Director of DevOps
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Kforce has a client that is seeking a Director of DevOps in Mesa, AZ. This role is hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote. This company offers a competitive compensation package including base salary and Stock/RSUs. Summary: A rapidly growing engineering technology company is seeking a Director of DevOps to lead DevOps, Release Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) initiatives across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and on-premises environments. This is a hands-on leadership role for a technical leader who enjoys architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving automation, reliability, and software delivery at scale. Responsibilities:
- Lead DevOps, CI/CD, Release Engineering, and SRE strategy across cloud and on-prem infrastructure
- Manage and mentor a team of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers
- Drive deployment automation, observability, platform engineering, and reliability initiatives
- Own CI/CD platforms, release management processes, and deployment pipelines
- Establish SLOs, monitoring strategies, incident response processes, and operational best practices
- Partner with Security teams to implement DevSecOps practices and support compliance initiatives
- Develop roadmap initiatives focused on scalability, security, automation, and developer productivity
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of DevOps, SRE, Release Engineering, or related experience
- 4+ years of leadership experience managing engineering teams
- Deep experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code
- Experience with monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, New Relic, ELK, Azure Monitor, or CloudWatch
- Strong experience with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and cloud-native platforms
- Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Proven success improving reliability, incident response, and software delivery performance
- Experience leading enterprise DevOps transformation efforts
- Experience in automotive, transportation, or mobility industries
- Background supporting both cloud-native and legacy environments
- Familiarity with GitOps tools such as Argo CD, Flux, or Spinnaker
- Executive-facing leadership position with significant influence
- Hands-on role shaping the DevOps strategy of a growing organization
- Modern technology environment leveraging AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tools
- Competitive compensation package including equity
- Flexible hybrid work schedule