[Hiring] Director, Platform Infrastructure & Cybersecurity @NORTH WIND SYSTEMS LLC

Role Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Director for Platform Infrastructure and Cybersecurity to architect, deploy, automate, and sustain secure data and AI platforms across on-premise, commercial cloud, and government cloud environments. The successful candidate will build and maintain scalable infrastructure supporting:

• Digital Engineering
• AI/ML
• Modeling & Simulation
• Data Lakehouse/Fabric
• Advanced analytics workflows

This role requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, data engineering, and cross-domain deployment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, automation, and sustainment of secure digital infrastructure supporting advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, digital engineering, modeling and simulation, and mission-critical software systems across various environments.
• Serve as a team leader managing infrastructure engineering, cloud architecture, cyber threat detection and response, and DevSecOps.
• Work closely with software developers, data scientists, AI engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and mission stakeholders.
• Architect and manage teams to automate modern cloud and data platforms.
• Provide strong technical leadership in implementing secure, resilient, and portable solutions.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure architecture
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and platform automation
• Data lakehouse and enterprise data platform engineering
• AI/ML and agentic AI platform enablement
• Kubernetes and container platform operations
• DevSecOps pipeline development and automation
• Security and compliance implementation within regulated environments
• Cross-domain and classified environment deployment strategies
• Digital engineering, modeling, simulation, and digital twin platform support
• Technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in one or more of Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, DevSecOps, Infrastructure Engineering
• 5+ years deploying systems in regulated or classified environments

Technical Skills

The ideal candidate possesses broad expertise spanning:

• Cloud infrastructure
• Platform engineering
• Data engineering
• DevSecOps
• Cybersecurity
• Modern software delivery practices

Key technical competencies include:

• Cloud architecture and hybrid/multi-cloud platform engineering
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management
• DevSecOps, CI/CD, and GitOps methodologies
• Containerization and container orchestration platforms
• Enterprise data platforms, data lakehouses, and data integration
• Database technologies, data governance, and data lifecycle management
• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and AI platform enablement
• Software development, scripting, and automation
• Platform monitoring, observability, and operational excellence
• Cybersecurity architecture and secure system engineering
• Identity, access management, and zero-trust principles
• Compliance with government and industry security frameworks
• High-performance computing and distributed systems
• Technical architecture, systems integration, and enterprise-scale solution design

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• AWS Professional Certification
• Microsoft Certified: Expert
• CMMC Level 2/FEDRAMP Compliance Experience
• Security+ or CISSP

Desired Characteristics

• Comfortable operating from bare metal through cloud-native platforms
• Able to work across infrastructure, data, security, and AI domains
• Strong systems engineering mindset
• Ability to communicate with engineers, program managers, and executive leadership