Senior DevOps Architect

We invest deeply in our people and seek exceptional, visionary leaders to power our transformative approach. We are looking for a Senior DevOps Architect to act as a primary technical authority, steering our global DevOps processes, infrastructure, and release management frameworks to the next level.

This is a high-impact, heavy technical leadership role operating at the Technical Manager level. You will bridge development, operations, security, and product teams to deliver software reliably at a massive global scale while spearheading a Center of Excellence across the organization.

What you’ll do for us

Architecture, Design & Innovation

• Enterprise Infrastructure & Multi-Cloud Strategy: Lead the end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure, and high-performing DevOps and Platform Engineering solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP), as well as specialized infrastructures like VMC on AWS (VMware Cloud) and GovCloud.

• Reference Architecture & Automation: Define and own the DevOps reference architecture guardrails. Design and implement cutting-edge automated frameworks, including advanced patterns like Bot-as-a-Service (BaaS) and AIOps platforms for predictive operations.

• AI-Powered Workloads: Formulate structural guardrails for infrastructure supporting complex AI/ML workloads (GPU compute, vector databases, model serving, and pipeline orchestration).

Toolchain, Frameworks & Cloud Cost Optimization

• CI/CD from Scratch: Oversee the strategy, design, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines and release frameworks from scratch, establishing standardized delivery rails across globally distributed cross-functional teams.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Champion robust IaC methodologies using Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi across multi-region ecosystems.

• Multi-Million Dollar Cost Governance: Own infrastructure monitoring and utilization strategies; proactively lead resource cost planning and optimization initiatives to drive significant efficiency gains and eliminate multi-million dollar cloud cost leaks.

Technical Leadership, Mentorship & Client Engagement

• Center of Excellence: Act as a core mentor and coach for engineering teams, including Engineering Managers and Tech Leaders, promoting a culture of innovation, research, and operational excellence.

• SaaS Operations & Upgrade Governance: Guide teams through the operational lifecycle of deploying the o9 SaaS platform, managing complex patching, end-to-end zero-downtime upgrades, and release cadences across multiple hybrid or complex client environments.

• Escalation & Stakeholder Management: Effectively handle high-stakes client engagements and manage critical operational escalations, seamlessly translating complex technical resolutions into clear strategies for both engineering groups and executive leaders.

• Hiring & Culture: Drive technical and behavioral interviewing standards to evaluate top-tier talent and grow the technical function.

Monitoring, Reliability & Security

• Observability Solutions: Architect extensive distributed tracing, centralized logging, and alerting systems to manage platform health proactively.

• Regulated Compliance: Enforce strict SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets while embedding robust DevSecOps guardrails compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and rigid Federal/GovCloud regulatory requirements.

What you’ll have

Experience & Profile Requirement

• 15+ Years of Experience: A minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Build & Release, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles.

• Senior Architectural Leadership: At least 5 67 years serving in a Principal Architect, Principal Engineer, or Technical Manager capacity influencing cross-functional organizational architectures.

• Deep Cloud & Hybrid Footprint: Demonstrated mastery in orchestrating global-scale SaaS applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP, alongside specialized experience handling VMC on AWS and GovCloud environments.

• Cost Governance Track Record: Proven background in designing resource monitoring solutions that have successfully delivered multi-million dollar cloud cost optimization and reduction metrics.

• Release & Lifecycle Management Mastery: Comprehensive experience managing end-to-end upgrade processes, emergency patching, and intricate multi-tenant deployment structures for both cloud-native and highly isolated on-premises client environments.

• Full-Spectrum Toolchain Context: Deep technical familiarity running toolchains ranging from foundational build/configuration frameworks (Ant, Maven) to modern cloud-native orchestration matrices (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

• Database & OS Proficiency: Solid background evaluating and administering underlying OS and database layers, including MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Linux, and Windows administration.

Education & Certifications

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related technical discipline is required; a Master's degree is highly preferred.

• Certifications: Highly advanced or professional certifications are a strong plus (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or CISSP).