DevOps Director

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced DevOps Director to join our team at Air, a leading technology company supporting the defense and intelligence communities. In this role, you will be pivotal in shaping and driving our software delivery pipelines, testing frameworks, and infrastructure reliability. As a DevOps and QA Manager, you will lead a team of skilled DevOps and Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) through the entire software development and release lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software engineering and product teams to ensure highly reliable platform delivery for government customers.
• Lead and mentor a unified team of DevOps and SDETs, guiding them from test planning to deployment, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Organize and manage automation strategies, infrastructure scaling, and release schedules, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Establish CI/CD, security, and automated testing best practices and standards for the team.
• Develop, maintain, and scale cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and testing suites, ensuring they meet security and quality standards.
• Oversee the quality of technical deliverables, including infrastructure as code (IaC), test automation scripts, and system monitoring.
• Collaborate with Air's leadership to translate business requirements into infrastructure and testing specifications.
• Continuously seek innovation and process improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency in environment provisioning and test execution.
• Work with forward-deployed engineers, software developers, and data scientists to improve platform security, quality, and performance.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience managing cloud infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, or Quality Assurance teams.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and automated testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, JUnit).
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• Thorough understanding of microservice architectures, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proven experience leading teams using an Agile development framework.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Desired Skills

• Current possession of a U.S. security clearance or the ability to obtain one with sponsorship.
• Experience in a startup or entrepreneurial environment.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong knowledge of observability, monitoring, and alerting tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Hands-on experience with performance, load, and security testing methodologies.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and implementing security scanning in deployment pipelines.
• Familiarity with Linux administration and shell scripting (Bash, Python).

This is a full-time position located in Pittsburgh, PA, with up to 25% travel required.