DevOps Architect

Essential Functions:

• Setup, maintenance and ongoing development of continuous build/ integration infrastructure

• Supporting CI/CD tools integration/ operations/ change management, and maintenance

• Training and supporting developers from source control, through build automation, merge resolution, CI, test automation, deployment based on tools usage and policies, standards

• Provide thought leadership on architecture and technology matters; ensuring that technology work is aligned to long-term strategic business interests with CI/CD and SCM

• Provide leadership for a Center For Enablement (C4E) group to drive the creation of good governance and standards for CI/CD and SCM across all core technology platforms

• Strategically balance diverse objectives for CI/CD and SCM to ensure the appropriate level of value, risk, and engineering autonomy

• Ensure CI/CD and SCM practices are appropriately factoring in non-functional requirements (resiliency, security, code quality, etc.)

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture team (EA) to drive value-centric buy vs. build considerations when evolving the CI/CD tool chain

• Work closely with EA, Centralized Application Development and Quality Assurance to help define standards for automated testing and where to prioritize automated testing

• Ability to work closely with development teams to solve complex solution challenges, drive code modernization, governance, and cloud transformation efforts

• Advocate technical architecture and build consensus for the adoption of new technologies across multiple functional teams.

• Work with EA team to define, document and maintain a strategic DevOps architecture roadmap that includes business, product and technical considerations

• Evangelize and champion designs during review processes with the Architecture community.

• Arrange rollout and promote standard methodologies, generate passion for adoption

• Monitor and measure your impact through well-defined critical metrics

• Perform architecture and security reviews, identify gaps and develop remediation plans

• Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, with a high level of confidence.

• High organizational skills and ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.

• Ability to work efficiently and productively with minimal direction or guidance.

• Capable of exercising extreme discretion and independent judgment.

• Foundational understanding of both current and legacy technologies in areas like application platforms (e.g., cloud platforms, legacy platforms), CI/CD tooling and practices, integration patterns and automated testing.

• Pragmatic judgement, able to know when to trade off short and long-term gains and help guide partners through these decisions while coaching them on the implications

• Confirmed passion for automation; proficient and determined to find ways to automate and streamline processes and practices

• Security-minded, experienced and outspoken on approaches to integrating security and compliance considerations into pipeline automation, DAST methodology experience preferred

• Present technical concepts & solutions to internal and external audiences, and upper management Develop and promote best practices for security

• Staying up to date on new security tools & techniques, and act as driver of innovation and process maturity.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast change with an ability to adapt quickly and easily

• Ability to generate creative and innovative solutions

• Broad technical aptitude and knowledge

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field required

• Ten years information technology experience to include at least 8 years of relevant work experience delivering enterprise class distribution systems required

Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

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