Executive Director, Infrastructure Engineering
The Walt Disney Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • California, Connecticut, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $251,900 - $337,800 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Provide executive leadership and direction to solution engineering functions, including Site Reliability, Storage systems, computer systems, QA, and Systems Engineering
- Define strategic vision, operational objectives, and measurable goals aligned to enterprise technology and business outcomes
- Build and execute workforce strategies—recruiting, developing, and retaining top talent across engineering disciplines
- Oversee organizational design and realignment to promote agility and responsiveness to evolving business needs
- Direct the architecture and operationalization of scalable solutions supporting high-throughput production/content platforms
- Champion the implementation of efficient CI/CD pipelines, on-prem and cloud-native services, and observability automation
- Collaborate with systems engineering and product engineering teams to ensure operational readiness and continuous improvement
- Define and operationalize engineering standards and KPIs related to security, performance, and availability
- Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on platform health, system incidents, risk mitigation, and technical roadmap alignment
- Lead cross-functional engagement to ensure platform capabilities meet the evolving needs of business units and customers
Requirements
- 12+ years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field
- Proven experience in leading global, cross-functional engineering teams
- Strong strategic vision and operational execution skills
- Expertise in scalable solution architecture and operationalization
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native services, and observability automation
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Strong leadership and talent development capabilities
- Ability to drive engineering excellence through documentation and process maturity
- Experience in managing third-party vendor relationships
Benefits
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
solution architectureoperationalizationCI/CD pipelinescloud-native servicesobservability automationengineering standardsKPI developmentscalable solutionsperformance optimizationsecurity management
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic visionoperational executioncollaborationcommunicationtalent developmentcross-functional engagementagilityresponsivenessprocess maturity
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in engineeringBachelor's degree in computer science