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National Account Director roles attract H-1B visa, L-1 visa, and O-1 visa sponsorship from large employers in CPG, technology, and healthcare. These are senior positions requiring a bachelor's degree in business or a related field, with sponsorship most common at enterprise-level companies managing national retail or distributor relationships. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Job Description Summary:
The National Manager, Cloud Infrastructure & Operations is responsible for leading the day-to-day execution, reliability, and continuous improvement of Swinerton’s cloud and infrastructure platforms.
This role brings Cloud Infrastructure and IT Operations into a single, accountable operating model focused on secure, scalable, reliable, and automated platform services. This is an execution leadership role. The expectation is not just to manage systems, but to build an operating model that improves reliability, reduces manual effort, strengthens security execution, and supports Swinerton’s continued growth.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Platform Ownership and Infrastructure Delivery
Own the operational delivery, reliability, and lifecycle management of Swinerton’s core infrastructure platforms, including:
- Azure and AWS
- Microsoft 365
- Active Directory and Entra ID
- F5, DNS, Intune, and SCCM
- Windows and Red Hat environments
Ensure these platforms meet business requirements for availability, scalability, security, performance, and cost efficiency.
Partner with the Network/Cloud Architect on platform design, technical standards, and architectural direction, while ensuring that approved designs are implemented, supported, documented, and continuously improved.
Establish clear support models, ownership boundaries, lifecycle plans, and operational standards for infrastructure services.
2. Infrastructure Operations and Service Reliability
Lead infrastructure operations across monitoring, incident response, patching, maintenance, platform health, and operational readiness.
Ensure infrastructure services are managed through consistent ITSM practices, including incident, problem, and change management.
Improve operational reliability by driving consistency, accountability, documentation, and measurable service performance.
Partner closely with Service Desk, Site Services, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Applications, and Construction Technology teams to ensure infrastructure services meet the needs of the business.
3. Automation, DevOps, and Platform Engineering
Drive practical automation across infrastructure operations, focusing on reducing manual effort, improving consistency, and increasing speed of delivery.
Lead adoption and scaling of:
- Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform
- CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Scripting and orchestration
- Standardized deployment patterns
- Repeatable infrastructure builds
Establish reusable infrastructure patterns that allow teams to deliver services faster, more securely, and with less operational friction.
4. Security Engineering and Compliance Execution
Work in partnership with Cybersecurity to implement and enforce security controls across infrastructure platforms.
Ensure infrastructure services align with enterprise cybersecurity policies, regulatory requirements, and security standards, including CMMC and NIST SP 800-based frameworks such as NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
Embed security controls into identity, network, cloud, server, and endpoint platforms.
Support audit readiness through evidence generation, control validation, remediation tracking, and operational follow-through.
Maintain a clear separation of responsibilities:
- Cybersecurity defines policy, risk standards, and security requirements.
- Cloud Infrastructure & Operations implements, enforces, and operates the required controls.
5. Identity and Access Management Execution
Lead the implementation and ongoing maturity of a centralized IAM execution model within IT Operations.
Establish IT Operations as the accountable owner for IAM execution, while aligning all access practices to enterprise cybersecurity policy and risk standards.
Own and improve identity lifecycle execution, including:
- New hire onboarding
- Role changes
- Transfers
- Terminations
- Access reviews
- Privileged access workflows
Implement and enforce:
- Role-Based Access Control aligned to HR job roles
- Least privilege access
- Time-bound privileged access through PIM
- Standardized access request and approval workflows
- Repeatable provisioning and deprovisioning processes
Reduce fragmented and manual access practices by building documented, automated, and auditable IAM workflows.
Partner with Cybersecurity and HR Systems to ensure:
- HR remains the system of record for identity triggers
- Cybersecurity defines policy, risk, and privileged access requirements
- IT Operations executes identity lifecycle processes consistently and accurately
The National Manager is responsible for building the IAM execution capability, improving the tooling, documenting the processes, and ensuring continuous improvement.
6. Business Alignment and Value Delivery
Drive business value through infrastructure investments by ensuring technology platforms improve workforce productivity, support project execution, enhance customer experience, reduce operational risk, and enable company growth.
Partner with business leaders to understand strategic and operational priorities and translate those needs into infrastructure capabilities, roadmaps, service improvements, and investment recommendations.
