VP, Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

Position Summary:
The Vice President, Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering will lead the modernization, optimization, and ongoing operation of Family Dollar’s technology infrastructure, with a focus on cloud strategy, data center transformation, network architecture, and end-user compute. This role is critical to building a scalable, secure, and resilient technology foundation to support Family Dollar’s rapid evolution as a standalone company.
This leader will drive the strategic transition to cloud-native infrastructure, ensure high availability across all platforms, and enable agile delivery of technology services to stores, distribution centers, and the enterprise. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a strong track record of leading enterprise-scale cloud and infrastructure transformations in a fast-paced retail or consumer environment.

Key Responsibilities:
Cloud & Infrastructure Strategy

• Develop and execute a hybrid cloud strategy that aligns with business growth and digital transformation goals.
• Oversee cloud infrastructure services (AWS, Azure, etc.), data center operations, storage, compute, and virtualization platforms.
• Establish and implement standards for infrastructure automation, observability, and disaster recovery.

Engineering Leadership

• Lead a team of infrastructure, cloud, and network engineers, fostering a culture of performance, innovation, and accountability.
• Build a scalable, service-oriented infrastructure team to support Family Dollar’s 7,000+ stores, distribution centers, and corporate systems.
• Design enterprise-class infrastructure that ensures high availability, reliability, and performance.

Security, Resilience & Compliance

• Partner with Information Security to embed security-by-design across all cloud and infrastructure layers.
• Ensure infrastructure meets compliance, privacy, and regulatory requirements, including PCI-DSS and SOX.
• Implement robust backup, failover, and business continuity strategies.

Network & End-User Computing

• Own the performance, security, and evolution of the company’s enterprise-wide network infrastructure, including WAN/LAN, VPN, and SD-WAN.
• Oversee enterprise collaboration and end-user technologies including desktop, mobile, and productivity platforms.

Vendor & Cost Management

• Manage infrastructure and cloud service providers, contract negotiations, service delivery, and SLAs.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives and capital planning for infrastructure investments.

Transformation & Operations

• Lead the migration of workloads from on-premise to cloud environments where appropriate.
• Streamline IT operations with modern DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Support ongoing merger separation, application modernization, and infrastructure stand-up efforts post-divestiture.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of IT infrastructure experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role overseeing cloud and infrastructure engineering.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cloud migrations and hybrid infrastructure models at scale.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization, containerization, and automation (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Experience designing secure, scalable networks and enterprise compute environments.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles and compliance requirements.
• Retail, distribution, or high-transaction volume environment experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• Strong leadership, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are Equal Opportunity employers.