DevOps Architect

Requirements

• 10+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, infrastructure, or SRE roles - with at least 3 years in a senior architect or technical lead capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver enterprise-scale DevOps solutions in complex, multi-team environments, influencing decisions across cross-functional teams.
• Background supporting SaaS applications in production, including incident management, performance tuning, and continuous improvement.
• Education & Certifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field required; Master's preferred.
• Advanced certification in AWS, Azure, or GCP (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Expert, Professional Cloud Architect).
• Certifications in Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), HashiCorp Terraform, or security frameworks (CISSP, CompTIA Security+) are a plus.
• Technical Skills
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with working knowledge of multi-cloud architectures.
• Strong proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and equivalent orchestration platforms (ECS/EKS, AKS, GKE); hands-on experience with Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Solid command of CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab

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Transforming the Future of Enterprise Planning At o9, our mission is to be the Most Value-Creating Platform for enterprises by transforming decision-making through our AI-first approach. By integrating siloed planning capabilities and capturing millions-even billions-in value leakage, we help businesses plan smarter and faster. This not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces waste, leading to better outcomes for both businesses and the planet. Global leaders like Google, PepsiCo, Walmart, T-Mobile, AB InBev, and Starbucks trust o9 to optimize their supply chains. DevOps Architect At o9, we invest in people. We seek talented, driven individuals to power our transformative approach. You'll thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment, growing while making a real impact. We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our DevOps processes, toolchains, and cloud infrastructure. This is a senior IC role at the technical manager level - you will act as a trusted technical authority, driving architectural decisions and shaping engineering culture across the organization. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise alongside the strategic mindset to define long-term infrastructure direction, bridging development, operations, security, and product teams to deliver software reliably and at scale. What you'll do for us Architecture & Design Lead end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure, high-performing DevOps solutions supporting enterprise-grade deployment pipelines. Define and own the DevOps reference architecture - establishing standards, patterns, and guardrails adopted across the organization. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend toolchain investments; design multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategies. Toolchain Development & Automation Develop, evaluate, select, and integrate best-in-class tools across CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, monitoring, and security. Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and testing pipelines; champion IaC practices using Terraform, Ansible, and similar tools. Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) enabling rapid, reliable delivery across environments. Champion adoption of AI-powered DevOps tooling - from AI-assisted code review and intelligent test generation to AIOps-driven incident detection - continuously identifying where AI can reduce toil and accelerate delivery. Technical Leadership & Mentorship Mentor and coach engineers on DevOps methodologies, cloud-native patterns, and platform engineering best practices. Conduct architecture reviews, set a high technical bar, and collaborate with engineering managers and product leadership to align DevOps strategy with business goals. Contribute to hiring and technical interviewing to grow the DevOps and platform engineering function. Monitoring, Reliability & Security Design comprehensive observability solutions - monitoring, distributed tracing, centralized logging, and alerting - to ensure platform health and rapid incident response. Define and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets; integrate DevSecOps practices and ensure compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and relevant regulatory frameworks. Lead vulnerability assessments and implement secrets management strategies across cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Customer & Operational Support Provide expert-level support for complex infrastructure and SaaS platform issues, including root cause analysis and preventive remediation. Participate in on-call rotations for 24/7 incident response; collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams across time zones. What you'll have

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