Director, Cloud Infrastructure

The posting, as Accommodations Plus International wrote it

Who We Are

Accommodations Plus International (API) is a technology and services company focused on driving innovation across the travel and transportation industry. We partner with organizations in the airline, cruise, and rail sectors to deliver solutions that improve layover operations, enhance customer experience, and support long-term growth.
Our mission is to make layovers simpler and more efficient for crew members—and we bring that to life through deep industry expertise and a practical, results-driven approach.
Today, API’s platform powers over 18 million crew room nights each year for 100+ airlines and travel operators worldwide. Our Global Reach ensures that airline crews are rested, transported, and connected so global aviation runs on time.
At API, we’re building a culture rooted in succeeding and thriving together. It’s a place where people are encouraged to take ownership, develop their skills, and contribute to work that matters.
If you’re looking to grow your career in a company that values steady progress, real impact, and long-term development, we’d like to meet you!

Summary/Objective

The Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure & Technical Operations is the senior technical authority for the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of API's cloud-based platform and infrastructure. This is a hands-on, player-coach role: an expert AWS architect and network engineer who also leads people. Operating globally, the Senior Director will set and review AWS architecture, including multi-account design, hybrid and multi-region networking, and security controls, while developing distributed cloud, network, SRE, and DevOps teams. The role owns AWS governance, system reliability, and service continuity, and serves as the primary bridge between technology operations and the business. The ideal candidate combines deep, current AWS and cloud networking expertise with strong people leadership, financial acumen, and executive partnership skills.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop globally distributed technical operations teams, building a collaborative, high-performance culture across time zones and cultures
• Define team structure, roles, and career paths for cloud engineers, network engineers, SREs, and DevOps practitioners across both locations
• Serve as the technical escalation point and mentor for cloud and network engineers; take part directly in architecture reviews, major incident response, and root-cause analysis
• Set goals, KPIs, and performance expectations for the organization; conduct regular reviews and provide ongoing coaching
• Partner with HR and talent acquisition to recruit and retain top technical talent across our global locations
• Collaborate with product engineering, security, data, and business teams to integrate operational requirements into th

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Compensation is determined based on several factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and skill set, geographic location, as well as internal alignment and external benchmarks.

Other Duties
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time according to business needs.
The performance of additional responsibilities if you are designated as a Data Protection Champion (DPC), Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) or Information Assurance Accounting Officer (IAAO).
Work Environment
This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
AAP/EEO Statement
Accommodations Plus International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.
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