Director of DevOps

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

📋 Description

• Develops and executes a comprehensive DevOps strategy that aligns with the organization’s business goals and technology roadmap.

• Promotes the integration of DevOps principles and practices (such as CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and continuous monitoring) throughout the platform.

• Sets and upholds high standards for security, compliance, and governance within the DevOps framework.

• Remains informed about the latest trends and best practices in DevOps, cloud technologies, containerization, and Microsoft application development.

• Advocates for the use of AI-driven developer and operations tools (e.g., AI coding assistants, AIOps, intelligent observability) to streamline routine tasks and enhance engineering productivity across the platform.

• Assembles and leads a high-performing DevOps team proficient in Microsoft technologies, AWS cloud infrastructure, containers, and EKS services.

• Conducts performance evaluations of team members and oversees the performance review and compensation processes.

• Manages daily cloud operations across AWS environments, ensuring the SaaS platform’s high availability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.

• Designs, implements, and sustains scalable, secure, and resilient cloud network architectures, including VPCs, subnets, transit gateways, peering, and hybrid connectivity.

• Implements and manages identity and access management (IAM), secrets management, key management, and least-privilege access controls across cloud environments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in DevOps management, with a particular emphasis on multi-tenant platforms operating on AWS infrastructure.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; an MBA is preferred.

• A proven history of leading and developing high-performing DevOps teams.

• Demonstrated proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and monitoring tools for hosted applications on AWS, using containers and EKS services.

• Ability to collaborate with the Engineering team and lead release management practices.

• Experience with SQL and unstructured databases and their integration into DevOps workflows.

• Strong grasp of containerization technologies (such as Docker and Kubernetes) and hands-on experience with EKS management.

• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.

• Capability to think strategically and convert vision into executable plans.

• A passion for DevOps, continuous improvement, and SaaS-native technologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical and Dental coverage available for employees, dependents, domestic partners, and spouses.

• Paid Time Off – Flexible options plus 10 paid company holidays when applicable.

• Fully Covered by Origami Risk – Vision insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance.

• Generous family leave options—including for adoption and foster care placements.

• Pre-Tax Savings Accounts – Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Commuter Benefits, and Dependent Care Savings Account.

• Retirement Savings – 401(k) with a company match up to 4%.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Confidential & Free support available to colleagues facing personal or work-related challenges.

• Education Assistance Program – to support colleagues in pursuing industry/role-specific certifications.

• Wellness Benefits – reimbursement program designed to encourage healthy habits and enhance colleague productivity and stress management.

• Additional coverages available – Pet Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and Voluntary Life & AD&D coverage.