Sr. Director, IT Infrastructure & Operation

Job Description

About Advance Auto Parts

Founded in Roanoke, VA in 1932, Advance Auto Parts is a leading automotive aftermarket retail parts provider that serves both professional installer and do-it-yourself Customers. As of July 13, 2019, Advance operated 4,912 stores and 150 Worldpac branches in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Company also serves 1,250 independently owned CARQUEST branded stores across these locations in addition to Mexico, the Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands. The company has a workforce of over 70,000 knowledgeable and experienced Team Members who are proud to provide outstanding service to their Customers, Communities, and each other every day.

About Advance India Innovation Center (AIIC):

We are continually innovating and seeking to elevate the Customer experience at each of our stores. For an organization of our size and reach, today, it has become more critical than ever, to identify synergies and build shared capabilities. The Advance India Innovation Center (AIIC), located in Hyderabad, is a step in this strategic direction that enables us to access a larger talent pool, unlock operational efficiencies and increase levels of collaboration.
 

Position Overview

Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, is seeking a dynamic Senior Director of Technology Platform and Cloud. This role will report to the SVP, Infraastructure and Operations and will be based in a Hyderabad India, with travel as required. As the company continues to innovate, this position will play a central role in shaping the future of cloud platforms, infrastructure, and DevOps enablement.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership:

• Develop and execute enterprise platform and cloud strategies for scalability and adaptability.
• Align technology platforms with organizational goals through collaboration with business and IT stakeholders.
• Lead a team of cloud engineers, platform architects, SREs, and DevOps professionals, DBAs, software engineers, core infrastructure engineers.
• Manage the vendor relationships with our-sourcing providers, technology companies and managed service providers within our span of control.

Cloud Platform Ownership:

• Oversee enterprise cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, and/or AWS) ensuring availability, security, and cost management.
• Support application teams in adopting cloud-native architectures and integrating with the platform.
• Manage FinOps, cost tracking, and resource optimization across all cloud environments.

Devops & Ci/Cd Enablement:

• Drive adoption of CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), containerization (Kubernetes), and observability tools.
• Standardize platform tooling and services to enhance developer productivity and delivery velocity.

Core Infrastructure Services:

• Oversee compute, storage, and network services across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Ensure security, scalability, and high performance across retail, distribution, and enterprise systems.

Security, Compliance, And Resilience:

• Collaborate with Information Security and Risk teams to enforce security controls, compliance, and disaster recovery protocols.
• Integrate security and governance practices across platform and DevOps pipelines (DevSecOps).

Qualifications

• Required:

• Minimum 12 years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud platform leadership roles.
• Advanced expertise with public cloud platforms (GCP preferred; Azure and AWS desirable).
• Proven success in leading large-scale cloud infrastructure and platform engineering teams.
• Familiarity with DevOps toolchains (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, and FinOps practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of executive-level reporting and presentations.

• Preferred:

• Experience in retail or supply chain industries.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent certifications.
• Experience migrating enterprise workloads to cloud-native platforms.
• Strategic planning and execution
• Ability to lead within a matrixed environment
• Customer and developer focus
• Data-driven decision making and performance measurement
• Commitment to innovation and continuous improvement
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• Minimum 12 years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud platform leadership roles.
• Advanced expertise with public cloud platforms (GCP preferred; Azure and AWS desirable).
• Proven success in leading large-scale cloud infrastructure and platform engineering teams.
• Familiarity with DevOps toolchains (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, and FinOps practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of executive-level reporting and presentations.
• Experience in retail or supply chain industries.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent certifications.
• Experience migrating enterprise workloads to cloud-native platforms.
• Strategic planning and execution
• Ability to lead within a matrixed environment
• Customer and developer focus
• Data-driven decision making and performance measurement
• Commitment to innovation and continuous improvement
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• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent certifications.
• Experience migrating enterprise workloads to cloud-native platforms.
• Strategic planning and execution
• Ability to lead within a matrixed environment
• Customer and developer focus
• Data-driven decision making and performance measurement
• Commitment to innovation and continuous improvement
• California Residents click below for Privacy Notice:

Key Competencies

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