Director of DevOps: Cloud Transformation & Automation Lead

Acxiom; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to drive operational excellence in cloud modernization. You will lead multiple DevOps teams, bridging strategic vision with hands‑on execution across big data and large‑scale migrations.

You will shape CI/CD, IaC, containerization, and security practices while coordinating with SRE, data engineering, and security. This leadership role is remote/homebased with global scope.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of technology experience with 7+ years in DevOps or platform engineering roles.
• 5+ years of experience leading and scaling DevOps teams (15+ professionals).
• Experience managing global, distributed teams including offshore resources and mixed full‑time and contractor workforces
• Proven track record of successful cloud migrations and infrastructure modernization at enterprise scale
• Experience with big data processing systems and large‑scale distributed computing environments
• Deep hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster management, networking, and security
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform)
• Strong background with CI/CD platforms, particularly GitHub Actions, and artifact management (Nexus)
• Extensive experience with configuration management and automation tools, especially Ansible
• Solid understanding of Git workflows, branching strategies, and code management practices (GitHub)
• Multi‑cloud platform expertise with AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Experience with Helm charts, container registries, and container security practices
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Data Platform management of Snowflake or Databricks
• Experience managing complex, cross‑functional technical initiatives
• Proven ability to drive organizational change and adopt new technologies
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to operate in ambiguous environments

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple DevOps and automation teams (20-40 professionals).
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Drive talent acquisition, development, and retention strategies for high‑performing DevOps teams.
• Establish clear career progression paths and technical competency frameworks.
• Champion engineering best practices and modern DevOps methodologies.
• Execute CI/CD, IaC, pipeline, container, and orchestration strategies across the org.
• Drive standardization of DevOps tools, processes, and practices across product teams.
• Lead cloud migration strategies for legacy data center workloads.
• Architect and implement automation solutions for big data processing (SQL, Spark).
• Ensure scalable, reliable, and secure deployment pipelines for data workloads.
• Oversee multi‑cloud infrastructure management, monitoring, and cost optimization (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Partner with platform engineering, SRE, data engineering, and security teams.
• Establish metrics, KPIs, and continuous improvement processes to optimize delivery.
• Lead incident response coordination, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity.
• Drive knowledge transfer and governance across engineering teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Ansible

GitHub

Multi-cloud

Spark

Container security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Advanced degree or relevant certifications (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, etc.)

Tools

Terraform

Nexus

Kubernetes

Prometheus/Grafana

ELK stack

Job description

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to drive operational excellence in cloud modernization. You will lead multiple DevOps teams, bridging strategic vision with hands‑on execution across big data and large‑scale migrations.

You will shape CI/CD, IaC, containerization, and security practices while coordinating with SRE, data engineering, and security. This leadership role is remote/homebased with global scope.