Establish clear business cases and expected outcomes for major infrastructure initiatives, and ensure delivery remains aligned with the value, risk reduction, and operational improvements the investment was intended to produce.
7. Innovation, Automation, and Future Readiness
Identify and advance emerging technologies, automation opportunities, AI-enabled operations, platform modernization strategies, and operating-model improvements that increase business agility while reducing complexity and cost.
Continuously evaluate industry trends and recommend practical improvements to infrastructure strategy, automation, cloud adoption, employee experience, service delivery, and operational resilience.
Create an environment that encourages responsible experimentation, rapid learning, and the disciplined adoption of technologies that produce measurable operational or business value.
8. Strategic Execution and Infrastructure Modernization
Execute the infrastructure roadmap defined by the Director of Cloud & Infrastructure Services.
Provide operational insight, technical feedback, and practical recommendations to help shape future infrastructure strategy.
Drive modernization of legacy infrastructure, cloud operations, and platform delivery practices.
Support cost optimization, improved resiliency, simplified operations, and better alignment between infrastructure services and business needs.
9. Team Leadership and Organizational Integration
Lead a unified Cloud Infrastructure and IT Operations team. Integrate IT Operations personnel into the broader Infrastructure organization with clear roles, responsibilities, operating procedures, and expectations.
Develop team members through coaching, technical growth, career pathing, and clear accountability.
Build a team culture based on:
- Ownership
- Follow-through
- Service reliability
- Continuous improvement
- Practical automation
- Strong partnership with the business
10. Performance Management and Executive Reporting
Establish and report on key performance indicators that measure operational effectiveness, service quality, automation maturity, financial efficiency, security control performance, reliability, capacity, and business value delivered.
Use performance data to identify trends, prioritize improvements, hold teams and vendors accountable, and communicate infrastructure health, risk, cost, and investment needs to technical and executive stakeholders.
11. Financial, FinOps and Vendor Management
Manage cloud and infrastructure spend within assigned areas of responsibility and establish disciplined FinOps practices for cost allocation, forecasting, budgeting, usage optimization, unit-cost visibility, and accountability.
Partner with Finance, Procurement, Architecture, and technical owners to identify and execute cost optimization opportunities without compromising reliability, security, performance, or business outcomes.
Oversee vendor relationships, licensing, renewals, commercial performance, and service delivery for assigned platforms and infrastructure services.
Minimum Skills or Experience Required:
- 8 or more years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, systems engineering, or IT operations
- 3 or more years of leadership experience
- Strong experience with Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and Entra ID
- Experience with automation tools and practices, including Terraform, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience supporting regulated environments and security frameworks such as CMMC, NIST 800-53, or NIST 800-171
- Working knowledge of IAM practices, including identity lifecycle management, RBAC, least privilege, and privileged access management
- Experience working closely with Cybersecurity teams to implement technical controls and support audit readiness
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, improve operational maturity, and deliver reliable infrastructure services
Summary of Benefits:
This role is eligible for the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company matching, Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), individual stock ownership, paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid holidays, bereavement leave, employee assistance program, pre-tax flexible spending accounts, basic term life insurance and AD&D, business travel accident insurance, short and long term disability, financial wellness coaching, educational assistance, Care.com membership, ClassPass fitness membership, and DashPass delivery membership. Voluntary benefits include additional term life insurance, long term care insurance, critical illness and accidental injury insurance, pet insurance, legal plan, identity theft protection, and other voluntary benefit options.
Anticipated Job Application Deadline:
08/31/2026
About Us
Welcome to Swinerton—Building Excellence Since 1888
Swinerton is a 100% employee-owned construction company with a legacy of shaping skylines, transforming communities, and delivering award-winning projects across the United States. Since our founding in 1888, we have remained forward-thinking, operating with accountability, integrity, and a passion for building what matters.
As an integrated ecosystem of expertise, Swinerton brings together talented professionals from diverse backgrounds to deliver innovative and efficient construction solutions. Our collaborative, interdisciplinary approach sets us apart, allowing us to respond to any project challenge—regardless of size, location, or complexity.
When you join Swinerton, you become part of a dynamic network of employee-owners who are committed to excellence, safety, and continuous growth. We invest in your development, offer competitive benefits, and empower you to make a meaningful impact on every project and in every community we serve.
Discover how you can build your future with Swinerton. Explore our open positions and join a team that leads with ownership, integrity, and a shared commitment to success.
