Cloud Platforms Director

Pacific Life

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Charlotte-128, US Posted 9 days ago $167,850–$205,150 / year
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TL;DR

The Cloud Platforms Director will lead Pacific Life’s Cloud & Compute Platforms team in Charlotte, NC, guiding strategic cloud platform engineering and infrastructure growth. This senior leader will develop a roadmap aligning with business objectives, manage high-performing global teams, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions. Key responsibilities include vendor management, service line development, and monitoring industry trends. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of cloud platform experience, strong leadership in global environments, and expertise in security frameworks, CI/CD practices, and Kubernetes clusters. Knowledge of hybrid cloud infrastructures and AI guardrails is a plus, as is hands-on experience with disaster recovery planning and financial management.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes CI/CD Terraform ISO 27001 SOC 2 HIPAA GDPR Hybrid Cloud Disaster Recovery Planning Incident Management Budgeting Financial Management Cost Optimization AI Capabilities Infrastructure as Code

What you'll do

  • Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for cloud platforms aligning with business goals.
  • Lead high-performing global engineering teams to foster excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure cloud platforms are scalable, secure, resilient, performant, and cost-effective.
  • Collaborate with leadership to gather requirements and ensure stakeholder needs are met.
  • Manage vendor relationships and oversee third-party services for cloud platform support.
  • Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to maintain a competitive edge.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in cloud platform management or related fields.
  • Proven leadership in global infrastructure operations teams.
  • Strong understanding of security, compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2), and hybrid environments.
  • Experience with CI/CD practices, budgeting, and financial management.
  • Hands-on expertise in disaster recovery planning and operational risk mitigation.
  • Knowledgeable about Kubernetes clusters, Infrastructure as Code, and modern deployment paradigms.

Market check

Salary context

This $167,850–$205,150 range sits above 58% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$128,000–$225,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$216,275

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Pacific Life

Pacific Life is a life insurance company offering a wide range of life insurance, annuity, and investment products and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans. Industry: Life Insurance & Annuities

Pacific Life currently has 26 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,610–$168,190 across 26 roles with salary data.

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