What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President of DevOps [31318] position at Stealth?
We are seeking a visionary Vice President of DevOps to lead our organization's DevOps strategy at an enterprise level. This role involves spearheading initiatives to optimize system reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency while driving innovation in DevOps practices. You will build and oversee a world-class DevOps organization, align strategies with business objectives, and ensure the success of major technology initiatives, including releases and upgrades.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership.
- Define and execute the enterprise-wide DevOps strategy, aligning with organizational goals and objectives.
- Build, mentor and lead a high-performing DevOps organization, cultivating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.
- Foster strong partnerships with engineering, product, and business leaders to align DevOps goals with company priorities.
- Spearhead, own and be fully accountable for the planning, execution, and success of major technology initiatives, including releases and upgrades.
- Enterprise Process Optimization and Automation.
- Oversee the design, implementation, and continuous optimization of CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient, reliable, and secure software delivery at scale.
- Drive enterprise-wide automation initiatives for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and maintenance.
- Establish metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of DevOps practiced and continuously identify areas for improvement.
- Infrastructure and Security.
- Provide executive oversight of cloud and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring scalability, performance and cost-efficiency.
- Champion security best practices, including access controls, patching, and DevSecOps integration, to safeguard infrastructure and data.
- Ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations, positioning the organization as a leader in security and compliance.
- Operational Resilience
- Develop and maintain robust backup, recovery, and failover strategies to ensure business continuity.
- Oversee disaster recovery planning, testing, and validation to prepare the organization for potential disruptions.
- Lead the organization in reducing incident frequency and impact through proactive risk mitigation strategies.
- Monitoring and Tooling.
- Own enterprise-level monitoring and alerting solutions (e.g., DataDog, ELK) to ensure system health and performance.
- Evaluate, adopt, and implement new tools and technologies to enhance the organization DevOps capabilities.
- Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing.
- Ensure alignment of infrastructure strategies with application needs by collaborating with development, operations, and security teams.
- Promote transparency and knowledge sharing by documenting infrastructure processes, configurations, and procedures.
Required Skills:
- Management Skills of DevOps Teams.
- DevOps Architecture.
- DevOps Pipeline Building.
- Hybrid Cloud Administration with VMWare and AWS and beneficial as well in Azure.
- Strong communication written and verbal.
Required Experience:
- Proven success in a senior leadership role, such as VP or equivalent, overseeing large-scale DevOps organizations.
- Extensive experience leading CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps automation strategies in complex hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, compliance standards, and modern security practices.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and decision-making skills with a track record of cross-functional collaboration at the executive level.
Preferred Skills:
- Certifications in relevant areas such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or DevOps methodologies.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience driving enterprise-level technology transformations.
- Proficiency in leveraging data-driven insights to guide strategic decisions.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in DevOps, Computer Science (CS), Computer Informations Systems (CIS) or related discipline.
Preferred Education:
- Master's degree in DevOps, Computer Science (CS), Computer Informations Systems (CIS) or related discipline.
