Director, Cloud and Systems Engineering

Position : Director, Cloud and Systems Engineering – Full Time / Exempt

Department : Information Technology

Reports to : Vice President, Technology

Location : Arizona Cardinals (Tempe, AZ)

Format : In-person

Note : Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a student or employment Visas (including, but not limited to F-1, M-1, J-1, H-1B, OPT and / or CPT programs, etc.).

Cardinals Organizational Summary :

The Arizona Cardinals Football Club is a professional football team within the National Football League (NFL). We compete in the National Football Conference (NFC) West division and call State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, our home.

As one of the oldest pro football franchises in the U.S., the Club has established itself as a sport and cultural hallmark within Arizona, as well as a trailblazer for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives and firsts around the League. Our vision is to build a leading sports organization that competes for championships, drives business results, creates loyal fans, develops proud employees, and inspires hope in our community. We are relentless in our pursuit of greatness on and off the field, while positively impacting our people, our fans, and our community.

If you want to join an organization that values putting the team first, doing what is right, growing with positivity, valuing every voice, while driving performance, we would love for you to join our team. Learn more about the Arizona Cardinals and see what’s happening .

Job Summary :

The Arizona Cardinals are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, passionate, and experienced enterprise applications lead with strong technology collaboration, development, migration, and integration experience. This position will be part of a dynamic and multifunctional technical team that supports Arizona Cardinals staff at the Tempe facilities and State Farm Stadium.

This position is a vital part of the technology department and will be based at the Tempe business office and will support all equipment and employees working at the Tempe Office, Tempe Headquarters, State Farm Stadium, and other locations as required. The main responsibilities for this position include planning and management enterprise systems such as Cloud, Hybrid cloud, Cloud applications and integrations on-premises server integrations, HRIS, Fintech, ERP, Legal, and other related computing technologies and systems. The Director of Cloud Engineering will also manage cloud systems and applications e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP and related integrations.

The role ensures enterprise architecture models and associated design components are maintained in a coherent manner and that appropriate considerations are made for extensibility, scalability, cybersecurity, and quality. The role ensures that the respective business application data, and technology perspectives are in line with the organization’s technology and cybersecurity governance strategies, policies, and standards. The role is expected to provide technology thought leadership addressing complex project issues by facilitating alignment across disparate teams.

Cybersecurity and network monitoring are high priorities of the Arizona Cardinals and the National Football League; thus, the network systems and related data and downstream applications must be safeguarded 24 / 7 / 365. This position is also responsible for support and troubleshooting for the Cardinals, related businesses, and vendors / partners with technology related issues.

This position will support day to day IT enterprise systems in addition to live events (Cardinal’s football games, concerts, activities, and events) at all sites. This role will be involved with many aspects of systems used by all staff and others if needed, potentially requiring 7 days a week and night schedules. Other responsibilities include event support, game day duties at games, training camp and extended trips. This position is primarily based at the Tempe, AZ business office, but will be required to work all home games and team functions at the State Farm Stadium located in Glendale, AZ.

Primary Job Duties :

The Director, Cloud and Systems Engineering position will have the daily responsibilities, without limitation, to include the following :

• Work with all departments and business leaders to define strategic and tactical needs for technology enabled business processes. Work with VP of Technology and other technology leaders to develop / enhance the technology roadmap for the organization.
• Understand and execute cloud engineering techniques and technology related to systems architecture, migration, integration and transformation.
• This role will manage the data systems team and provide leadership and support.
• Provide guidance on implementing controls to ensure data quality and security. Provide recommendations related to data security, retention and archival.
• Provide guidance in product, component, and vendor selection as appropriate for specific projects. This includes evolution of ERP and CRM systems and other enterprise applications.
• Own the maintenance, support, and continued enhancement of all applications within the organization.
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendor partners to provide support for outsourced applications.
• Define Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, vision, standards, tools, and methodologies.
• Understand current enterprise application integration capabilities including the use of services-based frameworks and other data integration technologies and strive for continuous improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications / Requirements

Cardinals Benefits / Perks Summary :

The Arizona Cardinals Football Club has developed a comprehensive benefits package that provides economic and inclusive benefits to full-time employees. The Cardinals benefits offer care, protection, and support for employees and their loved ones. The Cardinals organization encourages an environment that is conducive to living a healthy, productive, and flexible lifestyle.

Benefits and Perks include, but are not limited to :

The Arizona Cardinals Football Club is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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