Cloud DevOps Lead

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Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Cloud DevOps Lead

We are looking for an experienced Cloud DevOps Lead to design and lead the implementation of scalable, secure, and reliable DevOps solutions for our cloud adoption program. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers and work closely with stakeholders to streamline deployment processes, ensuring seamless transitions to the cloud. Great opportunity for a DevOps leading looking to contribute to nation leading cancer institution!

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage the DevOps design and build and deploy phases of the cloud adoption lifecycle, ensuring alignment with the organization's cloud strategy, architecture standards, and governance requirements.
• Provide guidance on cloud-native and hybrid cloud reusable DevOps solutions, ensuring systems are highly available, resilient, and meet industry standards.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve deployment pipelines and automation processes to streamline and accelerate cloud adoption, focusing on reliability, scalability, automation, and high availability.
• Lead the implementation of IaC practices using tools such as Terraform or Ansible to standardize and automate cloud infrastructure provisioning, ensuring repeatable, secure deployments across all environments.
• Ensure all DevOps solutions adhere to security policies, compliance requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate with quality engineering and application teams on quality and performance testing activities, ensuring applications are hardened and secure.
• Design and implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to enhance system reliability, focusing on auto-scaling, CPU, and memory utilization, as well as support rapid issue resolution.
• Mentor and develop a team of engineers, ensuring they are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to deliver high-quality DevOps solutions, including ongoing reviews of solutions.

Key Qualifications

• Strong DevOps experience, including work in cloud technologies
• Experience in a regulated industry; healthcare compliance knowledge (e.g., HIPAA) is a plus
• Cloud platform expertise; AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or similar certifications preferred
• Strong leadership and team mentorship experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Core Skills

• DevOps tools & practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Workflows), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Observability & monitoring: CloudWatch, DataDog
• Troubleshooting complex DevOps issues with a focus on rapid resolution
• Agile methodologies and collaborative teamwork

Additional Information:

• Location: Hybrid, primarily remote with flexibility to come on site as needed
• Schedule: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST, Monday with Friday
• Reporting to: Director, Software Engineering
• Pay Range: $130,700.00-$215,800.00

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