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Position Summary:

The **Vice President, Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering** will lead the modernization, optimization, and ongoing operation of Family Dollar’s technology infrastructure, with a focus on cloud strategy, data center transformation, network architecture, and end-user compute. This role is critical to building a scalable, secure, and resilient technology foundation to support Family Dollar’s rapid evolution as a standalone company.

This leader will drive the strategic transition to cloud-native infrastructure, ensure high availability across all platforms, and enable agile delivery of technology services to stores, distribution centers, and the enterprise. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a strong track record of leading enterprise-scale cloud and infrastructure transformations in a fast-paced retail or consumer environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud & Infrastructure Strategy

+ Develop and execute a hybrid cloud strategy that aligns with business growth and digital transformation goals.

+ Oversee cloud infrastructure services (AWS, Azure, etc.), data center operations, storage, compute, and virtualization platforms.

+ Establish and implement standards for infrastructure automation, observability, and disaster recovery.

Engineering Leadership

+ Lead a team of infrastructure, cloud, and network engineers, fostering a culture of performance, innovation, and accountability.

+ Build a scalable, service-oriented infrastructure team to support Family Dollar’s 7,000+ stores, distribution centers, and corporate systems.

+ Design enterprise-class infrastructure that ensures high availability, reliability, and performance.

Security, Resilience & Compliance

+ Partner with Information Security to embed security-by-design across all cloud and infrastructure layers.

+ Ensure infrastructure meets compliance, privacy, and regulatory requirements, including PCI-DSS and SOX.

+ Implement robust backup, failover, and business continuity strategies.

Network & End-User Computing

+ Own the performance, security, and evolution of the company’s enterprise-wide network infrastructure, including WAN/LAN, VPN, and SD-WAN.

+ Oversee enterprise collaboration and end-user technologies including desktop, mobile, and productivity platforms.

Vendor & Cost Management

+ Manage infrastructure and cloud service providers, contract negotiations, service delivery, and SLAs.

+ Drive cost optimization initiatives and capital planning for infrastructure investments.

Transformation & Operations

+ Lead the migration of workloads from on-premise to cloud environments where appropriate.

+ Streamline IT operations with modern DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices.

+ Support ongoing merger separation, application modernization, and infrastructure stand-up efforts post-divestiture.

Qualifications:

+ 12+ years of IT infrastructure experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role overseeing cloud and infrastructure engineering.

+ Proven track record of successfully leading cloud migrations and hybrid infrastructure models at scale.

+ Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization, containerization, and automation (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).

+ Experience designing secure, scalable networks and enterprise compute environments.

+ Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles and compliance requirements.

+ Retail, distribution, or high-transaction volume environment experience preferred.

+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required; Master's degree preferred.

+ Strong leadership, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Full time

510 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320

IT Engineering

Family Dollar