Swinerton—Building is not just what we do; it is who we are.
Swinerton is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Minority, Women, Disability, and Veteran Employer.
Our Company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We have a commitment to provide equal hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, layoff and recall benefits to all individuals without regard to gender, race, color, religion, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital or domestic partner status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal or state laws or local ordinance or regulation.
We are committed to the safety and security of everyone interested in our company–including those who visit us online. Please note that Swinerton will only invite you to submit work history and personal information related to employment through our career portal Workday (which requires the set-up of a login) and communication will only come from individuals with an email address ending in @swinerton.com. If you receive fraudulent communication please inform us by emailing reportissues@swinerton.com.
Compensation Range:
$175,000.00 - $190,000.00 Annual Salary
Job Description Summary:
The National Manager, Cloud Infrastructure & Operations is responsible for leading the day-to-day execution, reliability, and continuous improvement of Swinerton’s cloud and infrastructure platforms.
This role brings Cloud Infrastructure and IT Operations into a single, accountable operating model focused on secure, scalable, reliable, and automated platform services. This is an execution leadership role. The expectation is not just to manage systems, but to build an operating model that improves reliability, reduces manual effort, strengthens security execution, and supports Swinerton’s continued growth.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Platform Ownership and Infrastructure Delivery
Own the operational delivery, reliability, and lifecycle management of Swinerton’s core infrastructure platforms, including:
- Azure and AWS
- Microsoft 365
- Active Directory and Entra ID
- F5, DNS, Intune, and SCCM
- Windows and Red Hat environments
Ensure these platforms meet business requirements for availability, scalability, security, performance, and cost efficiency.
Partner with the Network/Cloud Architect on platform design, technical standards, and architectural direction, while ensuring that approved designs are implemented, supported, documented, and continuously improved.
Establish clear support models, ownership boundaries, lifecycle plans, and operational standards for infrastructure services.
2. Infrastructure Operations and Service Reliability
Lead infrastructure operations across monitoring, incident response, patching, maintenance, platform health, and operational readiness.
Ensure infrastructure services are managed through consistent ITSM practices, including incident, problem, and change management.
Improve operational reliability by driving consistency, accountability, documentation, and measurable service performance.
Partner closely with Service Desk, Site Services, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Applications, and Construction Technology teams to ensure infrastructure services meet the needs of the business.
3. Automation, DevOps, and Platform Engineering
Drive practical automation across infrastructure operations, focusing on reducing manual effort, improving consistency, and increasing speed of delivery.
Lead adoption and scaling of:
- Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform
- CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Scripting and orchestration
- Standardized deployment patterns
- Repeatable infrastructure builds
Establish reusable infrastructure patterns that allow teams to deliver services faster, more securely, and with less operational friction.
4. Security Engineering and Compliance Execution
Work in partnership with Cybersecurity to implement and enforce security controls across infrastructure platforms.
Ensure infrastructure services align with enterprise cybersecurity policies, regulatory requirements, and security standards, including CMMC and NIST SP 800-based frameworks such as NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
Embed security controls into identity, network, cloud, server, and endpoint platforms.
Support audit readiness through evidence generation, control validation, remediation tracking, and operational follow-through.
Maintain a clear separation of responsibilities:
- Cybersecurity defines policy, risk standards, and security requirements.
- Cloud Infrastructure & Operations implements, enforces, and operates the required controls.
5. Identity and Access Management Execution
Lead the implementation and ongoing maturity of a centralized IAM execution model within IT Operations.
Establish IT Operations as the accountable owner for IAM execution, while aligning all access practices to enterprise cybersecurity policy and risk standards.
Own and improve identity lifecycle execution, including:
- New hire onboarding
- Role changes
- Transfers
- Terminations
- Access reviews
- Privileged access workflows
Implement and enforce:
- Role-Based Access Control aligned to HR job roles
- Least privilege access
- Time-bound privileged access through PIM
- Standardized access request and approval workflows
- Repeatable provisioning and deprovisioning processes
Reduce fragmented and manual access practices by building documented, automated, and auditable IAM workflows.
Partner with Cybersecurity and HR Systems to ensure:
- HR remains the system of record for identity triggers
- Cybersecurity defines policy, risk, and privileged access requirements
- IT Operations executes identity lifecycle processes consistently and accurately
The National Manager is responsible for building the IAM execution capability, improving the tooling, documenting the processes, and ensuring continuous improvement.
