Director - Platform Engineering & Development Operations
Director - Platform Engineering & Development Operations
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Job Description
FORTNA partners with the worlds leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives we design and deliver solutions powered by intelligent software to optimize fast accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy distribution center operational design and implementation material handling automated equipment robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.
At FORTNA we believe in fostering a workplace that isnt just a job but a movement a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. Join the Movement encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration celebrates diversity and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than Team. Our Approach.
Position Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and experiencedDirector of Platform Engineering & Development Operations Leaderto oversee the architecture operation and continuous improvement of our application technology platforms and DevOps pipelines. This role blendstechnical leadershipwithstrategic oversight ensuring that our mission-critical enterprise applications and infrastructure are reliable secure scalable and efficiently delivered.
The successful candidate will leadPlatform Engineering(infrastructure virtualization container orchestration) andDevelopment Operations(CI/CD automation application deployment) teams managing the full lifecycle from platform design to operational excellence.
You will collaborate closely with Software Development QA SRE Security and Architecture teams to deliver a cohesive high-performance technology ecosystem that supports both product development and operational requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Leadership
- Lead the Platform Engineering and DevOps teams setting vision strategy and priorities for application platforms infrastructure and pipelines.
- Define and implement theplatform and DevOps roadmapin alignment with business and product objectives.
- Foster a culture ofautomation scalability resilience and continuous improvementacross development and operational workflows.
- Partner with architecture teams to ensuretechnical governanceand alignment with enterprise standards.
Platform Engineering
- Oversee design implementation and operations forcontainerized platforms (e.g. Red Hat OpenShift Nutanix (NKP) virtualization stacks and hybrid cloud deployments.
- Ensure platform scalability availability and security for applications such asFortna WES/WCS AutoStore and related third-party systems.
- Manage lifecycle and capacity planning for compute storage and networking layers.
- Own platform observability performance monitoring and proactive incident prevention.
Application Technology Operations
- Manage and optimizeapplication hosting environments(VM-based containerized and bare-metal).
- Coordinate deployments and upgrades for mission-critical enterprise systems.
- Establish operational standards for high availability disaster recovery and failover testing.
- Collaborate with application teams to optimize performance reduce downtime and streamline deployments.
DevOps & CI/CD
- Own the design implementation and maintenance ofend-to-end CI/CD pipelinesusing tools such asGit ArgoCD Ansible Helm and Kubernetes Operators.
- Driveinfrastructure-as-codeadoption for consistent repeatable environment provisioning.
- Integrateautomated testing security scanning and compliance checksinto pipelines.
- Work with Development and QA teams to enhance release quality and accelerate delivery.
Security Compliance & Governance
- Ensure platforms and pipelines meet security and compliance standards (IAM VPM BCM SDL SSC CKM etc.).
- Partner with InfoSec teams to implementDevSecOps best practices.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and ensure change management processes (TCM) are followed.
Qualifications
- Education:Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field; Masters preferred.
- Experience:
- 10 years in IT with at least 5 years in platform engineering DevOps or SRE leadership.
- Proven track record managinghybrid infrastructure platforms(containerized VM-based and on-prem hardware).
- Deep experience withCI/CD tools Kubernetes/OpenShift and infrastructure automation.
- Strong background inapplication operationsfor enterprise systems.
- Technical Skills:
- OpenShift Kubernetes Docker VMware/virtualization stacks.
- Git ArgoCD Ansible Helm Jenkins or similar CI/CD technologies.
- Observability stacks (Grafana Prometheus ELK etc.).
- Networking fundamentals (VLANs load balancing firewalls).
- Cloud experience (AWS/Azure) a plus.
- Leadership Skills:
- Strong people management and team-building capabilities.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to bridge technical and business objectives.
Why Join Us
- Leadmission-critical platform and DevOps initiativesfor a globally deployed enterprise solution.
- Work with cutting-edge infrastructure and application technologies.
- Influence thefuture state architectureand operational excellence of our systems.
- Collaborate with talented cross-functional teams in a high-impact environment.
This job description describes the general nature and level of work expected of a person assigned to this position. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.
It is the policy of FORTNA and its affiliated companies to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition status with regard to public assistance veteran status citizenship status (if authorized to work in the U.S.) or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition FORTNA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
