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Director - Infra Engineering - Platform Security and Lifecycle Management.

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering Full-Time
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Director - Infra Engineering - Platform Security and Lifecycle Management: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role leads platform security and lifecycle management for private cloud environments supporting mission-critical business applications.
  • The Person:The person will lead strategy, governance, and execution for platform upgrades, security posture management, capacity management, and operational resilience while working with platform engineering, information security, architecture, infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and application development teams.
  • Requirements:The role focuses on Platform as a Service, Middleware services lifecycle management, Private Cloud environments, Gen AI and Agentic AI, CI/CD, Observability, and security capabilities.

About the role

American Express Enterprise Cloud team is looking for innovators to help us build world-class applications, Cloud platforms and infrastructure supported by integrated CICD, Observability and security capabilities. 

The Director Infrastructure Engineering – Platform Security and Lifecycle Management is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and execution of Platform as a Service and Middleware services lifecycle management across Private Cloud environments. This role leverages Gen AI/Agentic AI to drive fully automated platform upgrades, security posture management, capacity management, and operational resilience to ensure a secure, scalable, highly available, and compliant Private Cloud platform supporting mission-critical business applications. 

The Director partners closely with Platform Engineering, Information Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and Application Development teams to drive platform modernization, automate operations, reduce technology risk, and enable cloud-native adoption at scale. 

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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The below represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.​
Published July 16, 2026
Location Phoenix, AZ
Category Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering  
Job Type Full-Time  

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