Technical Director

Technical Director

Location: Remote - United States
Preferred Location: Austin, TX or nearby

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technical Director with a strong blend of technology consulting, enterprise architecture, customer engagement, and technical leadership. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing enterprise solutions, leading large technical teams, driving cloud transformation, and delivering technology strategies aligned with business objectives.

The successful candidate will work closely with customers and internal stakeholders to develop enterprise solutions, improve operational efficiency, optimize costs, and drive innovation across cloud, infrastructure, security, and application environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of technical consultants, setting goals, expectations, and performance objectives.
• Mentor team members and support career development, hiring, performance feedback, and team growth.
• Engage with customers to gather business requirements and translate them into enterprise technology solutions.
• Lead enterprise architecture design across cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking, security, and applications.
• Analyze customer technology environments and processes to recommend improvements in service delivery, cost efficiency, and operational performance.
• Lead cloud transformation and modernization initiatives, including cloud and DevSecOps operating models.
• Provide architectural oversight, design reviews, quality assurance, and technical guidance for complex programs.
• Shape solutions with customer teams and guide them through design and implementation.
• Collaborate with technology, application, security, and business stakeholders to document and validate requirements.
• Develop delivery plans and potentially lead delivery management across multiple technical resources.
• Assess proposed architectures, identify operational risks, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Conduct impact assessments for major changes to customer technology landscapes.
• Establish common technology standards, tools, and best practices across teams.
• Maintain strong relationships with customer enterprise architecture teams.
• Design, implement, and manage FinOps programs aligned with FinOps Foundation principles.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience in client-facing technology consulting, business requirements gathering, and solution architecture.
• Strong enterprise architecture expertise across multiple technology domains, including cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking, security, and applications.
• 5+ years of public cloud architecture experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex enterprise cloud initiatives and transformational programs.
• Experience managing direct teams of 15+ individuals .
• Proven ability to lead large teams of technical consultants and coordinate cross-functional delivery.
• Experience designing complex architectures and organizing technical teams to deliver solutions.
• Experience developing and managing enterprise architecture teams.
• Strong understanding of virtual infrastructure, including compute, networking, and storage.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, multi-tenant isolation, end-user computing, collaboration technologies, backup, disaster recovery, and IT operations.
• Experience designing, implementing, and managing FinOps programs based on FinOps Foundation principles.
• Strong commercial and solutioning skills, including cost modeling and developing solutions with limited initial information.
• Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hybrid cloud architecture and cybersecurity.
• Expertise in cloud modernization and DevSecOps operating models.
• Experience with operational optimization, service improvement, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience in enterprise-scale technology strategy and governance.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience supporting complex customer engagements.

Leadership Expectations

The Technical Director will be expected to demonstrate:

• Strong organizational and people-management capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, self-awareness, and social acumen.
• Professional credibility and a strong customer-first mindset.
• The ability to bridge business requirements and technical solutions.
• A commitment to service excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.