San Jose or Irvine, CA Hybrid 215,900.00-287,800.00

Western Digital is hiring a Senior Director, IT - Data Centers and Cloud Services

About the Role

Leads the strategic direction and operational management of enterprise data centers and cloud platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and alignment with business goals.

Responsibilities

  • Direct the architecture and evolution of data center and cloud infrastructure
  • Oversee service delivery, performance, and reliability across global environments
  • Develop long-term technology roadmaps aligned with business growth
  • Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and sustainability standards
  • Lead teams responsible for infrastructure operations and engineering
  • Manage vendor relationships and procurement strategies for cloud and hardware services
  • Drive cost optimization and resource efficiency initiatives
  • Champion automation, scalability, and operational excellence
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to enforce robust protection measures
  • Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning
  • Lead incident response and root cause analysis for critical outages
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for infrastructure modernization
  • Align cloud adoption strategies with enterprise architecture principles
  • Foster innovation through pilot programs and proof-of-concept projects
  • Ensure service level agreements are met or exceeded
  • Guide capacity planning and scalability assessments
  • Promote energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data center practices
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives involving IT, security, and business units
  • Manage capital and operational budgets for infrastructure domains
  • Provide executive-level reporting on performance and strategic progress

Compensation

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility based on role and location

Team

Part of the global IT leadership team driving digital transformation and infrastructure modernization

Leadership Expectations

  • Set clear direction for infrastructure teams and inspire high performance
  • Build a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Mentor senior managers and develop future technology leaders
  • Represent IT in enterprise-wide strategic discussions

Technology Vision

  • Define a forward-looking infrastructure strategy balancing innovation and stability
  • Guide the transition from legacy systems to modern cloud-native platforms
  • Ensure technology decisions support long-term business scalability

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Western Digital builds, sells, and provides data storage solutions including hard drives, solid-state drives, and flash memory products.
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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category management
Posted 14 days ago