Director, Cloud Engineering

About Magnet Forensics

Role Overview

Cloud Platform Strategy and Operations

• Define and execute the cloud platform strategy for SaaS products and long-term business objectives.
• Establish reliability, observability, incident management, disaster recovery, and platform governance practices.
• Partner with engineering leaders to deliver highly available and scalable cloud services.
• Lead initiatives that improve platform consistency, operational maturity, and engineering effectiveness.
• Champion platform architecture standards and participate in technical governance and architectural reviews.

Security, Compliance, and FinOps

• Lead cloud platform readiness for FedRAMP and other regulatory requirements.
• Implement secure-by-default platforms, policies, and operational controls with Security and Compliance teams.
• Drive vulnerability management, security remediation, and operational security initiatives.
• Own cloud cost governance, forecasting, budgeting, optimization, and financial management practices.
• Align technology investments with business priorities and improve cost visibility through automation and tooling.

AI, Vendors, and Engineering Leadership

• Drive responsible adoption and governance of AI platforms, services, tooling, and related infrastructure spend.
• Lead evaluation, selection, negotiation, and lifecycle management of cloud providers, technology platforms, and engineering tools.
• Manage major cloud and software licensing agreements and strategic vendor relationships.
• Build and lead high-performing cloud and platform engineering teams.
• Improve developer experience through reduced friction, enhanced tooling, and self-service capabilities.

What We Are Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing engineering managers and/or technical teams.
• Deep expertise with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Experience building and maintaining private cloud infrastructure.
• Experience operating large-scale SaaS platforms in production environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, governance, and risk management.
• Experience with cloud financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
• Proven cross-functional strategic leadership, executive communication, and vendor management experience.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks.
• Experience building platform engineering or developer experience organizations.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning infrastructure, governance, and operational practices.
• Experience leading identity and access management initiatives.
• Knowledge of observability, cloud operations, and reliability engineering practices.
• Experience in high-growth SaaS organizations.

Compensation

• The compensation range is CAD 200,000 to CAD 250,000 per year for the primary posted location.
• Actual compensation may vary by location and job-related qualifications, experience, knowledge, and skills.

How We Work

• Magnet Forensics uses a hybrid-flexible approach, with occasional in-person office attendance for employees within a comfortable travel distance.
• Office attendance typically ranges from weekly to monthly depending on department and team needs.

Benefits

• Benefits include time off policies, competitive compensation, volunteer opportunities, recognition programs, employee committees and resource groups, healthcare, and retirement benefits.