- Company Name
- Primis
- Job Title
- VP of DevOps
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** VP of DevOps
**Role Summary:**
Lead a global DevOps organization of ~20 professionals, architecting and scaling continuous delivery, infrastructure, and deployment practices to support high‑velocity, high‑quality software delivery across a complex, matrixed environment.
**Expectations:**
- Drive the vision and strategy for enterprise‑wide DevOps.
- Ensure delivery speed, reliability, security, and simplicity.
- Operate with strong architectural judgement while remaining hands‑on when needed.
- Influence cross‑functional teams without direct authority.
- Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows aligned with business priorities.
- Design scalable, secure, and maintainable DevOps solutions that balance speed, stability, and simplicity.
- Provide architectural leadership for system design, delivery workflows, and technical decision‑making.
- Lead, coach, and develop a distributed DevOps team, promoting mentorship and career growth.
- Partner closely with engineering leaders to enable, not constrain, product development.
- Influence stakeholders across a matrix organization, driving adoption of best practices.
**Required Skills:**
- Senior leadership in DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Strong software engineering background with production‑scale delivery experience.
- Proven design and evolution of DevOps practices in complex, global environments.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD, container orchestration (Kubernetes), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Architectural design and decision‑making expertise.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentorship abilities.
- Ability to operate effectively in matrixed, distributed teams.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Kubernetes Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) are highly desirable.