Infrastructure and Cloud DevOps Director
Date: Aug 2, 2026
Location: SA
Company: stc
Job Purpose
To lead the enterprise Infrastructure and Cloud DevOps strategy, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable operations aligned with business and digital objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Formulate and steer the IT infrastructure and operations strategic plan, ensuring alignment with MCN, BCN applications, and client systems.
- Spearhead alignment of infrastructure and operations planning with business objectives, network operations, and technology roadmaps.
- Institutionalize governance frameworks, standards, and guiding principles for IT infrastructure and operations to ensure consistency and scalability.
- Orchestrate cross-functional engagement with business units and shared services to enable effective delivery of IT-related initiatives and projects.
- Architect and enforce operational models, roles, and accountability structures to enhance service quality and efficiency.
- Steer and govern relationships with external technology partners, service providers, and consultants, ensuring adherence to agreed standards and service levels.
- Institute and enforce governance mechanisms, policies, and procedural controls to support compliant and efficient IT service delivery.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives across IT operations, reinforcing alignment with business and network strategies.
- Lead enterprise-wide awareness and capability-building initiatives related to IT processes, tools, and operational excellence.
- Define and drive the cloud operations strategy, ensuring alignment with digital transformation objectives and business priorities.
- Institutionalize cloud governance frameworks to ensure standardized deployment, management, and integration with enterprise and network environments.
- Govern and optimize cloud service provider engagements, ensuring cost efficiency, performance oversight, and contractual compliance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Information Technology, Information System, Engineering or a related field.
Years of Experience:
- Preferred experience of (7+) years, or equivalent in the area of expertise