Director, Cloud Engineering and Operations

At Alcon we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly champion progress and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here youll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse talented people to join Alcon. As Director supporting Cloud Engineering and Operation you will be designing implementing and managing scalable secure and resilient cloud infrastructure across the enterprise. This role will be based in Fort Worth TX and you will be primarily responsible in ensuring operational excellence cost optimization and alignment with business continuity and transformation goals. The ideal candidate will drive automation enforce governance and lead cross-functional collaboration to support digital enterprise initiatives.

In this role a typical day will include :

Cloud Engineering

Architect and deploy cloud-native solutions using AWS Azure or GCP.

Design modular scalable infrastructure aligned with enterprise architecture standards.

Collaborate with development and security teams to integrate CI / CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.

Evaluate and implement new cloud technologies to support innovation and agility.

Cloud Operations

Monitor and maintain cloud infrastructure health performance and availability.

Implement automation for provisioning scaling and disaster recovery.

Lead incident response and root cause analysis for cloud-related issues.

Ensure compliance with security policies regulatory requirements and operational SLAs.

Governance & Optimization

Create and manage the FinOps organization.

Develop and enforce cloud governance frameworks including tagging cost controls and access management.

Conduct regular audits and performance assessments to optimize cloud spend and resource utilization.

Maintain documentation of cloud architecture operational procedures and best practices.

WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON :

Bachelors Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school 18 yrs; Assoc.14 yrs; M.S.7 yrs; PhD6 yrs)

The ability to fluently read write understand and communicate in English

10 Years of Relevant Experience

6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Preferred Skills :

Experience leading cloud transformation initiatives in large enterprises.

Familiarity with business continuity planning and service model design.

Experience in creating the business study for Data Centre migration to cloud and creating the plans for migration.

Leading the architects in creating procurement pipelines deployment pipelines to public cloud infrastructure.

Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive change in a matrixed environment.

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON :

Join Alcons mission to provide top-tier innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.

Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.

Alcon provides robust benefits package including health life retirement flexible time off and much more!

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ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process or in order to perform the essential functions of a position please send an email to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Go,Lean,Management Experience,React,Node.js,Operations Management,Project Management,Research & Development,Software Development,Team Management,GraphQL,Leadership Experience

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1