AVP DevOps Engineer

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Job Overview:
As an AVP Tech, DevOps Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the Enterprise DevSecOps Engineering team and drive initiatives that enhance developer experience, delivery velocity, quality, and security across the organization. This role partners closely with engineering teams and enterprise platform providers to establish DevOps strategy, define technical roadmaps, implement scalable solutions, and promote operational excellence across cloud and CI/CD ecosystems.
Responsibilities:
Lead engineering initiatives that improve developer experience and accelerate software delivery across the enterprise.
Drive operational excellence for connected services supporting continuous 24x7x365 operations.
Gather technical requirements from business and technology stakeholders and develop enterprise CI/CD strategies and objectives.
Provide technical leadership and establish standards that align engineering outcomes with business priorities.
Partner with engineering leadership to define, promote, and scale DevOps practices across product engineering teams.
Develop multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with business and technology objectives.
Establish deployment standards, reusable interfaces, and automation frameworks for enterprise adoption.
Evaluate industry trends and continuously improve deployment processes, tooling, and engineering practices.
Use data-driven approaches to understand user needs and prioritize platform enhancements.
Develop a deep understanding of business capabilities, technology domains, and end-to-end dependencies.
Drive innovation and automation that improve developer productivity and platform capabilities.
Participate in strategic planning activities to achieve technical and business objectives.
Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Platform Engineering, Quality Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Change & Release Management teams to deliver scalable technical solutions and prioritized roadmaps.
What Are We Looking For?
We are seeking collaborative leaders who consistently pursue greatness, act with integrity, are driven to help our clients succeed, win together, and create and share joy. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical leadership, effective stakeholder partnership, sound decision-making, and a commitment to continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements:
8+ years of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) experience across multiple technology disciplines, including at least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise CI/CD solutions.
5+ years of hands-on experience automating, deploying, and managing cloud-based applications and infrastructure in AWS.
2+ years of experience working with container orchestration platforms such as Amazon EKS or Red Hat OpenShift.
1+ year of hands-on experience implementing and supporting feature flag strategies and Blue-Green deployment architectures in enterprise environments.
Experience across DevOps lifecycle domains including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Container Orchestration, Configuration Management, Infrastructure Automation, Monitoring and Observability, and Security and Compliance.
Core Competencies:
Knowledge of basic .NET, Angular, and Python development and deployment constructs.
Troubleshooting skills using PowerShell, Bash,