Senior Director, DevOps, AppSec

JDPA LIMITED

Lead the global DevOps function and strategy for JD Power as Sr. Director, DevOps & AppSec.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $225,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesSDLCTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set and execute the DevOps and platform engineering strategy across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, secrets, and developer self-service.
Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of DevOps engineers — including hiring, leveling, performance management, and succession planning.
Operate as a player-coach: stay close to the technical work, contribute to architecture and code reviews, and step into incidents when needed.
Partner with Security, Data, Product Engineering, and Architecture to embed security and compliance into the SDLC (DevSecOps).
Own the cloud cost (FinOps) posture for the platforms under your scope and drive continuous, measurable improvement.
Make and defend build-vs-buy decisions across the DevOps tooling stack; manage key vendor relationships.
Be a thoughtful integrator of AI into engineering workflows where it produces real leverage.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps, with 8+ years in management and time leading distributed or global teams.
Track record of building and operating modern cloud platforms at scale — AWS strongly preferred; multi-cloud or hybrid experience a plus.
Deep, current technical fluency in CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent), container orchestration (Kubernetes or equivalent), observability, and secrets management.
Strong DevSecOps instincts — you’ve shipped real security improvements without grinding engineering velocity to a halt.
Experience owning compliance work end-to-end (SOC 2, PCI, GDPR, HIPAA, or similar) in partnership with Security and Audit.
Demonstrated ability to design for leverage: lean teams, self-service platforms, and clear demand management with the orgs you support.
Nice to Have: Experience in a data, analytics, or insights business. Prior experience scaling a DevOps team from single digits into the 15–30 range.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

DevOpscloud infrastructureCI/CDinfrastructure as codeTerraformKubernetesobservabilitysecrets managementFinOpsDevSecOps

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingperformance managementteam buildingcollaborationdecision makingproblem solvingcommunicationstrategic thinkingdesign for leverage

Certifications

SOC 2PCIGDPRHIPAA