The Sr. Director, Platform & AI Infrastructure leads the platforms that power Gordian's products and our AI transformation: cloud infrastructure, data platforms, ML/AI infrastructure, incident response, and observability.
This is a builder role. You'll stand up the AI platform that our product and engineering teams build on, modernize how we run production, and establish the incident response and observability programs that scale with us.
Key responsibilities
- AI platform and production ML. Own the AI/ML platform: GPU capacity strategy, model serving and inference latency, training and fine-tuning infrastructure, MLOps and evaluation pipelines, vector and feature stores, and the RAG and agentic patterns our product teams build on. Partner with product engineering and architecture on build-vs-buy decisions across foundation model providers and open-source.
- Incident and observability management. Build out the incident response program: on-call structure, severity definitions, incident command, communication standards, postmortems, and follow-through on systemic fixes. Develop the observability stack across metrics, logs, traces, and synthetics. Set SLOs and report against them.
- Cloud infrastructure. Operate the Azure and OCI footprint. Infrastructure-as-code, capacity planning, and reliability across CPU and GPU workloads.
- Data platforms. Operations, performance, HA/DR, and roadmap for Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, and similar.
- Communication. Brief executives on reliability and risk. Lead internal communication during incidents. Speak to customers when major incidents affect them.
- People. Lead a globally distributed team of managers and senior ICs. Maintain a strong culture and leadership bench.
Required
- 10+ years in platform engineering, SRE, infrastructure, or AI/ML infrastructure, with 5+ leading teams.
- Production experience running ML/AI workloads at scale, including GPU infrastructure, model serving, MLOps, or LLM/inference platforms.
- Familiarity with the modern AI stack: vector databases, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation, and the build-vs-buy tradeoffs across foundation model providers and open-source.
- Built or rebuilt an incident response or observability program at scale.
- Measurable reliability improvements (MTTR, availability, change failure rate) in a cloud environment.
- Effective communicator with executives, the Board, customers, and the company during incidents.
- Zero-trust and modern identity platforms.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About the TeamSkills Required
- 10+ years in platform engineering, SRE, infrastructure, or AI/ML infrastructure
- 5+ years leading teams (managers and senior ICs)
- Production experience running ML/AI workloads at scale, including GPU infrastructure, model serving, MLOps, or LLM/inference platforms
- Familiarity with modern AI stack: vector databases, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation, and build-vs-buy tradeoffs
- Built or rebuilt an incident response or observability program at scale
- Demonstrated measurable reliability improvements (MTTR, availability, change failure rate) in a cloud environment
- Effective communicator with executives, Board, customers, and company during incidents
- Experience operating Azure and OCI cloud infrastructure, including IaC and capacity planning for CPU and GPU workloads
- Operations and roadmap experience for data platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, and MongoDB
- Familiarity with zero-trust and modern identity platforms
Fortive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortive and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortive.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is fully paid for 12 weeks for all parents, with fertility coverage via Progyny and generous adoption/surrogacy support. Backup child and adult care plus inclusive eligibility extend support across diverse family structures.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple PPO and HSA medical options include telemedicine and second-opinion services, alongside robust mental-health access through Spring Health with no‑cost therapy sessions. The breadth of medical and behavioral health resources is highlighted as a strength.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) provides a competitive employer match each pay period, with an additional company retirement contribution after one year of service. Financial wellness tools and an employee stock purchase plan further bolster long‑term savings.
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What We Do
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions. We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
