary parameters.
Candidate MUST BE a US CITIZEN or GREEN CARDHOLDER. We will not accept any VISA candidates for this role.
OVERVIEW
- Responsibilities include leading enterprise identity and endpoint management, governing cloud resources and costs, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery, managing vendors and budgets, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
- The ideal candidate has 10+ years of infrastructure experience with significant hands-on engineering roots, 5+ years in senior leadership, expert-level Azure architecture skills, strong networking and security expertise, and a proven ability to operate and modernize large-scale, high-availability environments—preferably in legal or professional services organizations.
- The CIO is specifically seeking someone who has built, troubleshot, and optimized enterprise systems firsthand and can bring that depth of experience into strategic leadership. This ensures credibility with engineering teams, grounded decision-making, and a practical approach to modernization.
- This leader should demonstrate expert-level mastery of Azure cloud architecture, with deep hands-on proficiency across the platform’s core identity, device, and access management, security, compliance, data governance, data integration, and enterprise storage capabilities.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive infrastructure experience, including substantial hands-on engineering (cloud, systems, or networking), with 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
- Deep expertise in Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, security), enterprise networking (firewalls, SD-WAN, connectivity), endpoint management (Intune, Autopilot), and zero trust security principles.
- Proven success managing large-scale, multi-site infrastructure operations, budgets, vendors, and enterprise technology contracts.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute a multi-year infrastructure and cloud strategy aligned to business goals.
- Act as principal architect for Azure, identity, security, networking, and endpoint platforms.
- Lead identity, access, endpoint, and network architecture using zero trust principles.
- Drive cloud migration, automation, cost optimization, and digital workplace modernization.
- Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Build and mentor high-performing infrastructure engineering and operations teams.
- Oversee vendors, contracts, and enterprise infrastructure budgets.
- Communicate strategy, risk, and performance to the CIO and executive leadership.
Preferred
- Experience in legal or professional services environments.
- Exposure to automation, DevOps-aligned practices, and cloud cost governance.
- Experience with automation, scripting, DevOps-aligned practices, and cloud cost optimization.
