Director -Devops/ Coach
Akkodis, Pennington, NJ, United States
Akkodis is seeking
Director -Devops/ Coach
for a
Contract
job with a client in
Charlotte, NC/Plano, TX/Pennington, NJ - Hybrid (3 days on site in a Week) . Ideally looking for applicants with a solid background in the financial services industry.
Pay: $85 – 90/hour – All Inclusive;
The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
DevOps Tools familiarity and hands-on experience
CI/CD
Test Automation Tools
Great communication
Ability to Lead/Coach
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Excellence & Technical Guidance
– Drive Automation Adoption: Guide development teams through the practical adoption and maturation of test management automation and CI/CD pipeline tooling.
Code Quality & Tech Debt
– Advise teams on strategic approaches to refactoring, reducing legacy technical debt, and implementing standards that consistently produce higher-quality, resilient code.
Bridge Process and Technology
– Align productivity methodologies with modern engineering practices (e.g., test-driven development, shift-left testing, trunk-based development) to ensure processes actually enhance technical delivery.
Coaching & Enterprise Scaling
– Multi-Level Coaching: coach individual teams on tactical engineering challenges and advise senior leadership on large-scale technical strategy.
Train at Scale
– Design, develop, and deliver training programs, workshops, and playbooks to scale engineering best practices and tooling adoption across the enterprise.
Change Management
– Act as a change agent, building buy-in from engineering teams and overcoming resistance to new tools or methodologies through empathy, expertise, and proven results.
Qualifications
10+ years
of software development, engineering leadership, or technical architecture experience.
7+ years
of hands-on experience with DevOps concepts using: GitHub, Jenkins, XL Release, and Ansible Tower.
7+ years
of hands-on experience with leading and executing test automation frameworks including but not limited to TDD and BDD with tools: nUnit/xUnit, Selenium, and SonarQube.
Proven track record in a Director-level, Principal, or Senior Coaching capacity within a large-scale, complex enterprise environment.
Deep, practical expertise with promoting and coaching modern CI/CD pipeline tooling (e.g., Bitbucket, Jenkins, Celestial, Ansible, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and Test Management Automation best practices.
Extensive experience implementing strategies to measure, manage, and pay down technical debt at scale.
Demonstrated ability to design and deliver technical training to large groups while also providing one-on-one or team-based mentorship.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit
https://www.akkodis.com/en/privacy-policy .
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
· The California Fair Chance Act
· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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Director -Devops/ Coach
for a
Contract
job with a client in
Charlotte, NC/Plano, TX/Pennington, NJ - Hybrid (3 days on site in a Week) . Ideally looking for applicants with a solid background in the financial services industry.
Pay: $85 – 90/hour – All Inclusive;
The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
DevOps Tools familiarity and hands-on experience
CI/CD
Test Automation Tools
Great communication
Ability to Lead/Coach
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Excellence & Technical Guidance
– Drive Automation Adoption: Guide development teams through the practical adoption and maturation of test management automation and CI/CD pipeline tooling.
Code Quality & Tech Debt
– Advise teams on strategic approaches to refactoring, reducing legacy technical debt, and implementing standards that consistently produce higher-quality, resilient code.
Bridge Process and Technology
– Align productivity methodologies with modern engineering practices (e.g., test-driven development, shift-left testing, trunk-based development) to ensure processes actually enhance technical delivery.
Coaching & Enterprise Scaling
– Multi-Level Coaching: coach individual teams on tactical engineering challenges and advise senior leadership on large-scale technical strategy.
Train at Scale
– Design, develop, and deliver training programs, workshops, and playbooks to scale engineering best practices and tooling adoption across the enterprise.
Change Management
– Act as a change agent, building buy-in from engineering teams and overcoming resistance to new tools or methodologies through empathy, expertise, and proven results.
Qualifications
10+ years
of software development, engineering leadership, or technical architecture experience.
7+ years
of hands-on experience with DevOps concepts using: GitHub, Jenkins, XL Release, and Ansible Tower.
7+ years
of hands-on experience with leading and executing test automation frameworks including but not limited to TDD and BDD with tools: nUnit/xUnit, Selenium, and SonarQube.
Proven track record in a Director-level, Principal, or Senior Coaching capacity within a large-scale, complex enterprise environment.
Deep, practical expertise with promoting and coaching modern CI/CD pipeline tooling (e.g., Bitbucket, Jenkins, Celestial, Ansible, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and Test Management Automation best practices.
Extensive experience implementing strategies to measure, manage, and pay down technical debt at scale.
Demonstrated ability to design and deliver technical training to large groups while also providing one-on-one or team-based mentorship.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit
https://www.akkodis.com/en/privacy-policy .
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
· The California Fair Chance Act
· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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