Remote DevOps Director: Cloud Migration & Data Platforms

Acxiom; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead multiple DevOps and automation teams in a hands-on capacity, guiding cloud modernization from on-prem to cloud-native architectures. You will drive CI/CD, IaC, containerization, and multi-cloud strategy across large-scale data platforms.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Ansible, and strong stakeholder influence. You will shape talent development and governance across the engineering 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 with global, distributed teams including offshore resources and mixed full-time/contractors.
• Proven track record of cloud migrations and infrastructure modernization at enterprise scale.
• Experience with big data processing systems and large-scale distributed computing environments.
• Hands-on Kubernetes, cluster management, networking and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple DevOps and automation teams (20-40 professionals).
• Drive CI/CD, IaC, pipelines, containers and orchestration strategies.
• Oversee multi-cloud infrastructure management, monitoring and cost optimization (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Architect and implement robust automation for big data processing systems (SQL and Spark).
• Partner with platform engineering, SRE, data engineering, and security teams to align DevOps with business goals.
• Establish metrics and governance to optimize delivery performance.

Skills

Leadership

DevOps

Cloud migration

Multi-cloud

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Advanced certifications (AWS/GCP/Kubernetes)

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Ansible

Helm

Job description

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead multiple DevOps and automation teams in a hands-on capacity, guiding cloud modernization from on-prem to cloud-native architectures. You will drive CI/CD, IaC, containerization, and multi-cloud strategy across large-scale data platforms.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Ansible, and strong stakeholder influence. You will shape talent development and governance across the engineering organization.