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Aderant is seeking a Head of Infrastructure to serve as a key member of the technology leadership team, reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

This roleis responsible forthe end-to-end strategy, delivery, and operation of Aderant's global infrastructure platforms across AWS and Microsoft Azure, supporting both product engineering and customer-facing SaaS environments.

The Head of Infrastructure will lead multiple global teams, including Cloud Operations (Sierra and platform operations) and DevOps, bringing together currently distributed capabilities into a unified, scalable operating model.

A primary focus of this role will be the evolution and reliability of Aderant's Sierra cloud environments, which arepredominantly single-tenantdeployments, alongside enabling consistent infrastructure, deployment, and operational practices across all products.

This leader willestablishclear ownership across infrastructure, platform services, DevOps, and cloud operations-driving standardization, reliability, and efficiency while enabling engineering teams to deliver at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Strategy & Organizational Leadership

• Define and execute a multi-year infrastructure strategy aligned with Aderant's product and platform goals.

• Lead and integrate global Cloud Operations and DevOps teams into a cohesive Infrastructure organization.

• Establish clear ownership boundaries and operating models across Infrastructure, DevOps, and Engineering.

• Build and scale high-performing global teams, including senior leaders across Cloud Operations and DevOps.

Cloud Operations & Service Reliability (Sierra Focus)

• Own end-to-end availability, resilience, and performance of all customer-facing SaaS environments.

• Drive operational excellence across Sierra single-tenant environments, ensuring consistent, high-quality hosting and uptime.

• Standardize monitoring, alerting, and incident management across all platforms.

• Lead global incident response, on-call structures, and post-incident review processes.

• Ensure disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity capabilities.

DevOps & Engineering Enablement

• Own and evolve DevOps capabilities across the organization, including CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and environment management.

• Drive consistency in build, release, and deployment practices across product teams.

• Enable engineering teams through self-service infrastructure, automation, and standardized tooling.

• Partner with Engineering leadership to improve developer experience, release velocity, and operational accountability.

Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Drive standardization of infrastructure provisioning and management through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Establish reusable platform services and shared infrastructure capabilities across products.

• Ensure consistency across environments (development, staging, production).

• Support both single-tenant and multi-tenant SaaS models through scalable infrastructure design.

Multi-Cloud & Environment Management

• Define and enforce enterprise standards across AWS and Azure.

• Oversee capacity planning, performance optimization, and regional infrastructure strategy.

• Ensure effective workload placement and resourceutilizationacross environments.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering leadership to align infrastructure and development practices.

• Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders on infrastructure strategy, risk, and investment priorities.

• Drive a culture of accountability, reliability, and continuous improvement across all infrastructure-related teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience across Infrastructure, Cloud Operations, and/or DevOps, with significant leadership responsibility.

• Proven experience leading multiple infrastructure-related functions (e.g., Cloud Ops, DevOps, Platform Engineering) in a SaaS organization.

• Experienceoperatinglarge-scale SaaS platforms in cloud environments (AWS and Azure).

• Strong understanding of both operational (SRE/Cloud Ops) and engineering (DevOps/platform) disciplines.

• Experience managing both single-tenant and multi-tenant SaaS environments is highly desirable.

Deepexpertisein:

• Cloud platforms: AWS and Azure

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (preferred), CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep

• CI/CD and DevOps tooling (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.)

• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, ECS/Fargate)

• Strong understanding of SRE principles, distributed systems, and high-availability architectures.

• Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing global teams, including senior leaders.

• Strong operational and organizational leadership skills, with experience managing large-scale environments.

• Excellent executive communication skills, with the ability to influence C-level stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (advanced degree a plus).

• AWS and/or Azure certifications preferred.

What Success Looks Like

• A unified Infrastructure organization encompassing Cloud Operations and DevOps with clear ownership and accountability.

• High-performing Sierra environments with consistent uptime and operational excellence across all customers.

• Standardized CI/CD, deployment, and infrastructure practices across all product teams.

• Improved developer experience and faster, more reliable software delivery.

• Strong alignment between Infrastructure and Engineering, with clear operating boundaries and shared accountability.