Director of DevOps & SRE - Hybrid, Cloud-Native

Kforce Inc; Mesa (AZ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Kforce Inc invites a seasoned Director of DevOps to Mesa, AZ, to lead cloud and on‑prem DevOps, SRE, and release engineering initiatives. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on automation, reliability, and scalable software delivery across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and on‑prem environments.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in DevOps/SRE, 4+ years in leadership, and strong Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and IaC experience. Hybrid work and equity are part of the package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of DevOps, SRE, Release Engineering, or related experience.
• 4+ years of leadership experience managing engineering teams.
• Deep experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD automation, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code.
• Experience with monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, New Relic, ELK, Azure Monitor, or CloudWatch.
• Expertise with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and cloud‑native platforms.
• Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Proven success improving reliability, incident response, and software delivery performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps, CI/CD, Release Engineering, and SRE strategy across cloud and on‑prem infrastructure.
• Manage and mentor a team of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers.
• Drive deployment automation, observability, platform engineering, and reliability initiatives.
• Own CI/CD platforms, release management processes, and deployment pipelines.
• Establish SLOs, monitoring strategies, incident response processes, and operational best practices.
• Partner with Security teams to implement DevSecOps practices and support compliance initiatives.
• Develop roadmap initiatives focused on scalability, security, automation, and developer productivity.

Skills

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

CI/CD automation

Infrastructure‑as‑Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

New Relic

ELK

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Kforce Inc invites a seasoned Director of DevOps to Mesa, AZ, to lead cloud and on‑prem DevOps, SRE, and release engineering initiatives. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on automation, reliability, and scalable software delivery across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and on‑prem environments.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in DevOps/SRE, 4+ years in leadership, and strong Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and IaC experience. Hybrid work and equity are part of the package.