AVP, Information Services (platform & Solution Engineering)

AVP Information Services

Responsible for managing, planning and guiding Molina Healthcare's technology platforms, infrastructure operations, and engineering teams across all of the company's business entities. Works closely with the CIO, CTO, IT Senior Management Team and key business management to provide technical leadership, managing the technology portfolio toward a more efficient, flexible and capable future state. As the AVP Information Services, you will lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of our next-generation cloud platform, transforming the developer and solution engineering experience. This role brings together four domains under one charter — Platform Engineering, Solution Engineering, AI/Data Platform Enablement, and Cloud Financial Governance — to deliver a cohesive, scalable, and AI-ready environment for innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the vision and architecture for a resilient, secure, and automated Azure Cloud Platform supporting both application and AI workloads.
• Lead the evolution of Developer Portals and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) that provide one self-service interface to manage the cloud estate — from provisioning to Day-2 operations.
• Implement App Patterns (Infrastructure Templates) to standardize application deployments with embedded functional and non-functional requirements.
• Design and operationalize Isolation Zones (IZs) that enforce workload segregation and tailored security controls based on risk, sensitivity, and compliance posture.
• Evolve the shared services and control plane (networking, IAM, CI/CD, observability, compliance, image factory) that underpin all workloads.
• Ensure regional resiliency and zonal fault tolerance, enabling portability and recovery across Azure regions and clouds.
• Build and lead a Solution Engineering function that partners with enterprise architecture and application teams to design cloud-native, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
• Develop standardized Solution Patterns — pre-approved architectural blueprints that align with platform standards, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Accelerate solution delivery by enabling teams to deploy rapidly using platform-certified modules, templates, and DevSecOps automation that integrates Terraform, Ansible, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Serve as a technical bridge between application teams, architecture, and platform operations — ensuring all deployed solutions inherit the right guardrails and telemetry.
• Champion a "Platform as Product" mindset, where developers and solution teams are treated as customers of the platform.
• Architect and operationalize the AI infrastructure plumbing (GPU-enabled compute, model training clusters, orchestration pipelines, observability).
• Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics teams to define data ingestion, transformation, and governance frameworks for scalable analytics and AI readiness.
• Oversee database and storage strategy including Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Lakehouse (Databricks) architectures, ensuring backup, recovery, and tiering policies are enforced.
• Transform traditional ticket-driven operations into a frictionless self-service developer experience via the Developer Portal.
• Create golden paths and IaC-driven app environments that enable developers to deploy faster while maintaining platform consistency.
• Integrate Terraform and Ansible for full lifecycle automation, including provisioning, configuration, rollback, and patching.
• Implement Day-2 automation for scaling, drift correction, compliance enforcement, and healing.
• Measure and continuously improve developer productivity, deployment velocity, MTTR, and satisfaction.
• Own the financial stewardship of Azure and SaaS subscriptions, including budgeting, forecasting, cost optimization, and chargeback/showback models.
• Oversee Microsoft and Azure licensing (EA renewals, product licensing, consumption commitments) and vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with Finance and Procurement to align innovation with fiscal responsibility, optimize cost per workload, and ensure audit compliance.
• Embed SLO/SLI-driven reliability principles across all platform components.
• Implement policy-as-code, compliance automation, and immutable pipelines to ensure deployment consistency.
• Integrate AI Ops and event-driven automation for proactive issue detection and remediation.
• Drive platform observability and resilience via Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Ensure recovery architectures, multi-region failover testing, and continuous DR validation are part of standard operating rhythm.
• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary teams across Platform, Solution, Data, and Automation Engineering disciplines.
• Instill a product mindset across engineering teams — delivering internal platforms and solutions as products with measurable value and feedback loops.
• Partner with Security, Architecture, and Data leadership to align cloud strategies with enterprise objectives.
• Communicate platform impact, innovation roadmap, and financial performance to executive leadership.
• Foster a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement across all layers of the cloud ecosystem.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in technology, engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience

Required Experience

• 10+ years progressive IT experience with a focus on infrastructure services.
• 10+ years minimum experience working system engineering and/or design.
• 10+ years supervisory or management experience.
• Understanding of Web Service standards and practices.

Preferred Education

• Advance Degree with equivalent work experience.