Joe McLaughlin
Engineering leader in Cloud Infrastructure, SRE, and DevOps
About
Engineering leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling infrastructure, security, and platform engineering teams. Currently at Employ, Inc. Previously led Infrastructure & Security at Niche.com, driving cloud transformation, security initiatives, and platform reliability. Passionate about building resilient systems, fostering high-performing teams, and delivering business value through technical excellence.
Skills & Expertise
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Cloud Architecture
- Infrastructure as Code
- Platform Engineering
DevOps & SRE
- Kubernetes
- Site Reliability Engineering
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Monitoring & Observability
Security & Compliance
- Security Architecture
- Compliance (SOC 2, GDPR)
- Incident Response
- Risk Management
Leadership
- Engineering Management
- Team Building
- Strategic Planning
- Cross-functional Collaboration
Experience
Director of Engineering
Employ, Inc.
2025 - Present
Leading infrastructure engineering for a talent acquisition platform serving enterprise clients.
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Security
Niche.com
2014 - 2025
Led infrastructure, security, and platform engineering teams. Drove cloud transformation, implemented security and compliance programs, and built scalable systems supporting millions of users.
Systems Administrator
Decision Software
2011 - 2014
Managed systems infrastructure and operations for enterprise software solutions.
Systems Administrator
The Knowland Group
2009 - 2011
Managed IT infrastructure and systems operations.