Director of DevSecOps, SEON

• 8+ years of software management experience in broad-based information systems, full life-cycle application development, and/or building enterprise applications
• 6+ years’ experience with DevSecOps technologies, cloud-based provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• 5+ years of experience in Agile practices
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service
• 5+ years of experience with various coding and scripting languages such as Bash, Python, PowerShell
• Experience using modern containerization software including Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Comprehensive technical expertise in a variety of DevSecOps toolkits, such as Jenkins, Artifactory, Jira, Terraform, Git/Version Control Software, or comparable technologies
• Knowledge of DevOps Automation (Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions)
• Ability to lead a constructive retrospective session for processes and tools
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, including experience interpreting data, sometimes with limited context and direction
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing
• Working knowledge of data and reporting processes to provide the presentation layer for product-management-oriented KPIs
• Experience using, evaluating, and procuring tools used to support product management, development, and/or other business units (sales, marketing, etc.)
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic thinking, strong business acumen, and a highly creative problem solver

Desirable

• As the Director of DevSecOps at SEON, you will be responsible for the ownership, security, and optimization of the technology ecosystem that supports our global engineering teams
• Lead teams in adopting modern design patterns that are cloud-first, security-first, and supported by innovative integrations with systems
• Develop deployment standards, reusable interfaces, and orchestration workflows to streamline processes and integrate cloud services effectively
• Provide technical guidance to the leadership team on cloud best practices, cost optimization, and security throughout the organization
• Create comprehensive documentation for automation processes, workflows, and outstanding enablement programs and best practices
• Build and maintain CI/CD building blocks and shared libraries proactively for app and development teams to enable faster build and deployment
• Create plug-and-play/reusable solutions and patterns for CI/CD pipelines
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure automation, ensuring high availability, reliability, scalability, and performance
• Design action plans to address CI/CD platform, tools, and solutions’ shortcomings and difficulties
• Create, develop, and implement solutions to address infrastructure and security requirements
• Write scripts and deploy code to automate repetitive tasks, integrate cloud services, and enhance cloud automation capabilities
• Integrate security controls and best practices into the automation process to ensure a secure cloud environment
• Ensure incident tracking tools are updated in accordance with established industry best practices, gather all essential data and document any discoveries and concerns
• Identify technical concerns and problems, assess them, and offer prompt solutions and/or escalation
• Monitor and manage application performance and service quality, including initial troubleshooting, identification of root causes, and issue through resolution
• Stay updated on DevSecOps trends and apply continuous improvement models across deployment processes and tooling
• Establish execution plans, manage risks, and oversee solution delivery
• Ensure all changes follow the defined change control process with proper approvals documented
• Provide clear and timely updates to senior management, escalate issues, and ensure adherence to change control processes
• Provide leadership, vision, and direction for staff within the DevSecOps and QA teams
• Manage the DevSecOps budget, with an ongoing focus on personnel, vendor, and capital expenditures
• Work closely with SEON leadership and cross functional teams, playing a key technical and resource management role in cross-functional SEON projects
• Define, track, and communicate relevant key performance metrics for the operations team to measure performance and contribution to goals and strategy
• Hire, train, and manage talent to ensure teams have the skills required to be successful
• Manage vendor relationships for partner platforms and software services