Operations Delivery Advisor

AgWest Farm Credit; Washington; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 173,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness Program

Jeans at work

Job summary

AgWest Farm Credit is a member-owned financial cooperative serving the agricultural sector in the Western United States. The Operations Delivery Advisor role supports reliable, secure software delivery, DevOps practices, and scalable platforms from development to production in Spokane, WA.

The position emphasizes CI/CD pipeline ownership, automation, and cross-functional collaboration to improve release quality and lead times, with eligibility for hybrid work after an in-office training period.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, business or related field.
• Three to five years’ DevOps, System Engineering, or Cloud Operations experience.
• Ability to lead large, complex projects with executive stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of continuous engineering or agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the software and application strategy aligned to delivery, platform, and business outcomes.
• Translate priorities into a practical DevOps and platform roadmap.
• Establish engineering standards and governance.
• Communicate strategies, trade-offs and risks to stakeholders.
• Ensure documentation exists for pipelines, platforms, and operational processes.

Skills

CI/CD tools

DevOps practices

Cloud operations

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, business or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

AgWest Farm Credit is a member-owned financial cooperative that provides financing and related services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, rural homeowners and crop insurance customers in a seven-state territory in the Western United States. AgWest is part of the 100+ year-old Farm Credit System – the leading provider of credit to American agriculture.

AgWest champions the growth and advancement of agriculture, the value of rural communities, and the vital contribution our customers make to the economy and society. We serve customers in 59 locations throughout the West.

We are in search of an Operations Delivery Advisor II or Operations Delivery Advisor III to join our Application Services department in Spokane, Washington. This full-time position reports to the Director, Systems Administration and is primarily accountable for enabling reliable, secure, and scalable software and application delivery. The Operations Delivery Advisor collaborates with delivery, project and technical development teams, architects, third-party service providers, business leaders and end users to manage the delivery pipeline from development to production, ensuring systems are automated, observable, and resilient, while enabling product teams to deliver changes safely and frequently.

Compensation Information

The base salary range for this position in Spokane, Washington is:

Level II:
Typical starting range: $80,000 - $110,100
Full base salary range: $80,000 - $142,000
Annual performance-based incentive target is 12 or 15% of base.

Level III:
Typical starting range: $99,900 - $138,500
Full base salary range: $99,900 - $173,500
Annual performance-based incentive target is 18% of base.

*Relocation assistance will be provided to eligible candidates who must relocate to accept this position.

• Define and execute the software and application strategy aligned to delivery, platform, and business outcomes.
• Translate business and product priorities into a practical DevOps and platform roadmap.
• Establish engineering standards and quality practices and contribute to technical governance where required.
• Communicate technical strategies, trade-offs, and risks clearly to business and leadership stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate documentation exists for pipelines, platforms, and operational processes.
• Inform budgets, platform costs, and vendor relationships related to Application Delivery, DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
• DevOps & Delivery Enablement
  • Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment frequency, reliability, and lead time for change.
  • Drive automation across build, test, deployment, and infrastructure to reduce manual effort and improve release quality.
  • Enable cross-functional teams to streamline delivery workflows and improve end-to-end product release capability.
  • Partner with technological partners to lead DevOps decisions and ensure conformity with AgWest process and procedures.
• Platform Operations, Performance & Continuous Improvement
  • Own system reliability, availability, and performance in production.
  • Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability standards.
  • Define and track DevOps KPIs (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate)
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with company policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Other duties as assigned.

Travel Requirements

• AgWest employees may occasionally be asked to travel for all-staff or team meetings not included in the standard travel requirements for the role.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, business or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Generally, requires three to five years’ DevOps, System Engineering, or Cloud Operations experience
• Ability to lead large, complex projects, initiatives and programs involving executive stakeholders across multiple business disciplines and third parties, without direct supervisory authority.
• Strong Expertise in CI/CD tools
• Knowledge of continuous engineering or other agile methodologies
• Demonstrated interpersonal and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing continuous engineering or other agile methodologies to keep pace with frequent changes and to reduce complexity
• Experience building technology roadmaps and aligning with business strategy
• Experience working with managed service providers and vendor partners
• Financial institution operations experience
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience driving DevOps adoption across multiple teams

Workplace Flexibility

• After an initial in-office training period, this position is eligible for workplace flexibility and a one-time home office stipend.
• This position is eligible for coordinated hybrid flexibility.

Benefits Offered by AgWest

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic term life and AD&D insurance (fully paid for by the company)
• Paid days off annually: 15 vacation*, 15 sick, 12 holidays and 3 volunteer
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Jeans are welcome at work every day at AgWest!

*Vacation accrual rates increase with tenure.

Job level and starting annual salary will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, education, certifications/licensure, internal equity, location, business needs and market demands. The listed compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the posting date. AgWest reserves the right to adjust compensation for all positions and modify or discontinue benefits programs at its sole discretion, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender orientation, national origin, marital status, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

When you apply for a position with AgWest Farm Credit, we collect personal identifiers (from your resume and other application information you submit), such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number(s) and employment and education related information. This helps us evaluate job applicants for hiring opportunities, and, communicate with them.