Director of Cloud Engineering & DevOps

Director of Cloud Engineering & DevOpsWho are we, and what do we do?      Edible Brands® was launched in 2022 to bring together powerful, purpose-led brands under one unified purpose: to enrich everyday life through celebration, nourishment, and wellness. Today, Edible Brands powers three bold and growing concepts across 700+ locations worldwide.Our portfolio spans Edible Arrangements®, the iconic gifting brand; Rōti®, a Mediterranean-inspired fast-casual restaurant; edibles.com™, a trusted marketplace for low-dosage THC & CBD wellness products; and BerryDirect®, our robust supply chain infrastructure. Together, these brands are fueled by The Edible Way—a set of employee-driven values that keep us committed, collaborative, adaptable, results-driven, and always ready to celebrate.The Big Picture: We are looking for a highly technical, hand-on Director of Cloud Engineering & DevOps to own and evolve our Microsoft Azure platform that powers our e-commerce, mobile, and internal systems. This leader will be directly responsible for designing, building, and operating a modern cloud infrastructure that supports high-traffic digital experiences and mission-critical services. You will partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to ensure our Azure environment is:highly available and scalable observable and debuggablesecure and compliant cost-efficient and performant You should be equally comfortable with whiteboarding architecture, debugging production issues, and reviewing infrastructure as code.Location: This position will be onsite at our Corporate Office in Sandy Springs, GA Monday – Friday.What this looks like day to day:Own the architecture, performance, security, and reliability of our Azure infrastructure.Design, build, and optimize scalable cloud solutions using Azure App Services, Function Apps, Storage Accounts, Application Insights, Key Vault, Front Door, Application Gateway, and Azure DNS.Establish best practices for scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).Partner with engineering teams to improve application performance, reliability, and deployment strategies through CI/CD automation.Lead production incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term infrastructure improvements.Define and own our observability strategy, including monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and distributed tracing.Architect and optimize networking, traffic routing, DNS, and global performance.Drive cloud cost optimization through right-sizing, scaling strategies, and governance.Mentor and lead a high-performing infrastructure team while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.What you bring: 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering Deep, hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure (this is a must-have) Proven experience designing and operating production systems using: App Services and Function Apps Azure networking (Front Door, Application Gateway, VNets, DNS) Application Insights and observability tooling Key Vault and secure secret management Strong experience supportingNode.js / API-driven architecturesExperience managing high-traffic, customer-facing platforms (e-commerce preferred)Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, etc.) Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, networking, and application layers Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelinesDemonstrated ability to own and resolve production incidentsStrong understanding of scalability, resiliency, and distributed systemsHow you work:Strategic Agility & Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-changing environment, quickly adjusts to shifting business and technology needs, and leads infrastructure transformation with vision and flexibility.Collaborative Leadership: Builds strong cross-functional relationships, fosters open communication, and leads to a partnership mindset across departments and external vendors.Strong Work Ethic & Accountability: Takes full ownership of results, drives operational excellence, and consistently goes the extra mile to ensure systems are secure, stable, and high performing.Customer-Centric Mindset: Prioritizes user experience in every decision, ensuring infrastructure and services enable seamless internal operations and exceptional external customer interactions.Team Empowerment & People Development: Invests in growing, mentoring, and celebrating team members to build a high performing, engaged, and collaborative IT organization.Calm Under Pressure & Crisis Management: Maintains composure and sound judgment during high-stakes situations, effectively leading teams through outages, incidents, or urgent challengesWhat We Offer: Strong team-oriented environment, emphasizing cross-functional partnerships The stability and resources of an industry-leading company successfully operating for 25 years, with the agility and innovation of a startup, allowing you to make a significant impact and shape our future. Growth & Development – Each team member has a visible and immediate impact on the business, offering abundant opportunities for personal and professional growth as we scale in size and sophistication Healthcare plans that include health/dental/vision insurance, 401K Plan, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, flexible spending account options and more Paid time off, including sick days & holidays to support work-life balance We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer. Applicants for employment are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status.