Director, Engineering Tooling & Standards

Imprivata; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 258,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Imprivata is seeking a Director, Engineering Tooling & Standards in our Waltham, MA office. The role leads the team that builds and operates SDLC tooling, AI-enabled development infrastructure, and audit automation to support engineering outcomes.

You will partner across Engineering, IT, Security, Privacy, and Architecture, manage DevOps engineers and developers, and drive adoption of standardized tooling while protecting sensitive data. This is a hybrid role based in Waltham.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in software engineering/engineering operations focusing on tooling across SDLC.
• 3+ years leading teams or technical staff, prioritizing work and delivering commitments.
• Hands-on with tooling for engineering productivity and SDLC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps engineers, tooling admins, and developers who build and operate SDLC tooling.
• Translate SDLC practices and AI development standards into tooling and workflows; manage backlog with product owner.
• Configure and extend ticketing, code repositories, and workflows for consistent engineering processes.
• Deliver instrumentation, analytics, and audit automation to improve adoption and observability.
• Implement privacy-by-design controls to protect sensitive engineering data.
• Support AI development infrastructure, including gateways, access controls, and auditing.
• Package and distribute developer tooling components with governance and auditing.
• Measure adoption and quality of tooling, driving continuous improvements.
• Hire, coach, and develop engineers; create developer-facing docs and training.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Tooling engineering

SDLC tooling

AI development

Security & privacy

Governance controls

Technical communication

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Pluralsight Flow

Job description

Description

Ready to join a team that’s all in? At Imprivata, we deliver unified access and security management programs that eliminate friction, empowering healthcare and mission‑critical organizations to work smarter, faster, and more securely.

We believe work can be more than a job or task—it’s a collective spirit; the type that emboldens creativity, embraces challenge, and fosters excitement. We are constantly raising the bar on what’s possible, owning the outcome of our triumphs and trials, staying nimble amidst change, and cultivating an environment where we win together. Here, your ideas matter, your differences are celebrated, and your work drives real results—for your career, your teammates, and our customers.

When you join Imprivata, you embark on a shared journey of ambition and growth. We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. If you’re looking for a place to match your passion with purpose—and where every day you can make an impact—you’ll find it here.

We are seeking a Director, Engineering Tooling & Standards to join our team. This is a hybrid opportunity based in our Waltham, MA office.

Job Summary

The Director, Engineering Tooling & Standards leads the engineering team that builds and operates the tooling behind Imprivata’s software development lifecycle, translating defined engineering standards into reliable, adopted developer workflows. This role owns day-to-day delivery and operation of SDLC tooling, reporting and audit automation, sensitive‑data protections, and AI‑enabled development infrastructure in partnership with Engineering Excellence, Architecture, Security, Privacy, IT, DevOps, and product‑line engineering. This role manages DevOps engineers, tooling administrators, and software developers and is accountable for execution quality, service reliability, adoption, and measurable developer outcomes.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering Systems Delivery. Lead the DevOps engineers, tooling administrators, and developers who build and operate SDLC tooling; set priorities, clarify ownership, remove delivery obstacles, and maintain reliable engineering services that support product teams.
• Partner with Engineering Excellence. Translate defined SDLC practices, AI‑development standards, reporting requirements, and metrics into implemented tooling and workflows; manage the delivery backlog with the product owner and close the loop between requirements, rollout, feedback, and iteration.
• Administer Core SDLC Tooling. Configure, integrate, and extend ticket‑management systems, enterprise code repositories, and related workflow integrations so standard engineering processes are accessible, consistent, and efficient.
• Build Reporting and Audit Automation. Deliver instrumentation, developer‑workflow analytics, audit automation, and reporting that make SDLC adherence, engineering health, and developer productivity observable and actionable.
• Protect Sensitive Engineering Data. Implement and operate sensitive‑data redaction and privacy‑by‑design controls that reduce the risk of PII, PHI, or other sensitive information accumulating in engineering systems.
• Operate and Govern AI Development Infrastructure. Implement and support LLM gateways or routing layers, model access controls, policy enforcement, prompt/output filtering, audit logging, and related safeguards for enterprise AI use.
• Distribute Agentic Development Tooling. Package, distribute, maintain, and support engineering skills, context files, and AI coding agents while Architecture retains source ownership; apply permissions, sandboxing, approval workflows, and audit controls.
• Measure Quality, Reliability, and Adoption. Instrument the tooling and workflows the team delivers, monitor adoption and effectiveness, evaluate meaningful engineering indicators, and use evidence to prioritize improvements and communicate results.
• Develop the Team and Enable the Organization. Hire, coach, and develop engineers and administrators; set clear performance expectations; create developer‑facing documentation and training; and partner across Engineering, IT, DevOps, Security, Privacy, and Architecture to manage dependencies and drive adoption.
• Other job duties as assigned and required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, engineering operations, platform engineering, DevOps, or a related technical function, including demonstrated ownership of tooling used in the software development lifecycle.
• 3+ years of people management or technical leadership experience, including prioritizing work, coaching technical staff, managing delivery commitments, and partnering across engineering and operational functions.
• Hands‑on experience building, configuring, testing, integrating, or troubleshooting engineering‑productivity tools, internal developer platforms, automation workflows, or SDLC tooling.
• Experience administering development workflows through a ticket‑management platform, including intake, prioritization, workflow design, reporting, and dependency management; Jira experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with enterprise code repositories and development workflows, including repository governance, code review, and developer‑workflow analytics; GitHub experience strongly preferred and Pluralsight Flow experience is a plus.
• Experience creating, monitoring, and evaluating SDLC, quality, adoption, or developer‑productivity metrics and using results to recommend and implement improvements.
• Practical experience with AI‑assisted or agentic software‑development workflows, including governance controls such as permissions, sandboxing, approvals, audit trails, failure analysis, or incident response.
• Experience with LLM gateways, proxies, routing layers, or related enterprise AI controls, with working knowledge of tradeoffs involving capability, cost, data handling, privacy, reliability, and enterprise access control.
• Experience applying privacy‑by‑design and risk‑mitigation practices to PII, PHI, or other sensitive information in engineering systems.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering internal tooling or platform capabilities that engineering teams adopt and use successfully.
• Strong technical communication skills, including translating engineering needs into clear requirements and explaining AI, security, privacy, and operational tradeoffs to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience creating developer‑facing documentation, training, enablement materials, or best‑practice playbooks.
• Experience operating engineering systems in a regulated or security‑sensitive environment such as healthcare or financial services is a plus.

This position offers a total compensation range of $258,000.00 to $270,000.00 (inclusive of base salary and variable compensation, such as bonuses and incentives). In addition, more information about Imprivata’s benefit offerings can be found here. This range represents the high and low end of Imprivata’s compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, such as a candidate’s location, skills, experience, and qualifications.

At Imprivata, we have a top‑notch work environment, developmental opportunities, a competitive total rewards package, and the desire to have fun.

Imprivata provides equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.