6. Business Alignment and Value Delivery
Drive business value through infrastructure investments by ensuring technology platforms improve workforce productivity, support project execution, enhance customer experience, reduce operational risk, and enable company growth.
Partner with business leaders to understand strategic and operational priorities and translate those needs into infrastructure capabilities, roadmaps, service improvements, and investment recommendations.
Establish clear business cases and expected outcomes for major infrastructure initiatives, and ensure delivery remains aligned with the value, risk reduction, and operational improvements the investment was intended to produce.
7. Innovation, Automation, and Future Readiness
Identify and advance emerging technologies, automation opportunities, AI-enabled operations, platform modernization strategies, and operating-model improvements that increase business agility while reducing complexity and cost.
Continuously evaluate industry trends and recommend practical improvements to infrastructure strategy, automation, cloud adoption, employee experience, service delivery, and operational resilience.
Create an environment that encourages responsible experimentation, rapid learning, and the disciplined adoption of technologies that produce measurable operational or business value.
8. Strategic Execution and Infrastructure Modernization
Execute the infrastructure roadmap defined by the Director of Cloud & Infrastructure Services.
Provide operational insight, technical feedback, and practical recommendations to help shape future infrastructure strategy.
Drive modernization of legacy infrastructure, cloud operations, and platform delivery practices.
Support cost optimization, improved resiliency, simplified operations, and better alignment between infrastructure services and business needs.
9. Team Leadership and Organizational Integration
Lead a unified Cloud Infrastructure and IT Operations team. Integrate IT Operations personnel into the broader Infrastructure organization with clear roles, responsibilities, operating procedures, and expectations.
Develop team members through coaching, technical growth, career pathing, and clear accountability.
Build a team culture based on:
- Ownership
- Follow-through
- Service reliability
- Continuous improvement
- Practical automation
- Strong partnership with the business
10. Performance Management and Executive Reporting
Establish and report on key performance indicators that measure operational effectiveness, service quality, automation maturity, financial efficiency, security control performance, reliability, capacity, and business value delivered.
Use performance data to identify trends, prioritize improvements, hold teams and vendors accountable, and communicate infrastructure health, risk, cost, and investment needs to technical and executive stakeholders.
11. Financial, FinOps and Vendor Management
Manage cloud and infrastructure spend within assigned areas of responsibility and establish disciplined FinOps practices for cost allocation, forecasting, budgeting, usage optimization, unit-cost visibility, and accountability.
Partner with Finance, Procurement, Architecture, and technical owners to identify and execute cost optimization opportunities without compromising reliability, security, performance, or business outcomes.
Oversee vendor relationships, licensing, renewals, commercial performance, and service delivery for assigned platforms and infrastructure services.
Minimum Skills or Experience Required:
- 8 or more years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, systems engineering, or IT operations
- 3 or more years of leadership experience
- Strong experience with Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and Entra ID
- Experience with automation tools and practices, including Terraform, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience supporting regulated environments and security frameworks such as CMMC, NIST 800-53, or NIST 800-171
- Working knowledge of IAM practices, including identity lifecycle management, RBAC, least privilege, and privileged access management
- Experience working closely with Cybersecurity teams to implement technical controls and support audit readiness
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, improve operational maturity, and deliver reliable infrastructure services
Summary of Benefits:
This role is eligible for the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company matching, Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), individual stock ownership, paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid holidays, bereavement leave, employee assistance program, pre-tax flexible spending accounts, basic term life insurance and AD&D, business travel accident insurance, short and long term disability, financial wellness coaching, educational assistance, Care.com membership, ClassPass fitness membership, and DashPass delivery membership. Voluntary benefits include additional term life insurance, long term care insurance, critical illness and accidental injury insurance, pet insurance, legal plan, identity theft protection, and other voluntary benefit options.
Anticipated Job Application Deadline:
08/31/2026
About Us
Welcome to Swinerton—Building Excellence Since 1888
Swinerton is a 100% employee-owned construction company with a legacy of shaping skylines, transforming communities, and delivering award-winning projects across the United States. Since our founding in 1888, we have remained forward-thinking, operating with accountability, integrity, and a passion for building what matters.
