Director, Technology Engineering & Innovation (TE&I) – India - Hyderabad - Phoenix Aquila, India
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads the India-based Technology Engineering & Innovation (TE&I) organization, providing leadership across infrastructure engineering, operations, automation, reliability engineering, and service management functions. The Director will be responsible for building and scaling a high-performing organization that delivers critical capabilities supporting Micron's global IT infrastructure landscape.
What you'll do
- Lead the India-based TE&I organization, including managers, engineers, architects, operational teams, and technical specialists.
- Drive engineering excellence and operational maturity across network engineering, cloud infrastructure, database engineering, infrastructure automation, observability, monitoring, site reliability engineering (SRE), and global infrastructure operations.
- Establish strong operational disciplines across incident, problem, change, and service management processes.
- Manage India-based operational budgets, staffing plans, and resource allocations.
- Drive adoption of automation, AIOps, and AI-enabled operational capabilities.
- Build and sustain a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and innovation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 15+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, technology engineering, and operations.
- 8+ years of experience leading managers and senior technical leaders.
- Proven leadership experience leading Technology Infrastructure, Engineering, Operations or Platform organizations within the Semiconductor industry and/or Product-based technology companies.
- Experience leading organizations of 50+ professionals across engineering and operations functions.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure engineering, cloud platforms, networking, operational excellence, automation, observability, SRE, and service management disciplines.
Nice to have
- Experience building and scaling large technology organizations in India.
- Experience leading infrastructure teams within Fortune 500 or similarly large global enterprises.
- Experience with cloud transformation, automation, SRE, AIOps, and platform engineering.
- Understanding of infrastructure security, resiliency, governance, and compliance practices.
- MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field.
Skills: cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, network engineering, infrastructure automation, global infrastructure operations
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 49-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
852
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$239k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (852 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 30 | 852 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 269 | 5848 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 50 d | 49 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, network engineering, infrastructure automation, global infrastructure operations
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 247 open roles · median 39 d
- Qualcomm · 53 open roles · median 62 d
- AMD · 39 open roles · median 22 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 60 d
- Graphcore · 36 open roles · median 90 d
- Renesas Electronics · 32 open roles · median 31 d
How we counted: 852 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.