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That's why we build technology that helps dealers connect with shoppers, turn interest into action, and drive measurable business results.\nMore than 6,000 dealerships across North America rely on Protomiq's solutions to engage customers, improve performance, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving market. From independent dealerships to some of the largest dealer groups and automotive brands in the industry, Protomiq is trusted by dealerships focused on what comes next.\nIf you're excited by innovation, customer impact, and the opportunity to help shape the future of automotive retail, you'll fit right in.\nWorking at Protomiq\nAt Protomiq, your work matters. We're a team of builders, problem-solvers, and innovators who are passionate about helping our customers succeed. Here, you'll be empowered to move quickly, embrace new ideas, and make a visible impact on the business.\nWe offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a culture built on collaboration, accountability, and growth.\nPosition Overview\nWe are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Director of IT Infrastructure & Security to lead the design, reliability, security, and cost efficiency of the company’s infrastructure platform across cloud, network, and core systems. This role ensures high availability, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence while enabling rapid product development and secure data operations leveraging AI as a platform.\nThis leader owns the managed environments, cloud-native environments, databases, and DevOps, as well as the company’s security posture and penetration testing program - and will evaluate where AI-assisted tooling can meaningfully improve delivery and operations.\nYou will report to the CTO. This role blends deep technical leadership with organizational influence and hands-on execution. You will be accountable for driving the strategy to build a safe, secure, and scalable infrastructure platform from concept to production, partnering closely with Engineering, and ensuring our solutions meet enterprise-grade standards of reliability, performance, and security.\nIf you’re a self-driven individual with a strong understanding of infrastructure, IaC, DR/BCP, security operations, penetration testing and vulnerability management, SOC 2 compliance, and CI/CD automation and you want to make an impact on technology that reaches dealerships and consumers globally, we want to hear from you.\nKey Responsibilities\nInfrastructure & Cloud Strategy\nOwn cloud strategy and architecture across our platforms, prioritizing high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity\nStandardize infrastructure patterns across environments and modernize away from legacy dependencies\nOwn day-to-day cloud and platform operations, including compute, storage, networking, and uptime monitoring\nImplement and enforce Infrastructure as Code to make builds repeatable, auditable, and less manual\nSecurity & Compliance\nOwn the company's security posture: proactive monitoring, an Incident Response Plan (including a ransomware runbook), and escalation to an MDR/MSSP partner where deeper coverage is needed\nOwn the penetration testing program end to end - 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