Director of Engineering - DevOps

We are seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to join our engineering organization and drive the operational excellence of our cloud modernization initiatives. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Product Automation, you will lead multiple DevOps and automation teams while playing a critical role in our transformation from legacy on-premises systems to modern cloud-native architectures. This position requires a hands-on leader who can bridge strategic vision with tactical execution, particularly in big data processing environments and large-scale cloud migrations.

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead and mentor multiple DevOps and automation engineering teams (20-40 professionals) 

• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence 

• Drive talent acquisition, development, and retention strategies for high-performing DevOps teams 

• Establish clear career progression paths and technical competency frameworks 

• Champion engineering best practices and modern DevOps methodologies 

• Execute CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), pipeline, container, and orchestration strategies across the organization 

• Drive standardization of DevOps tools, processes, and practices across multiple product teams 

• Lead the technical implementation of cloud migration strategies for legacy data center workloads 

• Architect and implement robust automation solutions for big data processing systems (SQL and Spark-based) 

• Ensure scalable, reliable, and secure deployment pipelines for mission-critical data processing workloads 

• Oversee multi-cloud infrastructure management, monitoring, and cost optimization (AWS, GCP, Azure) 

• Partner with platform engineering, SRE, data engineering, and security teams to align DevOps capabilities with business objectives 

• Establish metrics, KPIs, and continuous improvement processes to optimize delivery performance and operational excellence 

• Lead incident response coordination, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity processes 

• Drive knowledge transfer, best practice sharing, and governance frameworks across engineering teams 

Required Qualifications 

• 12+ years of technology experience with 7+ years in DevOps or platform engineering roles 

• 5+ years of experience leading and scaling DevOps teams (15+ professionals) 

• Experience managing global, distributed teams including offshore resources and mixed full-time and contractor workforces 

• Proven track record of successful cloud migrations and infrastructure modernization at enterprise scale 

• Experience with big data processing systems and large-scale distributed computing environments 

• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster management, networking, and security 

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) 

• Strong background with CI/CD platforms, particularly Jenkins, and artifact management (Nexus) 

• Extensive experience with configuration management and automation tools, especially Ansible 

• Solid understanding of Git workflows, branching strategies, and code management practices (GitHub) 

• Multi-cloud platform expertise with AWS and GCP (Azure experience a plus)