Medline · 6 hours ago
Director Infrastructure Engineering
Northbrook, Illinois
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$177K/yr - $266K/yr
5+ years expMedline Industries is a leading healthcare company, and they are seeking a Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the design and evolution of their core infrastructure platforms. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable, and reliable capabilities for application teams and Infrastructure Operations, while overseeing various engineering domains and driving best practices in Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration Management.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareHospitalityManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Define the infrastructure engineering strategy and operating model across EUC, Core Networking, Servers, Azure Cloud, and Database Services; set quarterly outcomes and build a high‑performing leadership bench
Own infrastructure engineering standards and reference architectures for compute, storage, virtualization/containers, identity, and platform security; deliver consumable platform capabilities and coordinate run handoffs with Operations
End User Compute Engineering: Standardize endpoint platforms (Windows/macOS), image management, MDM/Intune, device compliance, collaboration foundations; automate builds, patching, and drift management
Core Networking (data center, cloud & load balancers): lead datacenter, distribution center, and cloud networking, SD‑WAN, L4–L7 services; drive automation, configuration compliance, segmentation, capacity planning, and resilient change patterns
Server Engineering: Provisioning standardization and automation, including OS builds/patching (Windows/Linux), virtualization (e.g., vSphere), configuration management, golden images, and security hardening
Cloud Engineering (Azure): Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) strategy and standardization, including Azure landing zones, network/identity patterns, policy‑as‑code, reusable modules, and pipeline‑driven changes (Azure DevOps/GitLab); enable self‑service blueprints and FinOps guardrails
Database Services: provide reliable platforms for enterprise databases (e.g., Oracle/SQL Server/MySQL); automate provisioning, patching, backup & recovery; ensure performance, capacity, and RPO/RTO targets are met
Security & Compliance by design: embed identity, secrets management, segmentation, and hardening patterns; ensure pipelines meet ITGC/SDLC standards with Security/GRC
Delivery excellence & financials: establish intake/prioritization and release automation; track engineering KPIs; own key tool/platform/cloud budgets and optimize unit economics
Stakeholder engagement: serve as primary contact for platform engineering matters; provide clear executive updates on status, risk, and trade‑offs
Global Scope: Cross‑time‑zone collaboration; occasional after‑hours releases for infrastructure changes; periodic travel to major sites, data centers, and vendor engagements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related field), or equivalent training/experience
5+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering or related role
3+ years managing multi-disciplinary teams
Hands‑on understanding Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration Management in Cloud and Datacenter environments with Terraform and Ansible or similar technologies
Strong operational experience with Azure cloud and data center patterns; strong grounding in Kubernetes/containers, networks, storage, databases, cloud native services, and security
Deep understanding of datacenter and cloud networking, load‑balancing, routing/segmentation, and configuration compliance automation
Leadership of server and database platform engineering (standard builds, patching, backup/recovery, performance)
Experience transforming systems/platforms for high availability and resilient operations using both in region and multi-region solutions
Strong vendor, budget, and stakeholder management; executive‑level communication
Product mindset with data-driven decision making
Solid understanding of Agile project management practices, with Scaled-Agile (SAFe 6) and Project Increment (PI) Planning preferred
Experience with process design, evaluation, and improvement
Ability to diagnose and resolve escalated / challenging issues related to systems, projects, and processes
Experience directing both onshore and offshore teams
Basic understanding of financial and revenue models
Strong prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, project management (from conception to completion), and planning skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
Preferred
Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field
Azure Fundamentals, Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator/App Developer (CKA/CKAD), ITIL v4
Experience managing million-dollar+ annual budget and forecasting activities over several years
Experience operating in hybrid cloud environments and driving self‑service platform adoption at scale
Experience managing cloud native applications in Azure,AWS/GCP, or other major hyperscaler
Demonstrated application of Site Reliability Engineering practices (SLOs/error budgets, capacity planning, chaos testing) and partnership with Operations for incident and disaster recovery readiness and business continuity
Benefits
Health insurance
Life and disability
401(k) contributions
Paid time off
Company
Medline
Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
North Carolina Department of Commerce
2025-12-17IPO
2021-06-05Private Equity
2019-09-12Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Steve Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Laabs
Chief Product Officer
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