Director of DevOps

5 days ago

Mesa, AZ, United States Jooble Full-time

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
Preferred:
  • 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
Why Join?
  • 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