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McDonald's · 9 hours ago

Director, DevOps Engineering

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$195K/yr - $244K/yr

10+ years exp

McDonald's is a leading global omni-channel restaurant brand focused on accelerating technology innovation. The Director of DevOps Engineering will lead the Cloud Enterprise DevSecOps Platform teams, overseeing the development and deployment of the platform while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Restaurants

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the Cloud Enterprise DevSecOps Platform teams, providing strategic vision while balancing near-term output

Develop and deliver a cohesive vision, strategy, and roadmaps for the DevSecOps Platform in partnership with multi-functional teams

Maintain a strategic focus while retaining an appropriate level of hands-on management

Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, ensuring developers have the resources and environment needed to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently

Willingness and ability to live the McDonald’s values every day: Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family

Mentor, manage, and hire a successful team of managers, architects, and engineering professionals. Set clear priorities to achieve enterprise goals and critical metrics

Partner with business leaders, technical product managers, and architects to determine the long-term viability of systems/products, from business and technology standpoints

Communicate ideas effectively, verbally and in writing, to a wide variety of audiences, including Directors, Senior Directors, and VPs. Foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of issues

Remove bottlenecks to enable teams to work independently. Drive team members to proactively identify gaps and opportunities (e.g., services, workflows, tooling) within or between markets and other parts of the organization

Drive the strategy for centralizing and rationalizing the global DevOps tool stack, ensuring consistency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness across all markets and teams

Lead the evaluation and selection of DevOps tools, promoting standardization and best practices while eliminating redundant or legacy solutions

Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement unified processes for CI/CD, automation, monitoring, and security, aligning with enterprise objectives

Understand McDonald's current landscape of tools, processes, standards, automation, monitoring, etc. as input to the vision for evolution of the DevSecOps platform

Understand global and regional infrastructure, CI/CD platform requirements and lead the transformation, convergence, standardization, and innovation efforts for the Platform

Champion the design, rollout, and adoption of an Internal Developer Portal (IDP), leveraging Cortex to streamline developer workflows, improve discoverability of services, and accelerate onboarding

Partner with engineering, product, and platform teams to ensure the IDP meets the needs of diverse developer communities and integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure

Establish metrics and feedback loops to continuously improve the portal’s usability, relevance, and impact on developer productivity

Lead initiatives to enhance Developer Experience (DevEx), focusing on reducing friction, improving documentation, and providing self-service capabilities

Advocate for the voice of the developer, gathering feedback and driving improvements in tools, processes, and support

Lead assessments and vendor selections to develop and deploy groundbreaking platform tools and services, spanning beyond traditional technology to deliver value

Balance program schedule, budget, quality, and risks

Supervise and ensure the accuracy, quality, security, and usability of all infrastructure platforms

Decompose significantly sophisticated problems into straightforward solutions. Consistently bring strong, data-driven business and technical judgment to decisions

Identify core problems or opportunities within business processes. Understand the root cause and impacts for the project and other teams

Qualification

DevSecOps PlatformCloud InfrastructureIaaSEdge ComputingCI/CDTechnical LeadershipFinancial AcumenTeam ManagementProblem SolvingCommunication Skills

Required

Experience with infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Experience with Edge and Cloud platform design patterns and vendor platform capabilities; experience deploying Edge or Cloud tools and technologies

Strong experience owning and delivering high load digital platforms / infrastructure with measurable results

Demonstrated ability to effectively influence and partner across product and platform teams within a global engineering organization

Demonstrated ability to manage and navigate to get results within a globally distributed organization

Experience leading technical teams that manage a strategically important product and/or a suite of products

Experience influencing senior executives (VPs, SVP), and setting expectations for major cross-functional initiatives

Deep understanding of global complexities and differences between markets / regions

Experience managing chargebacks, P&L of a program and developing/managing financial forecasts to communicate ROI and spend rate

10+ years of relevant work experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering/technology, or 3+ years of relevant work experience and a master's degree

8+ years of technology capability implementation and deployment experience across multiple IT practices that may include infrastructure leadership, service management leadership, technology operations, engineering, security, and business relationship management

5+ years of experience in leadership roles, including leading teams of employees

Benefits

Health and welfare benefits

A 401(k) plan

Adoption assistance program

Educational assistance program

Flexible ways of working

Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)

Bonus

Long-term incentive eligible: stock or other equity grants

Company

McDonald's

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McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries.

Founded in 1955

Chicago, Illinois, US

10001+ employees

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/

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