# Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations at Velaura AI

- Company: Velaura AI
- What the company does: Backed by MVP Ventures.
- Company website: https://velaura.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/velaura/54ba1b58-8517-4203-bc72-f8a84dabb72d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/velaura-ai-director-of-it-infrastructure-and-operations/

## About the role

Velaura AI is seeking an experienced Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations to own IT and infrastructure end to end: the hybrid compute environment our designers depend on, the security program that protects our design IP, the systems that support our development, and the team that runs all of it. You'll lead our existing IT team and grow it.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in IT infrastructure, including 5+ leading infrastructure and operations teams
- You've scaled an IT environment through rapid organizational growth and can talk candidly about what worked and what didnt
- Strong Linux and engineering-compute background, real depth in at least one major cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS) and comfort operating all
- Hands on expertise in enterprise networking (firewalls, VPNs, segmentation) and enterprise storage, virtualization, and DR
- Hands-on experience implementing IAM, MFA, endpoint management, logging, and enterprise security controls
- A track record of building the operational layer: service desk, asset management, budgets, vendor contracts, capacity planning

Tags: IT