Head of DevOps

Ovise has partnered with a large retail organization that is looking to continue it's move from on-premiss to Amazon Web Services. As they continue to expand their digital footprint, they’re seeking a visionary Head of DevOps with a focus on AWS to lead a small but talented team in driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

The Head of DevOps will play a pivotal role in shaping DevOps strategy and leveraging AWS cloud technologies to enhance the firm's software development lifecycle. This individual will lead a team of DevOps engineers, fostering collaboration, innovation, and automation to support their growing digital infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the company’s DevOps strategy, aligning it with business objectives and industry best practices.

AWS Cloud Management: Lead the design, implementation, and management of AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery and deployment processes.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code principles using tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation for efficient resource provisioning and management.

Monitoring and Optimization: Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the health and performance of our cloud infrastructure, and continuously optimize for cost-efficiency.

Security and Compliance: Collaborate with security teams to implement best practices for security and compliance within AWS environments.

Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in DevOps/Engineering, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership role.

Extensive experience with AWS cloud services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, and CloudWatch.

Proven expertise in implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.

Strong understanding of infrastructure as code principles and experience with tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

Solid understanding of networking, security, and compliance within AWS environments.

Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams towards achieving strategic goals.