Head of Cloud & AI Infrastructure - Hybrid

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Head of Cloud & AI Infrastructure - consultant-to-hire position with a Financial Services Company located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Location: Candidates who are near an existing office hub will be given first preference although 100% Remote Canadidates will be considered.
Preferred Locations: Pittsburgh, PA., Horsham, PA., Lake Mary, FL., Woodbury, NY, Salt Lake City, UT, Wilmington, DE.

We are seeking a transformative Cloud and Infrastructure leader for an initial consulting engagement with the potential to transition into a permanent senior leadership position. During the consulting phase, this individual will assess the current infrastructure landscape, define the future-state strategy, establish a prioritized transformation roadmap, and begin executing critical cloud and AI infrastructure initiatives. The consultant will design resilient enterprise solutions that balance performance, reliability, security, scalability, and cost.

Responsibilities:

• Assess the current cloud, on-premises, network, platform, and AI infrastructure environments
• Provide hands-on strategic and technical leadership across complex enterprise cloud and infrastructure environments, with a focus on improving uptime, scalability, resilience, and reliability
• Establish standards and governance for hybrid and multi-cloud workload placement
• Accelerate the adoption of cloud-native patterns, including microservices, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies
• Develop and implement cost-efficient cloud consumption strategies in partnership with FinOps
• Design, build, and support scalable on-premises AI clusters utilizing open-source models, frameworks, and deployment engines
• Partner closely with AI and machine learning engineering teams to optimize cloud, compute, storage, hardware, and network topologies
• Drive a culture of Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, standardization, and continuous improvement
• Partner with security, risk, and compliance teams to align cloud and AI infrastructure strategies with governance requirements
• Present infrastructure strategy, investment recommendations, risks, and performance results to both technical and executive audiences

Requirements:

• Ten or more years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud architecture, platform engineering, or data center operations
• At least five years of experience in a senior technology leadership role with responsibility for infrastructure strategy, engineering teams, transformation programs, or enterprise platforms
• Experience operating in an advisory, consulting, interim leadership, or transformation-focused capacity is strongly preferred
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline is preferred
• Deep knowledge of one or more major public cloud ecosystems—AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale legacy data center migrations or infrastructure transformations involving hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud environments
• Proven ability to assess an existing enterprise infrastructure environment and translate findings into an actionable strategy and transformation roadmap
• Advanced experience with enterprise Infrastructure-as-Code tools, particularly Terraform
• Strong knowledge of the Kubernetes ecosystem, including cluster management, container security, orchestration, and lifecycle management
• Experience with service mesh architectures and technologies such as Istio or Linkerd
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud financial management, capacity planning, cost allocation, and FinOps practices
• Experience designing or supporting infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference workloads
• Strong executive and technical communication skills
• A consultative leadership style that enables rapid assessment, builds stakeholder confidence, and converts strategic recommendations into executable plans

Pay range: $105 - $115 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.