Hybrid Director, Infrastructure Engineering

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About the role

  • Director of Infrastructure Engineering at Thales leading global infrastructure teams across SRE, NRE, and Engineering. Shaping infrastructure strategy and driving reliability engineering for mission-critical services.

Responsibilities

  • Shape the infrastructure strategy across systems, networks and cloud platforms.
  • Lead senior managers and globally distributed engineering teams , fostering a collaborative and high‑performance culture.
  • Drive reliability engineering , including SLI/SLO frameworks, incident response excellence and automation to reduce operational toil.
  • Oversee global network architecture , including routing, firewalls, security design and modernisation initiatives.
  • Champion automation-first engineering , platform tooling and observability improvements.
  • Collaborate with Security, Product and Cloud Operations to ensure regulatory compliance, secure-by-design practices and strong cross-functional alignment.
  • Provide senior visibility into performance, capacity, reliability posture and risks.

Requirements

  • Strong leadership experience in infrastructure, network, or platform engineering.
  • Background in large-scale, global engineering environments.
  • Technical credibility across systems, networking and cloud.
  • Experience implementing SRE and reliability frameworks.
  • Ability to mentor and develop leaders and engineers.
  • Strong communication skills, able to influence at executive level.
  • Knowledge of network and IT architecture, including TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, Linux systems (Debian/RedHat), VMWare/KVM, Cisco/Juniper environments.
  • Ability to work both strategically and hands-on when required.

Benefits

  • Strategic global impact —shaping the future infrastructure of a leading cybersecurity and digital identity provider.
  • Leadership scope across multiple engineering domains with influence at executive level.
  • Opportunity to modernise and transform large-scale global platforms.
  • Career growth across the wider Thales Group , including international mobility, technical expert paths or senior leadership pathways.
  • Continuous development opportunities , exposure to cutting-edge technologies and high‑complexity engineering challenges.
  • Chance to work with world-class engineers , diverse global teams and major international customers.

Job title

Director, Infrastructure Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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