We Put the World on Vacation
Travel + Leisure Co. is the world’s leading vacation ownership and travel membership company, with a dynamic and growing portfolio of resort, travel club, and lifestyle travel brands. Our dedicated associates help the company achieve its mission to put the world on vacation. Innovation and growth keep our work interesting and fun. Every day is a chance to learn something new and turn vacation inspiration into exceptional experiences for millions of travelers worldwide.
We are seeking a forward-thinking Director of Cloud Platforms to lead the strategy, engineering, and operations of our multi-cloud environment. This role is central to driving innovation, scalability, and reliability across our global operations, with ownership of cloud platform products that enable developer self-service, automation, and modernized cloud delivery. The Director will guide the evolution of our cloud ecosystem—primarily AWS (75%), with additional footprint in Azure, OCI, and GCP—while leading a distributed team of 8-12 engineers and partnering closely with our Developer Platform team to accelerate migration to AWS-native architectures.
How You'll Shine:
- Lead Cloud Operations & Engineering - Oversee daily operations, engineering, governance, and optimization of our multi-cloud environment. Ensure 99.99%+ platform availability, performance, cost efficiency, and security across AWS, Azure, OCI, and GCP.
- Drive Cloud Product Development - Own the full lifecycle of cloud platform products including self-service portals, automation frameworks, golden images, and standardized cloud patterns. Build capabilities that improve developer productivity and reduce operational friction.
- Champion Cloud Modernization -Collaborate with Developer Platform and Architecture teams to refactor legacy workloads into scalable, AWS-native architectures. Lead the migration of on-premise I&O systems to cloud-native services and modern operational models.
- Build & Mentor High-Impact Teams - Manage and develop a high-performing, primarily remote team of cloud engineers. Foster a DevOps/SRE culture including blameless postmortems, automation-first mindsets, and continuous improvement.
- Strategic Planning & Influence - Contribute to multi-year cloud strategy, roadmap development, budget planning, and vendor relationships. Ensure compliance with standards and regulations such as SOC 2, GDPR, and internal cloud governance.
Travel Requirements
- Periodic travel for team alignment and strategic planning sessions. Estimated 5-10% travel time required.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred)
- Multi-cloud certifications (nice to have)
- ITIL or DevOps certifications (beneficial)
- Demonstrated ability to lead and scale distributed engineering teams
- Strong strategic and operational mindset with experience driving large-scale migrations
- Excellent communication skills across engineering, product, and operations teams
- Data-driven decision-making capabilities with empathy for distributed teams
- Understanding of SRE principles, zero-trust security models, and observability best practices
- Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK/CloudFormation, Pulumi)
- Container orchestration platforms (ECS, Kubernetes/EKS, Docker)
- CI/CD pipeline tools (AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Automation scripting languages (Python, Bash)
- Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace)
- AWS services expertise (Lambda, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, *)
- 10+ years in cloud engineering, cloud platform development, or cloud operations
- 5+ years leading distributed engineering teams
- Significant hands-on AWS experience with proven success modernizing legacy systems
- Experience building self-service or platform engineering capabilities
Experience equivalent to the education requirement may be accepted in lieu of the education requirement.
How You'll Be Rewarded:
We offer a diverse range of comprehensive health and welfare benefits to associates who work 30 or more hours per week to meet your needs and support you throughout your career with us. Travel + Leisure Co. benefits include:
Note: Temporary and/or seasonal associates are ineligible for Paid Time Off.
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life and accident coverage
- Disability
- Depending on position, paid time off, parental leave and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information)
- Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice
- 401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements, including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information)
- Legal and identify theft plan
- Voluntary income protection benefits
- Wellness program (subject to provider availability)
- Employee Assistance Program
Where Memories Start with You
Hospitality is at the heart of all we do at Travel + Leisure Co. Here, you’ll find an inclusive environment where we deliver excellence and take time to have fun, celebrate together, and support one another. We're always looking ahead to what’s next and how we can strengthen our business, its neighboring communities, and the customer experience. Join our global team and build a career where memories start with you.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applications will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to MyCareer@travelandleisure.com, including the title and location of the position for which you are applying.