Director, Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the DevSecOps department and engineering practices, providing support to cross-functional cloud engineering teams in areas such as data, applications, identity, security, infrastructure, and workplace technology.

• Manage work intake, technical planning, prioritization, estimation, sequencing, and delivery tracking.

• Transform technology and business priorities into engineering results, release schedules, and accountable execution.

• Identify delivery risks and resource limitations, address blockers, and escalate decisions when necessary.

• Establish the vision and strategic direction for the DevSecOps department, contributing to the overall technology strategy as part of the IT Leadership Team.

• Guide architectural and engineering decisions across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, identity, endpoints, SaaS platforms, data, and applications.

• Set standards for source control, testing, CI/CD, security, observability, documentation, and change management.

• Lead initiatives for production readiness, incident escalation, root cause analysis, and reliability enhancement.

• Coordinate with engineers, technology partners, vendors, and leadership regarding priorities, trade-offs, risks, and outcomes.

• Ensure work is monitored in Azure DevOps, code is managed in GitHub, and peer reviews are consistently applied.

• Utilize AWS-native, Microsoft 365 Security, and Okta Identity capabilities effectively.

• Relay delivery status, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and leadership.

• Mentor and coach Team Leads and Engineers; establish goals, track progress, provide feedback, and facilitate individual growth.

• Oversee daily operations, resource allocation, workload distribution, and task prioritization.

• Collaborate with Human Resources on hiring, onboarding, development, employee relations, and performance management.

• Promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and a culture of accountability within the team.

• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and quality standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 10 years of technology experience, including senior engineering or technical leadership roles.

• Proven experience in leading cross-functional engineering delivery and production operations.

• Demonstrated breadth across various cloud engineering disciplines with in-depth expertise in at least one area.

• Formal management experience is advantageous.

• Background in property and casualty insurance or other regulated industries is a plus.

• Extensive technical knowledge of AWS cloud data platforms, application engineering, DevSecOps, cloud security, identity management, infrastructure, and production operations.

• Experience supporting teams that leverage AWS cloud-native capabilities, MongoDB, Databricks, Power BI, and other enterprise platforms.

• Experience leading desktop and enterprise security initiatives using Okta, Microsoft 365, Cisco, and CrowdStrike platforms.

• Hands-on experience with AWS-native security and operational capabilities, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Advanced Security, CloudFormation, and Azure DevOps.

• Strong delivery leadership abilities, including prioritization, estimation, risk management, and incident leadership.

• Capability to guide architectural decisions and technical trade-offs.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

• High level of integrity, ethics, discretion, and commitment to the mission.

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.

• Successful completion of an in-person leadership interview.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus of 10%.

• Minimal travel required, not exceeding 5% of the time.