The Judge Group · 10 hours ago
Director of DevOps & Application Operations (1116385)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
10+ years expThe Judge Group is seeking a Director of DevOps and Application Operations. This role is responsible for developing and leading DevOps, application production operations, and release management functions, ensuring applications are consistently built, tested, released, and monitored across various environments.
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Responsibilities
Define and implement DevOps practices that support reliable, repeatable, and secure software delivery
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for Azure and Rackspace environments
Establish environment management standards across development, test, UAT, and production
Partner with application teams to improve deployment frequency, quality, and recovery time
Serve as Release Manager, overseeing release planning, coordination, and execution
Maintain a standardized release calendar aligned to Agile sprint cycles
Coordinate release readiness across development, QA, infrastructure, data, and security teams
Ensure required approvals, documentation, rollback plans, and communications are in place prior to production releases
Lead production release events and coordinate post-release validation activities
Own production operations for applications, including availability, performance, monitoring, and alerting
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability practices to proactively detect and resolve issues
Act as the primary escalation point for complex production issues
Lead root cause analysis and post-incident reviews
Lead application-side incident response, including triage, coordination, and communication
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, and Security teams during incidents impacting availability or data integrity
Establish on-call, escalation, and incident management processes to support mSupply’s scale
Improve operational resilience through runbooks, automation, and readiness exercises
Establish and lead the PIT Crew Level 2 application engineering team
Handle operational tasks such as bulk data uploads, backend corrections, and urgent production support requests
Balance reactive support work with proactive platform and automation improvements
Define intake processes, prioritization, and service expectations for production support
Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Application Development to ensure consistent execution of the SDLC
Maintain documentation for environments, deployment processes, dependencies, and operational procedures
Align DevOps practices with architecture, security, and data governance standards
Support audits, compliance requirements, and disaster recovery planning related to application operations
Provide hands-on technical leadership while developing the roadmap for scaling DevOps and operations capabilities
Hire, mentor, and develop DevOps and application operations engineers as the team grows
Foster a culture of ownership, reliability, continuous improvement, and cross-team collaboration
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or application operations
Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
Experience supporting deployments in Azure and on-premises environments such as Rackspace
Strong understanding of application monitoring, logging, incident response, and production support
Experience supporting complex application portfolios including custom and COTS systems
Ability to operate effectively as an individual contributor while shaping scalable team structures
Company
The Judge Group
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1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Charlton Monsanto
Executive Vice President of Integrated Services and Innovation
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