Director of DevOps Engineering

Scorpion Therapeutics; Burlington (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Labcorp is seeking a Director of DevOps Engineering to lead enterprise-wide transformation, modernize platform infrastructure, and drive automation and cloud-native architectures. The role requires strong leadership, deep cloud expertise, and experience delivering scalable DevOps programs.

You will oversee CI/CD adoption, IaC implementations, and observability across AWS/Azure, while mentoring a global team and partnering with security, applications, and architecture teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years in DevOps or Platform Engineering.
• 2+ years leading Agile engineering teams.
• Strong cloud experience across AWS, Azure, GCP and Linux/Unix.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute DevOps strategies.
• Champion CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and observability.
• Oversee multi-cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Terraform.
• Lead container orchestration with ECS/EKS.
• Evaluate AI-powered tools.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including security, application, and architecture teams.
• Mentor a global DevOps team.
• Track engineering metrics and foster continuous improvement.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Cloud platforms

Agile management

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Linux/Unix

Multi-cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

ECS

EKS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Director of DevOps Engineering

leading enterprise-wide transformation at Labcorp, focusing on modernizing platform infrastructure, automation, and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• define and execute DevOps strategies
• champion CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and observability
• oversee multi-cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Terraform
• lead container orchestration with ECS/EKS
• evaluate AI-powered tools
• partner with cross-functional teams including security, application, and architecture teams
• mentor a global DevOps team
• track engineering metrics and foster continuous improvement

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years in DevOps or Platform Engineering
• 2+ years managing Agile engineering teams
• strong cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Linux/Unix experience
• proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and observability tools

Preferred

• healthcare industry experience
• experience implementing engineering metrics platforms
• AI integration skills

High-Value

• cloud-native architectures
• multi-cloud management
• automation
• AI tools in DevOps
• healthcare sector relevance

Work Setup

full-time, First Shift; flexible hours as needed; based at Labcorp, with potential for remote work.