Asset & Wealth Management - DevOps Lead - Vice President - Dallas

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 5 DevOps engineers, fostering their professional growth and ensuring high team performance and engagement.
• Architect, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure cloud-based infrastructure, primarily on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery, testing, and deployment processes, ensuring rapid and reliable releases.
• Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) to manage infrastructure efficiently.
• Design and implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system health, performance, and proactive issue detection.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of development and operations, focusing on reliability, operational excellence, and developer experience.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed systems and diverse technology stacks, ensuring minimal downtime and root cause analysis.
• Contribute directly to scripting and automation efforts using Python and Shell scripting to streamline operational tasks and improve efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices, compliance standards, and regulatory requirements within the DevOps lifecycle.
• Participate in strategic planning for future infrastructure and tooling enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related technical role within an enterprise environment.
• Proven experience leading and managing a team of engineers, including performance management and career development.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS), including services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, etc.
• Expertise in scripting and automation using Python and Shell scripting.
• Solid understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems, including system administration and troubleshooting.
• Proficient in networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls).
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• A strong foundational background in software engineering, with prior experience in developing applications using technologies such as Java and MongoDB, and a clear transition into a DevOps leadership role.