Director of DevOps & Cloud Transformation (Remote)

African American Talent; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead multiple DevOps and automation teams, driving operational excellence during cloud modernization. You will oversee CI/CD, IaC, container strategies, and multi-cloud deployments while aligning with business goals and security needs.

The role requires hands-on leadership, a track record in large-scale migrations, and exceptional communication skills to influence stakeholders across the organization.

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 work forces.
• 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)
• Drive operational excellence and modern DevOps practices
• Lead talent acquisition, development, retention strategies
• Establish career progression and competency frameworks
• Oversee CI/CD, IaC, pipelines, containers, and orchestration
• Standardize DevOps tools and practices across product teams
• Lead cloud migration strategies for legacy workloads
• Architect automation for big data processing (SQL and Spark)
• Ensure scalable, secure deployment pipelines for data workloads
• Oversee multi-cloud management (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Coordinate with platform/SRE/data/security teams
• Establish KPIs and continuous improvement
• Lead incident response and disaster recovery

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree or relevant certifications

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Ansible

Git workflows

Helm

Container security

AWS

GCP

Azure

Snowflake/Databricks

Job description

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead multiple DevOps and automation teams, driving operational excellence during cloud modernization. You will oversee CI/CD, IaC, container strategies, and multi-cloud deployments while aligning with business goals and security needs.

The role requires hands-on leadership, a track record in large-scale migrations, and exceptional communication skills to influence stakeholders across the organization.