Infrastructure Operations Lead

Pacific Life

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Newport Beach, CA
Employment
Full-time
Posted
21 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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 57 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Infrastructure Operations Lead

The Infrastructure Operations Lead joins the Data Center Services team to oversee the coordination and delivery of the full infrastructure portfolio. This role involves organizing business-as-usual operational work alongside project initiatives across eight service towers. Key responsibilities include refining processes for capacity management, forecasting, and software lifecycle management, while formalizing operational workflows and runbooks. The Lead will build relationships with application owners, partner with the Project Management Office for resourcing, and coordinate between the Global MSP and internal teams. Required skills include experience with virtualization, storage, backup, Windows and Linux server administration, and data center facilities. The role utilizes ServiceNow, Jira, and Azure DevOps to manage demand, risk, and delivery commitments while ensuring infrastructure work remains aligned with broader business needs.

What you'll do

  • Coordinate and deliver work across the full Data Center Services portfolio.
  • Analyze and refine processes for infrastructure capacity management, utilization reviews, and demand forecasting.
  • Formalize and document operational workflows, service catalogs, and runbooks.
  • Build processes for software and hardware lifecycle management, including license tracking and compliance.
  • Partner with the PMO to ensure enterprise projects receive appropriate resourcing and balance BAU capacity.
  • Coordinate day-to-day execution between the Global MSP and FTE teams to manage priorities and risks.
  • Establish a framework for building and maintaining relationships with application owners at all levels.
  • Track and report on operational health, project delivery status, and capacity trends to leadership.

What we're looking for

  • BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8-10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure operations, including organizing operational and project-based work for a technical team.
  • Proven experience building and managing stakeholder relationships with business and application owners from engineer to executive levels.
  • Experience working with a Project Management Office (PMO) or enterprise project intake and resourcing processes.
  • Experience with IT capacity management, licensing management, and forecasting practices across infrastructure domains.
  • Working knowledge of virtualization, storage, backup, Windows and Linux server administration, and data center facilities.
  • Hands-on experience facilitating Scrum or other Agile delivery practices for technical/infrastructure teams.
  • PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or equivalent project/program delivery certification (preferred).

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