Director, Automation & Tooling
Director, Automation & Tooling
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Job Description
Job Overview-
We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Director of Automation & Tooling to lead a high-performing engineering team focused on enhancing and scaling our CI/CD infrastructure. In this role you will collaborate closely with engineering architecture and security teams to drive innovation and efficiency across our build test and deployment pipelines for cloud-native applications. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping the future of our software delivery processes through robust automation and modern tooling practices.
Your day if you join us:
- Lead the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies.
- Manage a team of DevOps engineers guiding delivery while staying technically involved in hands-on work.
- Develop and maintain automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform PowerShell and related tools.
- Oversee observability and logging integrations using Dynatrace to ensure high availability performance and traceability.
- Drive standardization of release engineering secrets management container image management and automated testing integration.
- Work collaboratively across development infrastructure and compliance teams to support secure scalable deployment pipelines.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement reliability and proactive incident response.
- Stay current with industry trends and recommend new tools and practices.
You meet our must haves for this role if you have:
- 510 years of experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering roles including at least 3 years in a technical leadership capacity.
- Proven expertise in cloud CI/CD and DevOps tooling; hands-on with GitHub Actions Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
- Lead the vision strategy and execution of our DevOps automation and tooling initiatives across cloud platforms.
- Architect frameworks for cloud deployments ensuring alignment with cloud best practices organizational standards and governance requirements.
- Guide engineering teams in designing scalable secure and cost-effective cloud solutions providing architectural oversight and hands-on support
- Proficient in Java or .NET with strong scripting skills using PowerShell Bash or Python.
- Experience building and managing infrastructure with Terraform.
- Solid understanding of observability platforms; direct experience with Dynatrace preferred.
- Deep knowledge of AWS and/or Azure services including networking identity management and security controls.
- Experience supporting highly secure compliance-driven environments (FedRAMP ITAR etc.).
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate across technical and business stakeholders.
You are exactly who we are looking for if you:
- Experience designing internal developer platforms or self-service DevOps tooling.
- Familiarity with container security tools and policy enforcement (e.g. OPA/Gatekeeper Aqua Prisma Cloud).
- Background in regulated industries such as Aerospace & Defense or Life Sciences.
- Must be able to obtain Exostar Trusted Role and maintain Trusted Role status while employed in this role
- AWS Certified
Why Join Exostar
- Lead DevOps transformation initiatives in a remote-first cloud-first company.
- Contribute to secure digital infrastructure supporting national defense and global innovation.
- Collaborate with skilled peers in a mission-driven technically advanced environment.
Remote Locations: NC GA TX NJ WA PA IL DC MD OH FL SC VA CO IN
About Exostar
Exostars cloud-based platforms foster secure collaboration across Aerospace & Defense Life Sciences and other highly regulated industries. We help our customers build trust and accelerate operations through robust identity access management and data insights. Our solutions empower enterprises to make timely informed decisions in a secure and compliant manner.
Exostar is an Equal Employment Employer. The company provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital status disability status or genetic information. Exostar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons in all facets of employment including recruiting hiring compensation promotion training benefits transfers and working conditions
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
