Empower · 1 day ago
Director of DevOps and SRE Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expEmpower is a company focused on transforming financial lives by providing a flexible work environment and promoting internal mobility. The Director of DevOps will lead the adoption of infrastructure-as-code and enhance the scalability and observability of systems while managing high-performing engineering teams.
Employee BenefitsNon ProfitSocial
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build, grow, and manage high-performing engineering teams, and participate in roadmaps, vision, and strategic planning
Partner with developers, quality engineers, security engineers, data engineers, DBAs, and product managers to deliver Infrastructure, Security, and Operation as Code
Lead adoption and expansion of CI/CD and IaC pipelines to support secure, scalable application delivery
Define and instrument end to end observability monitors, alerts and practices
Develop recovery and incident run books
Define, validate and instrument SLO and SLI across platform services
Provide engineering leadership and best practices including code reviews and platform and SDLC practices
Foster strong working relationships across Engineering and the broader business
Communicate effectively with strong verbal and written skills, keeping leadership informed and helping create organizational goals
Remove technical obstacles, enhance team processes, and drive resolutions for complex issues
Mentor, coach, and support individuals through 1:1s and career development
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent STEM, from an accredited college or university
10+ years of AWS experience, including designing, building, and operating large-scale applications
6+ years of experience managing a DevOps/SRE or Engineering organization, with a passion for mentoring and leading engineers
Expertise building fully automated infrastructure, preferably using AWS, EKS, GitLab, and Terraform
Experience setting up observability tools (SRE) and driving adoption with development teams
Software engineering background
Experience working with, operating, and deploying CI/CD and IaC pipelines
Expertise with Istio and AWS IAM
Experience supporting data platforms and tools such as Spark, EMR, and SageMaker
Ability to work cooperatively and effectively across organizations and all levels of leadership
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
AWS certifications
Preferred
Master's degree from an accredited college or university
A background in retirement, finance, or the insurance industry
AWS Solutions or Developer Certification
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
Company
Empower
EMPower is a non-governmental agency for social well being.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
KC Waldron
Chief Compliance Officer
Roger Hobby
EVP
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