Director of Data Center & Infrastructure Services

About the role

The Director of Data Center & Infrastructure Services leads Elm’s on‑premises and cloud environments, ensuring they are available, resilient, secure and scalable. This senior position oversees all data‑center operations, server and AI platforms, storage, backup and file‑synchronisation services while driving strategic modernization initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute the unit’s strategic roadmap aligned with Elm’s technology direction and business goals.
• Lead infrastructure modernization across on‑premises and cloud environments.
• Direct day‑to‑day data‑center operations, capacity planning, environmental controls and service availability.
• Manage physical and virtual server environments, including AI workload platforms.
• Oversee enterprise storage solutions (SAN, NAS, cloud) and ensure robust backup, recovery and disaster‑recovery capabilities.
• Control cloud and hybrid infrastructure usage, performance and governance.
• Coordinate and deliver infrastructure‑related projects, ensuring scope, timeline and operational requirements are met.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading data‑center and infrastructure teams.
• Strong strategic planning and execution skills.
• Ability to manage large‑scale modernization and transformation programmes.
• Experience coordinating cross‑functional stakeholders and vendors.

Required skills

• Server administration and virtualization.
• AI infrastructure platforms.
• SAN and NAS storage management.
• Cloud storage and hybrid cloud management.
• Backup, disaster‑recovery and data‑protection strategies.
• Infrastructure governance and security compliance.