Director, Cloud and DevOps Platforms

Carrier • Palm Beach Gardens, FL

65d

About The Position

About Carrier: Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure the safe transport of food, life-saving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier. About This Role We are seeking a visionary and technically strong Director of Cloud and DevOps Platforms to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade cloud and DevOps capabilities. This leader will function as a core service provider to digital leaders across the enterprise, both within and outside the Digital team, driving an experience of deep alignment and partnership with a service-oriented mindset. The role will champion a platform-as-a-product approach, enabling digital and enterprise product teams to accelerate innovation through automated infrastructure services, FinOps insights and automation, and observability services. The ideal candidate will bring deep engineering expertise, a strong enterprise cloud and DevOps background, and a passion for automation and agile delivery. They will lead with a product mindset, building scalable, self-service platforms that empower development teams to deliver secure, reliable, and efficient applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering.
• 5+ years of experience working with one or more of the hyper-scalers (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing a product model and providing self-service cloud capabilities.
• Experience driving cloud cost optimization and maturing cloud operations.
• Proven track record of leading platform product teams in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure as code, CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with observability tools (e.g.,Logic Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana) and FinOps practices.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and product management principles.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Platform Product Leadership Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for cloud and DevOps platforms. Drive adoption of a platform-as-a-product mindset across infrastructure and engineering teams. Build a catalog of automated infrastructure foundations, self-service provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and container patterns for microservices applications.
• Strategic Partnerships Develop deep partnerships with digital product and enterprise software engineering teams. Understand dependencies, priorities, and technical diversity across teams. Tailor platform solutions that balance common services with alignment to varying technology stacks and patterns.
• Cloud & DevOps Engineering Lead the development and delivery of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native platforms. Ensure platforms support rapid development, deployment, and operations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Integrate observability, security, and compliance into platform capabilities.
• AI-Driven Automation & DevOps Experience Leverage AI to simplify the DevOps experience and enhance developer productivity. Deliver intelligent automation that streamlines infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD workflows, and operational tasks. Provide predictive insights and proactive recommendations to improve reliability, security, and efficiency.
• FinOps Leadership Drive enterprise-wide cloud cost optimization efforts in partnership with CIOs and finance leaders. Deliver FinOps automation, reporting, and governance capabilities to improve cloud spend transparency and accountability.
• DevOps Community Building Establish and lead a DevOps Council to foster collaboration, feedback, and shared ownership across teams. Promote crowdsourcing, knowledge sharing, and training initiatives to build a vibrant DevOps culture. Provide data-driven insights and automation tools to help teams improve reliability, security, and cost efficiency in Day 2 operations.
• Agile Product Practices Use community feedback to inform platform roadmaps and backlogs. Drive sprint-based agile delivery with regular releases, demos, and iterative testing. Partner with DevOps teams to ensure adoption and continuous improvement of platform capabilities. Curate an enterprise-grade internal marketplace of reusable patterns, services, and tools that accelerate development and operations.
• Team Leadership Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and architects using agile methodologies. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and innovation. Mentor and grow talent within the cloud and DevOps organization.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance
• To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here: Work With Us | Carrier Corporate
• The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
• This position is entitled to both short and long-term incentives, subject to plan requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees