Director – Containers & Kubernetes
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What Well Bring:
Director Containers & Golden Image PlatformsLocation
Bengaluru India (Hybrid / Global Responsibility)
Role Summary
The Director of Containers & Golden Image Platforms is a senior technology leader responsible for the strategy engineering security and lifecycle management of the enterprise container platform and operating system golden images.
This role owns the foundational compute layer that powers application teams across cloud and onprem environments ensuring platforms are secure by default highly automated compliant and developerfriendly. The director will lead teams responsible for container runtime platforms (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE/AKS) base container images OS golden images image pipelines and security scanning integrations while partnering closely with Security Cloud Infrastructure and Application Engineering leaders.
What Youll Bring:
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Platform Ownership
- Define and execute the enterprise strategy for:
- Container platforms (Kubernetes and container runtimes)
- Base container images and hardened OS golden images
- Drive standardization and consolidation of images to reduce sprawl cost and risk.
- Own the image lifecycle: design build hardening scanning release cadence deprecation and endoflife.
Golden Image Engineering & Governance
- Lead the creation and maintenance of secure compliant OS golden images (Linux and Windows).
- Ensure images align with CIS benchmarks regulatory requirements and internal security standards.
- Establish governance models for:
- Exceptions and deviations
- Vendorprovided / appliance images
- Regional or regulatory variants
- Partner with Security to ensure policydriven enforcement without blocking developer velocity.
Container Platform & Image Factory Leadership
- Own the container image factory:
- Base images
- Image pipelines
- Promotion workflows (dev release candidate production)
- Integrate vulnerability and configuration scanning into CI/CD pipelines using approved enterprise tools.
- Balance security gates vs. pipeline performance ensuring scalable and nonintrusive controls.
Security Compliance & Risk Management
- Partner with InfoSec GRC and Audit teams to:
- Embed secure by default controls into images and platforms
- Support audits risk assessments and regulatory reviews
- Ensure continuous visibility into vulnerabilities misconfigurations and emerging threats.
- Drive remediation strategies for aging images and zeroday risks.
Engineering Leadership & People Management
- Build mentor and lead highperforming platform engineering teams.
- Set clear ownership models and succession planning for critical platform components.
- Foster a culture of automation reliability documentation and operational excellence.
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
- Act as the single point of accountability for container and image platforms.
- Communicate roadmap risks and tradeoffs to senior technology and security leadership.
- Influence platform adoption across application data and product engineering teams globally.
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 12 years of experience in infrastructure platform or cloud engineering
- 5 years in senior technical leadership roles managing managers and senior engineers
- Deep handson experience with:
- Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS)
- Container runtimes and registries
- Linux and Windows OS internals
- Golden image creation and hardening
- Proven experience operating platforms in regulated or securitysensitive environments
Impact Youll Make:
echnical Expertise
- Strong understanding of:
- OS hardening standards (CIS security baselines)
- Vulnerability and configuration scanning concepts
- CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and images
- Cloudnative and hybrid infrastructure architectures
- Ability to evaluate tradeoffs between security performance and developer experience
Leadership & Communication
- Executivelevel communication skills with the ability to influence without authority
- Experience driving enterprisewide standards and adoption
- Strong decisionmaking skills in ambiguous highimpact situations
TransUnion Job Title
Director Software DevelopmentRequired Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fundraising
- Management Experience
- Coaching
- Analysis Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- negotiation
- Supervising Experience
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