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Location: US

Reports To: Head of Infrastructure Operations

Function: JLL/T - Global Technology

Position: Director Cloud Infrastructure - M3

What this job involves:

AsDirector of Cloud Operations atJLL/T, you will lead the strategic planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of JLL's global cloud infrastructure acrossmulti cloud platforms. This position oversees Cloud Operations engagements, managing both internal engineering resources and ourManaged Service Provider (MSP)responsible for daily operations.You will play a key role in shaping JLL's "alwayson" operational strategy - ensuring agility, reliability, cost optimization, and compliance across all cloud environments. You will proactively build strong partnerships with internal business stakeholders and external service providers, deeply understanding their infrastructure needs to translate requirements into effective, scalable, and secure cloud solutions. This leadership role blends technology governance, program management, and operational excellence, ensuring that JLL's cloud infrastructure services deliver the highest quality, performance, and value to the business.What your day-to-day will look like:

• Lead globalmulticloud operations strategy, aligning infrastructure services with JLL/T's business and technology goals.

• Plan, review, and manage projects and engagements to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions.

• Partner with internal teams, business leaders, and top management to translate requirements into actionable strategies that balance performance, compliance, cost, and agility.

• OverseeManaged Service Provider (MSP)daily operations, ensuring SLA compliance, service quality, and continuous improvement in automation, observability, and MTTR reduction.

• Maintain an "alwayson" operating model by implementing proactive monitoring, high availability best practices, and disaster recovery readiness.

• Eliminate technical debt and modernize cloud platforms through standardization and infrastructure upgrades.

• Define and report on key operational KPIs to measure uptime, responsiveness, incident resolution, and cost efficiency.

• Manage budgets, forecasts, and financial controls for cloud services, applyingFinOps principlesto optimize resource utilization and spending.

• Oversee license and subscription management across multicloud environments to maximize efficiency and cost savings.

• Build strong partnerships with vendors, service providers, and internal stakeholders, fostering a culture of responsiveness, innovation, and collaboration.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience leading infrastructure or cloud operations within large scale enterprise environments.

• Deep expertise in managing multi cloud environments (Azure and AWS) across production, development, and hybrid workloads.

• Demonstrated success managing MSPs or outsourced service providers, including SLA governance, performance management, and contract oversight.

• Strong technical understanding of cloud networking, security, and automation principles, including Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Experience with cloud monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch,) and incident management processes.

• Proven ability to implement cloud cost optimization and capacity planning strategies, maintaining strict budgetary controls.

• Familiarity with reliability frameworks such asSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)and datadriven operational measurement (SLA, SLO, SLIs).

• Exposure tocontainer orchestration(Kubernetes, AKS, EKS) andservice mesh architecture

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Preferred certifications: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Terraform Associate, ITIL Managing Professional.

Desirable Skills

• Skilled in strategic planning, team leadership, and cross functional collaboration across technology and business stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reliability, agility, and operational maturity.

• Strong influencing skills and executive presence, capable of driving consensus and alignment across globally distributed teams.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities, from engineers to senior executives.

• Demonstrated ability to identify operational pain points and reduce toil through automation and self-service tools.

• Experience applying SRE principles-such as error budgets, failure testing, and capacity planning-to improve system reliability and performance.

• Familiarity with AIOps, predictive analytics, or anomaly detection as part of proactive reliability management.

Our Technology Stack

This stack represents our target state. You will be instrumental in helping us adopt and master these tools.

• Primary: GitHub Actions & GitHub, Terraform Cloud, PagerDuty Rundeck, Python, Datadog (for APM, RUM, and Logging)

• Secondary: JFrog Artifactory, Ansible, Wiz, Snyk, SonarQube, ArgoCD (Workflows), Kyverno

• Tertiary: Istio (ServiceMesh), Palo Alto Firewalls, Octopus Deploy (CD)

Estimated compensation for this position is:The salary listed is an estimate and not guaranteed. A salary offer will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, internal equity and alignment with market dataLocation: USA

This position does not provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Estimated compensation for this position:

234,000.00 - 338,000.00 USD per year

This range is an estimate and actual compensation may differ. Final compensation packages are determined by various considerations including but not limited to candidate qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

Location:

Remote -Chicago, IL, Miami, FL, San Francisco, CA

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet all the requirements. We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these benefits may include:

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care

• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary

• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays

• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

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