PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Lead a team of DevOps engineers, including performance management, growth planning, and career development
Own the DevOps team roadmap in partnership with the Director of Platform Engineering, including quarterly priorities and capacity planning
Drive technical decisions and architecture reviews for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and platform tooling
Collaborate with engineering, data platform, data governance, and ITOps leadership on cross-functional initiatives and shared standards
Coach engineers through code review, design feedback, and incident retrospectives
Represent the team in executive forums, including roadmap reviews, FinOps reporting, and architecture councils
Partner with the Director of Platform Engineering on AI tooling governance, including standardization on approved platforms, usage policy, and measuring engineering productivity impact
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including reusable workflows, self-hosted runners, and security controls
Implement and operate infrastructure as code using Terraform across multi-account AWS environments
Manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, including ArgoCD-based GitOps delivery, ingress, observability, and security policies
Operate secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, including dynamic credentials, JWT/OIDC auth, and External Secrets Operator integration
Build and maintain observability tooling with Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes-native monitoring stacks
Lead incident response and post-incident reviews, including authoring runbooks and reliability improvements
Implement security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation across the platform
Contribute to AWS network architecture, including PrivateLink, VPCs, and cross-account access patterns
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
7+ years of hands-on infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical lead or team lead capacity
Demonstrated experience as a working manager or tech lead who balances IC delivery with team leadership
Deep experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, including modules, state management, and multi-account patterns within AWS Organizations
Production experience operating Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and GitOps delivery, ideally with ArgoCD or Flux
Strong CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, including security scanning, artifact management, and self-hosted runners
Strong scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar
Working knowledge of HashiCorp Vault or comparable secrets management platforms
Experience with cloud-based networking, including VPCs, private connectivity, DNS, and identity-based access
Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or equivalents
BS in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience supporting a regulated environment (HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR)
Experience with Databricks, Kafka, or other data platform components
Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost governance
Experience working in Agile teams and influencing engineering practices across multiple product areas
Experience integrating AI coding assistants into team workflows, including establishing usage norms and security guardrails
Comfort operating as both a leader and a builder, with strong judgment on when to delegate and when to dive in
Ability to translate technical decisions into business-friendly language for executive stakeholders
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation discipline
Curiosity, ownership, and resilience under tight deadlines
Track record of mentoring engineers and elevating team performance