DevOps Director - Enterprise AI Solutions

The era of pervasive AI has arrived.  In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale.

SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.

We are seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead our DevOps initiatives and manage our infrastructure, deployment processes, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure seamless integration and timely delivery of our AI products and solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a deep technical understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, release management, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for driving operational excellence in a fast-paced, innovative environment..

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead the DevOps team in the design, implementation, and management of scalable and reliable infrastructure. Collaborate closely with component teams to understand their roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables. Provide a comprehensive overview of interrelated components, identifying potential delays or bottlenecks.
• Release Management: Own the release process, understanding various release mechanisms and their advantages/disadvantages. Develop and maintain tools to track readiness for release, ensuring all necessary tests are executed and requirements met. Ensure timely and predictable release cadence as well as owning SW product delivery to customers and product launches.
• CI/CD Expertise: Lead the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, advising teams on best practices for automated testing, deployment strategies, and monitoring. Evaluate and recommend testing frameworks that align with product requirements. Monitor and improve system reliability, performance, and efficiency through automated solutions.
• QA and Test strategy: Collaborate with SW leads to design the right testing strategy in CI/CD pipelines that ensure developer velocity, minimizes versioning and compatibility issues while ensuring delivery of high-quality, production SW. Identify testing gaps and drive engineering excellence. Establish and enforce SLAs within component teams regarding testing procedures. Define processes for responding to test failures, ensuring timely resolutions and clear communication with stakeholders.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with engineering teams, product teams and Technical Program Managers (TPMs) to align on roadmaps, drive execution, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Best Practices Development: Drive the adoption of industry best practices in testing, deployment, and release management across all engineering teams. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Monitoring and Incident management: Establish and maintain monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices to ensure system health. Lead post-incident reviews and drive efforts for continuous improvement to reduce incident frequency and impact.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advocate for and implement Infrastructure as Code principles to enhance deployment practices across development, integration, and production environments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, release management, or a related role, with a proven track record of managing complex software delivery processes.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and methodologies.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams.
• Strong analytical