DevOps Architect

OpenTalent; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

o9 is seeking a Senior DevOps Architect to lead architecture, design, and optimization of our DevOps processes and cloud infrastructure. You will serve as a technical authority, guiding tooling, multi-cloud strategy, and platform engineering practices across teams.

You will mentor engineers, drive infrastructure automation, and champion secure, scalable delivery pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, and modern CI/CD tools.

Qualifications

• Senior DevOps experience with architecture responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure, high-performing DevOps solutions supporting enterprise-grade deployment pipelines.
• Define and own the DevOps reference architecture - standards, patterns, and guardrails across the organization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and design multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategies.
• Develop, evaluate, select, and integrate tools across CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, monitoring, and security.
• Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and testing pipelines; champion IaC with Terraform and Ansible.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) for rapid, reliable delivery.
• Champion AI-powered DevOps tooling and AI-assisted code review, testing, and AIOps-driven incident detection.
• Mentor engineers on DevOps practices, cloud-native patterns, and platform engineering.
• Conduct architecture reviews and align DevOps with product leadership.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

AIOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

DevOps Architect

At o9, we invest in people. We seek talented, driven individuals to power our transformative approach. You’ll thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment, growing while making a real impact.

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our DevOps processes, toolchains, and cloud infrastructure. This is a senior IC role at the technical manager level - you will act as a trusted technical authority, driving architectural decisions and shaping engineering culture across the organization.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise alongside the strategic mindset to define long-term infrastructure direction, bridging development, operations, security, and product teams to deliver software reliably and at scale.

What you’ll do for us

Architecture & Design

Lead end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure, high-performing DevOps solutions supporting enterprise-grade deployment pipelines.

Define and own the DevOps reference architecture - establishing standards, patterns, and guardrails adopted across the organization.

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend toolchain investments; design multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategies.

Toolchain Development & Automation

Develop, evaluate, select, and integrate best-in-class tools across CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, monitoring, and security.

Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and testing pipelines; champion IaC practices using Terraform, Ansible, and similar tools.

Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) enabling rapid, reliable delivery across environments.

Champion adoption of AI-powered DevOps tooling - from AI-assisted code review and intelligent test generation to AIOps-driven incident detection - continuously identifying where AI can reduce toil and accelerate delivery.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor and coach engineers on DevOps methodologies, cloud-native patterns, and platform engineering best practices.

Conduct architecture reviews, set a high technical bar, and collaborate with engineering managers and product leadership to align DevOps