Principal Cloud Platform Operations Lead
12 days ago
Amarillo
Job DescriptionBenefits: • 401(k), • 401(k) matching, • Dental insurance, • Health insurance, • Paid time off, • Vision insurance Principal Cloud Platform Operations LeadHerring Bank | Information Technology About the Role Herring Bank is seeking a hands-on Principal Cloud Platform Operations Lead to oversee the banks cloud platform, DevOps, database, Linux, application operations, and deployment automation functions. This is a senior-level player/coach role requiring both technical leadership and hands-on operational expertise. The ideal candidate will lead engineers, establish technical direction, review deployment strategies, approve production changes, and actively participate in troubleshooting and operational governance. This position will play a key role in modernizing infrastructure and application operations while maintaining the operational discipline required within a regulated financial institution. Texas-based candidates are preferred. Hybrid or remote work may be considered for exceptional candidates; however, regular travel to Amarillo and other Herring Bank locations is required. An in-person interview will be required prior to any offer being extended. What Youll Do Cloud Platform & DevOps Leadership • Lead operational direction for cloud-hosted platforms and deployment automation, • Build and govern CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments, • Establish Infrastructure-as-Code standards and deployment practices, • Support modernization efforts toward containerized and automated production environments, • Define deployment workflows, rollback procedures, monitoring standards, and operational support practicesPlatform Modernization & Operations, • Lead modernization of Linux-based and application-hosting environments, • Support and improve containerized deployment practices, • Establish operational standards for runtime support, patching, monitoring, backups, and lifecycle management, • Balance modernization initiatives with production stability and business continuityRelease Engineering & Change Governance, • Oversee production deployment pipelines for cloud, application, and mobile workloads, • Review infrastructure code, deployment changes, and automation prior to production release, • Ensure releases are properly tested, documented, approved, and supportable, • Review and approve change management requests while ensuring compliance with operational controls and audit requirementsDatabase, Linux & Application Support, • Provide leadership over database operations and Linux platform administration, • Ensure production systems are monitored, secured, patched, and maintained according to operational standards, • Improve application operations through enhanced monitoring, documentation, and deployment consistency, • Support legacy environments while driving practical modernization initiativesMonitoring, Reliability & Incident Response, • Improve observability, alerting, dashboards, and service health monitoring, • Participate directly in major incident response and root cause analysis, • Translate operational lessons learned into improved automation, procedures, and reliability standards, • Help define operational metrics surrounding deployment quality, vulnerability remediation, and platform stabilityWhat Youll Bring, • Strong technical leadership with the ability to remain hands-on in engineering and operational functions, • Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD, Linux administration, and application operations, • Experience operating in regulated or high-control environments with strong governance expectations, • Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, auditors, vendors, and business stakeholders, • Strong troubleshooting, operational governance, and production support experience, • Ability to mentor technical teams while driving modernization and operational excellenceQualifications Required Qualifications • 10+ years of progressive experience in cloud operations, DevOps, platform engineering, Linux administration, infrastructure engineering, or related technical roles, • 5+ years of experience leading technical teams or serving as a senior technical lead, • Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and production cloud operations, • Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or similar platforms, • Strong Linux administration experience, • Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, or similar platforms, • Experience supporting relational database platforms and production application environments, • Experience reviewing production deployments, infrastructure code, and operational changes, • Understanding of change management, operational controls, audit expectations, and risk management, • Strong written and verbal communication skillsPreferred Qualifications, • Experience within banking, financial services, healthcare, insurance, or other regulated industries, • Experience with AWS or similar enterprise cloud platforms, • Experience with mobile application deployment pipelines, • Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar tooling, • Experience with Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, OpenShift, or similar orchestration platforms, • Experience with secrets management, artifact repositories, image scanning, and software supply chain controls, • Experience modernizing legacy Linux-hosted applications, • Relevant cloud, Linux, DevOps, or infrastructure certifications are a plusLocation & Travel, • Texas-based candidates preferred, • Hybrid/remote may be considered for exceptional candidates, • Regular travel to Amarillo and other Herring Bank locations required Flexible work from home options available.