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Job type:
Full Time

Principal Cloud Platform Operations Director

Herring Bank — Information Technology

$160,000.00 yearly

Full-time

About the Role
Herring Bank is seeking a hands‑on Principal Cloud Platform Operations Lead to oversee the bank’s cloud platform, DevOps, database, Linux, application operations, and deployment automation functions.

What You’ll 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 practices

Platform 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 continuity

Release 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 requirements

Database, 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 initiatives

Monitoring, 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 stability

What You’ll 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 excellence

Qualifications
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 skills

Preferred 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 plus

Location & Travel

Texas‑based candidates preferred

Hybrid/remote may be considered for exceptional candidates

Regular travel to Amarillo and other Herring Bank locations required

Benefits

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Flexible work from home options available.

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