
Director of DevOps
Knox Systems, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Massachusetts • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define and own Knox’s DevOps and Platform Engineering strategy, roadmap, and operating model.
- Build, lead, and scale a multi-disciplinary organization of DevOps Managers, Platform Engineers, and SREs.
- Establish clear ownership models, career paths, performance standards, and succession planning.
- Champion a DevSecOps culture focused on automation, reliability, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Serve as the executive escalation point for platform reliability, deployment risk, and operational maturity.
- Set architectural direction for multi-cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
- Ensure platform designs and automation meet FedRAMP Moderate/High requirements and NIST 800-53 controls.
- Own the enterprise CI/CD strategy supporting multiple product and engineering teams.
- Define and track DORA metrics, deployment success rates, and release reliability KPIs.
- Partner with NOC and Security teams to improve detection, alerting, and incident response.
Requirements
- 10+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.
- 5+ years leading senior engineers and/or managers in complex environments.
- Proven experience operating multi-cloud platforms in regulated industries.
- Deep expertise in IaC, CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong working knowledge of FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 control implementation.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and executive presentation skills.
- Preferred Certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect, Terraform Professional, CISSP, or ITIL v4
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life & Disability
- Unlimited PEO
- Employee funded 401k plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsPlatform EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDGitOpscloud-native architecturesDORA metricsdeployment success ratesrelease reliability KPIsautomation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationexecutive presentationaccountabilitycontinuous improvement
Certifications
AWS DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalAzure Solutions ArchitectTerraform ProfessionalCISSPITIL v4