Director, Software Engineering Enterprise Infrastructure

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be based in Mountain View CA.

The Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering (EIE) team builds and operates the Compute Storage Network and Public Cloud infrastructure that powers LinkedIns enterprise platforms and services. The team delivers reliable secure and cost-efficient foundations across offices data centers and Azure enabling critical business systems and modern CI/CD platforms for internal applications.

We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to own strategy execution and outcomes for LinkedIns enterprise infrastructure. This leader will be responsible for the end-to-end portfolio across network (Wi-Fi VPN global sites) compute and storage (Windows/Linux Servers and Endpoints data services identity) and Azure tenants/regions including CI/CD platforms supporting internal applications like LangSmith AI integrations and enterprise data pipelines.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Define and drive a multi-year technical infrastructure vision across network compute storage and Azure balancing reliability security velocity and cost efficiency.

• Own service reliability for global network routing firewall telemetry and identity/access pathways

• Drive AI transformation and automation for Infra developer velocity and operations  

• Partner with InfoSec to harden posture (e.g. device identity AAA policy enforcement) complete rollouts with high compliance across global interfaces.

• Lead Azure governance for tenants subscriptions and shared services; scale visibility dashboards cost guardrails and remediation workflows in partnership with platform teams.

• Drive Zero Trust initiatives to modernize remote and enterprise access; coordinate cross-functional execution spanning network architecture client upgrades and policy refactoring.

• Oversee Infra migrations with predictable delivery and minimal user impact

• Provide direction for internal CI/CD platforms that serve enterprise applications (e.g. integrations for agent workflows data pipelines) to improve developer velocity and operational rigor.

• Help lead the strategy and end-to-end delivery of corporate endpoint platforms and global VD to provide scalable device management and engineering escalation.

• Scale org effectiveness across distributed teams; ensure strong on-call runbooks and incident leadership practices.

• Manage multi-vendor ecosystems negotiate contracts and align investments to business outcomes and platform roadmaps.

• Establish annual goals/OKRs and measurable outcomes tied to platform health compliance and TCO (e.g. availability MTTR capacity cost per workload).

• Hire coach and grow a diverse leadership bench (Sr. Managers Managers Staff ICs); foster a culture of clarity accountability craftsmanship and bias for action.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• BA./B.S. Degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.

• 12 years of experience in infrastructure/software engineering with 8 years of people management experience.

• Experience in areas such as global network compute storage and public cloud (Azure) portfolios in enterprise environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated outcomes in Infra reliability engineering security and compliance programs and cost optimization across complex ecosystems.

• Deep expertise in Network architecture Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) firewall telemetry and distributed logging pipelines.

• Hands-on leadership across Azure governance (tenants subscriptions policy) platform observability and FinOps practices.

• Strong experience in CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code and enterprise developer platforms supporting internal applications.

• Track record of managing multi-vendor environments and large capital/operating budgets tied to business outcomes.

• Exceptional stakeholder management with executive communication and data-driven decision-making.

• Ability to clearly communicate with all levels of the organization and across functions and translate strategy to execution. 

• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to influence and work effectively across organization boundaries. 

• Ability to maintain good judgment in fast-paced high-stress environments.

• Ability to innovate and scale ideas/processes to large teams. 

• Experience managing complex software teams.

Suggested Skills:

• Infrastructure Engineering

• Leadership

• Azure Cloud 

• Storage

• Networks

You will Benefit from our Culture:
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The pay range for this role is $215000 to $352000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit Information :

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