Director of DevOps

Elevance Health • Atlanta, GA

31d • Hybrid

About The Position

Director of DevOps Location: 740 W. Peachtree Street, Atlanta GA. This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered. Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, CarelonRx (formerly IngenioRx) leverages the power of new technologies and a strong, clinical-first lens, to deliver member-centered, lasting pharmacy care. The Director of DevOps is a technology & people leadership role within CarelonRx IT organization. Director of DevOps will lead all aspects of defining & implementing E2E DevOps strategy & framework using latest tools, technologies and processes. Along with onshore and offshore team of DevOps engineers Director of DevOps will be responsible for setup, configuration, monitoring and management of on-prem and in the cloud infrastructure. It would include vendor system integrations, network connectivity and security aspects of data and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 7 years of IT management experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Infrastructure design and scaling (IaC, HPA) containers in Kubernetes is preferred.
• Observability & Monitoring (Infra. and APM) is preferred.
• Experience with Cloud Networking & Security Integration - AWS and Azure with Hybrid On-prem is preferred.
• Tactical Operations experience - Cloud patching, AMI rehydration, Cluster upgrades etc. is preferred.
• Experience with Azure and AWS is strongly preferred
• Knowledge of the following platforms is strongly preferred: GitHub, Terraform, Datadog, Splunk, Bamboo, Kafka and BitBucket.
• Experience with the following databases/data warehouses is strongly preferred: PostgreSQL, Oracle, RedShift, and Snowflake
• Knowledge of Apigee OPDK/ Hybrid/ X, Akamai, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement strategy/approach for E2E management of cloud and on-prem infrastructure of technology platforms and systems supporting large scale PBM & Pharmacy business/operations
• Collaborate with both IT & Business leaders across the enterprise to determine DevOps best practices and Infrastructure technical requirements of applications/systems
• Responsible to build CICD automation pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and manage deployments across various environments
• Implement 24x7 infrastructure and application performance monitoring (APM) to ensure high availability, optimal performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Ensure disaster recovery, business continuity and audit plans are implemented, monitored, and updated on a recurring basis
• At a regular cadence identify and exploit opportunities to optimize infrastructure, increase efficiency without any negative impact to ongoing business/operations
• Act as an escalation point for faults, attend/lead investigation into incidents and complete follow-up tasks
• Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports

Benefits

• We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees