Position OverviewThe Senior Manager, Infrastructure Operations leads the Infrastructure Operations team responsible for the stability, resiliency, and lifecycle of the company's on-premises infrastructure. This leader owns the operational execution of data-center consolidation and exit programs, the infrastructure risk and end-of-service-life portfolio, disaster-recovery testing, vulnerability management, and the monitoring/observability (SRE) practice - while establishing the governance, documentation standards, and agile operating cadence the team runs on.
Key ResponsibilitiesData Center Operations, Consolidation & Exits- Lead execution of data-center evacuation and consolidation programs across the on-premises footprint.
- Own capacity planning and server/storage moves across the facility portfolio, coordinating discovery, dependency mapping, and cutover sequencing.
- Coordinate the on-prem hand-off for workloads targeted for cloud migration, ensuring source-side readiness, decommissioning, and data extraction (migration execution is owned by the cloud/modernization team).
- Direct certified asset disposition (ITAD) and decommissioning, including chain-of-custody and certificates of destruction.
Infrastructure Lifecycle & Risk Management- Maintain the end-of-service-life (EOSL) hardware/storage remediation roadmap and formally track, mitigate, and report infrastructure risks.
- Manage the "keep-the-lights-on" / continuous-improvement (KTLO/CI) backlog across PI cycles, balancing run vs. change.
Resiliency & Disaster Recovery- Own enablement and execution of DR tests against defined RTO/RPO tiers; drive resiliency, backup, and BCP standards.
Security & Vulnerability Management- Lead infrastructure vulnerability management - patching, firmware remediation, and hardening - in partnership with Information Security.
Monitoring, Observability & SRE- Build and mature the SRE and observability practice for on-prem infrastructure: monitoring/alerting standards, tooling integrations, SRE metrics/reporting, and AIOps adoption.
- Own the major-incident and escalation model and problem-management/RCA discipline.
Governance, Documentation & Operating Model- Establish and enforce documentation governance, standards, policies, and controls; own the infrastructure knowledge base and its review cadences.
- Define team structure and capability development via a skills matrix and maturity assessment.
Team Leadership & Delivery Cadence- Lead, coach, and develop the Infrastructure Operations team; run agile ceremonies (standups, retrospectives) and PI planning.
- Partner cross-functionally with PMO, Finance, Information Security, Architecture, the cloud/modernization team, and the business units, and manage vendor relationships.
Required Qualifications- 8+ years in infrastructure/IT operations, including 3+ years leading teams.
- Demonstrated ownership of on-premises data-center operations, server/storage lifecycle, and consolidation or exit programs.
- Strong grounding in ITSM/ITIL, incident/problem management, DR, and infrastructure lifecycle/EOSL management.
- Experience with monitoring/observability and SRE principles.
- Proven ability to establish operational governance, documentation standards, and agile delivery cadence.
- Excellent cross-functional stakeholder and vendor management skills.
Preferred Qualifications- Deep experience with data-center hardware, storage, and virtualization platforms.
- Familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Jira, JPD, Confluence, JSM Assets) for portfolio and knowledge management.
- Exposure to AIOps tooling and observability platforms.
- Healthcare or regulated-industry (FedRAMP/HIPAA) infrastructure experience.
Please note at this time we are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future.Location and Workplace FlexibilityZelis is headquartered in the U.S., with multiple locations across the country and in Hyderabad, India. Check out our locations to learn more about our offices. All employee work locations are based on the needs of the position and are determined by the Leadership team. In-office work and activities vary based on work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies.
While location expectations vary by role, candidates within approximately 50 miles of a U.S. office are generally preferred to support collaboration when needed. Our hybrid approach is flexible, and in-office presence is guided by team and business needs rather than a fixed weekly schedule.
