Remote Director of DevOps & Cloud Modernization

Acxiom; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead the engineering organization and accelerate cloud modernization efforts. This hands-on leader will bridge strategic vision with tactical execution across big data processing environments and large-scale cloud migrations.

You will shepherd 20-40 DevOps professionals, drive CI/CD, IaC, pipelines, containers, and orchestration strategies, and standardize tools and practices across teams while partnering with security and data engineering

Qualifications

• 12+ years of technology experience with 7+ years in DevOps or platform engineering roles.
• 5+ years leading and scaling DevOps teams (15+ professionals).
• Experience managing global, distributed teams including offshore resources and mixed full-time/contractors.
• Proven cloud migrations and infrastructure modernization at enterprise scale.
• Experience with big data processing systems and large-scale distributed computing.
• Hands-on Kubernetes expertise (cluster management, networking, security).
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms and artifact management (GitHub Actions, Nexus).
• Strong communication and strategic thinking to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple DevOps and automation teams (20-40 professionals).
• Establish and drive continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Oversee cloud migration strategies and modernization of legacy data centers.
• Architect and implement CI/CD, IaC, containers, and orchestration across the org.
• Standardize DevOps tools, processes, and governance across product teams.
• Collaborate with platform engineering, SRE, data engineering, and security teams.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Cloud migration

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC Terraform

Big data

Multi-cloud

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Advanced degree or relevant certifications

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Ansible

Job description

Acxiom is seeking an experienced Director of DevOps to lead the engineering organization and accelerate cloud modernization efforts. This hands-on leader will bridge strategic vision with tactical execution across big data processing environments and large-scale cloud migrations.

You will shepherd 20-40 DevOps professionals, drive CI/CD, IaC, pipelines, containers, and orchestration strategies, and standardize tools and practices across teams while partnering with security and data engineering