As an integrated ecosystem of expertise, Swinerton brings together talented professionals from diverse backgrounds to deliver innovative and efficient construction solutions. Our collaborative, interdisciplinary approach sets us apart, allowing us to respond to any project challenge—regardless of size, location, or complexity.
When you join Swinerton, you become part of a dynamic network of employee-owners who are committed to excellence, safety, and continuous growth. We invest in your development, offer competitive benefits, and empower you to make a meaningful impact on every project and in every community we serve.
Discover how you can build your future with Swinerton. Explore our open positions and join a team that leads with ownership, integrity, and a shared commitment to success.
Swinerton—Building is not just what we do; it is who we are.
Swinerton is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Minority, Women, Disability, and Veteran Employer.
Our Company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We have a commitment to provide equal hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, layoff and recall benefits to all individuals without regard to gender, race, color, religion, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital or domestic partner status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal or state laws or local ordinance or regulation.
We are committed to the safety and security of everyone interested in our company–including those who visit us online. Please note that Swinerton will only invite you to submit work history and personal information related to employment through our career portal Workday (which requires the set-up of a login) and communication will only come from individuals with an email address ending in @swinerton.com. If you receive fraudulent communication please inform us by emailing reportissues@swinerton.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding National Account Director Jobs
Target enterprise employers, not SMBs
Large companies with dedicated legal and HR infrastructure are far more likely to sponsor visas for National Account Director roles. Mid-size and regional firms rarely have the processes or budget to support H-1B or L-1 petitions at the director level.
Position your international account experience as a differentiator
Employers sponsoring senior roles need a clear business case. Demonstrating that your cross-border client relationships or international market experience adds value that a domestic hire cannot replicate strengthens the justification for sponsorship at USCIS.
Understand the L-1A pathway if you're transferring within a company
If your current employer has a U.S. office, the L-1A intracompany transfer visa is often faster and more predictable than the H-1B lottery. It's designed for managers and executives, and National Account Directors frequently qualify under the managerial capacity definition.
Document your P&L and team leadership scope clearly
USCIS scrutinizes whether director-level roles genuinely require a specialty degree. Your resume and offer letter should clearly reflect revenue ownership, direct reports, and strategic responsibilities rather than account management execution.
Explore O-1A if you have recognized industry achievements
National Account Directors with major award recognition, published industry research, or a track record leading nationally significant accounts may qualify for the O-1A extraordinary ability visa, which has no annual cap and no lottery.
Browse Migrate Mate for employers actively sponsoring at the director level
Not all companies that sponsor H-1B visas do so for senior individual contributor or director roles. Migrate Mate filters sponsorship-verified job listings so you can focus on employers who have actually sponsored comparable positions recently.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a National Account Director role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, most National Account Director roles qualify as specialty occupations under the H-1B visa because they typically require a bachelor's degree or higher in business, marketing, or a related field. The key is that the position must require a specific degree, not just any degree. Employers in CPG, technology, and healthcare regularly sponsor H-1B petitions for this title.
Does my degree field matter for National Account Director sponsorship?
It does, but the standards are more flexible at the director level than in technical roles. A degree in business administration, marketing, management, or a related commercial field is generally sufficient. What USCIS looks at is whether a theoretical and practical body of specialized knowledge is actually required to do the job. Generic management degrees still qualify if the employer's job description reflects a specialized industry context.
Is the L-1A a better option than the H-1B for this role?
For candidates already working at a multinational company, the L-1A is often the stronger path. It bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely, and National Account Directors typically meet the managerial capacity standard because they oversee teams and control significant revenue. The limitation is that you must have worked for the same employer abroad for at least one continuous year within the past three years.
Which industries most commonly sponsor National Account Directors?
Consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, technology, and retail media are the most active sponsors for this title. These industries rely heavily on national retailer and distributor relationships, making the National Account Director role operationally critical. You can browse open roles with verified sponsorship history on Migrate Mate to identify which specific employers are actively hiring.
How does having direct reports affect my visa eligibility as a National Account Director?
Having direct reports strengthens both H-1B and L-1A petitions. For H-1B, it reinforces the specialty occupation argument by demonstrating the role's seniority and complexity. For L-1A, managerial capacity is a core requirement, and supervisory responsibility over other professionals is one of the clearest ways to satisfy it. If the role is primarily individual contributor with a director title, the L-1A standard becomes harder to meet.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored National Account Director jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.