Managing Director - Digital Infrastructure and Reliability
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
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Description United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions. Job Overview and Responsibilities The Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure and Reliability will define and execute a five- to seven-year strategy for secure, resilient, and efficient technology services that support United’s always-on airline operations. This leader will oversee infrastructure engineering and operations across on-premises data centers, hybrid cloud, and SaaS environments. The portfolio includes Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, container platforms, enterprise storage and data protection, and network services—including wireless, load balancing, firewalls, and network security. The role will modernize service delivery through full-stack observability, AI-enabled operations, generative AI, and intelligent automation. It also owns the DT Command Center and enterprise incident and problem management, ensuring coordinated response, timely restoration, and lasting improvements following service disruptions. Working with cybersecurity, architecture, and engineering leaders, this leader will embed Zero Trust, immutable data protection, and validated recovery capabilities into infrastructure services. This role reports directly to the VP, Infrastructure Ops and Engineering and partners with leaders across Digital Technology and United’s operations teams. Strategy and Engineering Leadership
• Develop infrastructure strategy, engineering roadmaps, operating plans, and budgets aligned with business priorities and the DT technology vision.
- Develop infrastructure strategy, engineering roadmaps, operating plans, and budgets aligned with business priorities and the DT technology vision.
- Direct end-to-end service lifecycle management, from architecture and production readiness through modernization, technology refresh, and retirement.
- Establish common standards, governance, ownership, and service expectations across the infrastructure portfolio.
- Partner with DT leaders to balance reliability, security, performance, cost, and speed of delivery in technology investments and architectural decisions.
• Define a generative AI strategy for technology operations, prioritizing measurable improvements in incident triage, troubleshooting, knowledge discovery, runbook development, and change-risk assessment.
- Define a generative AI strategy for technology operations, prioritizing measurable improvements in incident triage, troubleshooting, knowledge discovery, runbook development, and change-risk assessment.
- Expand automation across provisioning, configuration, patching, monitoring, remediation, recovery, and service fulfillment using infrastructure as code and policy-based controls.
- Introduce self-healing capabilities where appropriate, with testing, auditability, rollback mechanisms, and defined escalation paths.
- Measure outcomes through reduced manual effort, faster restoration, fewer recurring incidents, and improved service quality.
• Lead engineering and operations for Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, hybrid cloud, and container platforms, including Kubernetes. • Standardize platform builds, hardening, patching, upgrades, and end-of-support remediation across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. • Manage compute availability, capacity, performance, and workload placement to meet service requirements. • Establish container platform standards for scaling, workload isolation, upgrades, production readiness, and recovery. • Partner with cybersecurity to maintain privileged access controls, endpoint protection, vulnerability remediation, and configuration compliance. • Define support models for foundational platform services, including directory services, identity integration, and time synchronization. Storage, Data Protection, and Cyber Recovery <li clas
From United Airlines Holdings's careers page (Company careers page), checked 7 Nov 2026.
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