Senior Director, DevOps Manager

Job Summary

Trimont is seeking a Senior DevOps Manager to lead the evolution of our DevOps and cloud engineering capabilities. This role will be instrumental in building and scaling a high-performing team while maturing existing DevOps practices that support delivery in a rapidly expanding financial services environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing DevOps team; define roles, career paths, and performance expectations.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Define and implement DevOps frameworks, standards, and best practices aligned with enterprise and financial services requirements.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automated testing; establish governance to balance speed, control, and compliance.
• Lead architecture and operations of secure, scalable, and resilient Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure for critical financial workloads.
• Partner with security and risk teams to ensure regulatory and compliance alignment.
• Own and optimize DevOps toolchain (e.g., GitHub, Jira); enhance developer productivity through automation and standardized workflows.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and incident response practices.
• Establish and lead cloud financial management (FinOps) practices; drive cost transparency, forecasting, and optimization.
• Implement structured change management and improve release reliability through automation and controlled deployment.
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party vendors to align priorities and ensure accountability.
• Influence stakeholders to adopt DevOps practices and standards across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years in DevOps, cloud automation, or infrastructure roles
• 3+ years leading teams, with proven experience building and scaling in a growing organization
• Experience supporting financial services or other regulated industries
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
• Proficient with GitHub, Jira, and modern DevOps toolsets
• Demonstrated ability to scale teams and processes in dynamic environments
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, including vendor oversight
• Effective communicator, able to bridge technical and business perspectives
• Outcome-oriented, with a focus on reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement