Hosting Enterprise Lead (Compute & Platform)

About This Role

This role is responsible for providing strategic and technical leadership for enterprise hosting and compute infrastructure, overseeing the design, implementation, and operational management of hosting platforms. This position ensures high availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational stability across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and strategic leadership for enterprise hosting, compute, and virtualization platforms across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Define, govern, and enforce enterprise standards for host hardware, operating systems, virtualization platforms, patching, lifecycle management, and automation.
• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of highly available, resilient, and scalable hosting solutions supporting mission-critical systems.
• Oversee capacity planning, performance analysis, and availability assessments to support business continuity and growth.
• Partner closely with Architecture, Network, Storage, Database, Application, and Information Security teams to deliver integrated infrastructure solutions.
• Guide disaster recovery strategy and execution at the compute and operating system layers, including testing and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate emerging hosting, compute, and platform technologies and provide recommendations aligned with long-term infrastructure and modernization roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to hosting and platform engineering teams, including mentoring, design review, and escalation support.
• Lead technical aspects of large-scale infrastructure initiatives, including data center modernization, cloud adoption, and platform upgrades.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and industry standards through collaboration with Information Security.
• Maintain enterprise hosting roadmaps, architectural documentation, operational standards, and performance metrics.
• Communicate technical strategy, risks, and progress effectively to IS leadership and key stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5 Years of Experience
• Strong technical leadership with the ability to balance strategic vision and operational execution.
• Exceptional task management, and ability to lead projects from concept to completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• 7 or more years of progressive IT experience with a strong emphasis on hosting, compute, or infrastructure platforms.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Seven (7) or more years of progressive IT experience with a strong emphasis on hosting, compute, or infrastructure platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise operating systems including Windows Server, Linux, and AIX.
• Extensive experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere and cloud compute platforms (Azure and/or Oracle).
• Strong understanding of enterprise server hardware, networking fundamentals, and storage technologies.
• Experience with automation and scripting technologies (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, or similar).

Skills

* Required skills