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AVP I, Platform Engineer

Credit One Bank, Las Vegas, NV, United States


Description
Position Summary

Credit One Bank is seeking an Assistant Vice President to lead the strategy, development, and operation of the enterprise developer platform. This role will oversee CI/CD pipelines, release engineering practices, developer tooling, and cloud-native deployment platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver software securely, reliably, and at scale. The AVP will build and lead a high-performing Platform Engineering organization responsible for developer productivity, release automation, and platform reliability across multiple technology stacks. This leader will partner with architecture, security, infrastructure, and application teams to drive modernization initiatives including GitOps adoption, infrastructure as code, and standardized deployment frameworks.
This role requires both technical depth and organizational leadership to evolve the bank’s engineering platform into a scalable, secure, and self-service ecosystem for software delivery.
Essential Job Functions

Strategic Leadership

Define and execute the enterprise Platform Engineering strategy aligned with the Bank's technology modernization roadmap.
Build and scale a high-performing Platform Engineering team supporting developer productivity, CI/CD automation, and release engineering.
Partner with Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure leadership to establish platform standards and engineering governance.
Platform & DevOps Engineering

Own the design and operation of enterprise CI/CD platforms and release automation frameworks.
Standardize pipeline architecture, deployment patterns, and developer workflows.
Lead adoption of GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and containerized deployment models.
Developer Platform

Deliver an internal developer platform that enables self-service environments, automated builds, and standardized deployment pipelines.
Improve developer experience by reducing deployment friction and increasing engineering productivity.
Operational Excellence

Ensure release processes meet enterprise reliability, security, and compliance requirements.
Implement release quality controls, automated testing gates, and rollback strategies.
Establish metrics for deployment frequency, lead time, and failure recovery.
Modernization Initiatives

Drive modernization programs including:
Pipeline standardization
Infrastructure as Code
GitOps
Kubernetes-based deployment frameworks
Position Requirements

Technical Expertise

Deep expertise in CI/CD architecture and DevOps platform design
Experience building scalable engineering platforms supporting multi-team development environments
Strong experience with:
Version Control & SCM

Git-based workflows (GitFlow, trunk-based development)
Artifact Management

Nexus, Artifactory, or similar artifact repositories
Containerization & Platform Orchestration

Docker
Kubernetes / OpenShift / EKS
DevSecOps Integration

Security scanning integrated into CI/CD pipelines
Observability & Monitoring

Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent
Leadership & Strategic Skills

10+ years experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering
5+ years experience leading engineering teams
Experience leading multi-team or multi-product delivery environments
Proven ability to scale engineering platforms supporting large development organizations
Strong stakeholder management across architecture, infrastructure, and security teams
Credit One Bank, N.A. is a data-driven financial services company based in Las Vegas. Founded in 1984, Credit One Bank offers a spectrum of credit card products for people in all stages of financial life. Credit One Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin. Reasonable accommodations can be made for those who require them, including access to job applications and workplace accommodations. Employment at Credit One Bank is based on mutual consent (also known as at-will). This means that employees and the Bank may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice. Please contact the recruiter for this position to learn more. Credit One Bank does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies and is not responsible for related fees.