Transforming the Future of Enterprise Planning

At o9, our mission is to be the Most Value-Creating Platform for enterprises by transforming decision-making through our AI-first approach. By integrating siloed planning capabilities and capturing millions—even billions—in value leakage, we help businesses plan smarter and faster.

This not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces waste, leading to better outcomes for both businesses and the planet. Global leaders like Google, PepsiCo, Walmart, T-Mobile, AB InBev, and Starbucks trust o9 to optimize their supply chains.

Senior DevOps Architect

At o9, we invest in people. We seek talented, driven individuals to power our transformative approach. You’ll thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment, growing while making a real impact.

We invest deeply in our people and seek exceptional, visionary leaders to power our transformative approach. We are looking for a Senior DevOps Architect to act as a primary technical authority, steering our global DevOps processes, infrastructure, and release management frameworks to the next level.

This is a high-impact, heavy technical leadership role operating at the Technical Manager level. You will bridge development, operations, security, and product teams to deliver software reliably at a massive global scale while spearheading a Center of Excellence across the organization.

What you’ll do for us

Architecture, Design & Innovation

Enterprise Infrastructure & Multi-Cloud Strategy: Lead the end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure, and high-performing DevOps and Platform Engineering solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP), as well as specialized infrastructures like VMC on AWS (VMware Cloud) and GovCloud.
Reference Architecture & Automation: Define and own the DevOps reference architecture guardrails. Design and implement cutting-edge automated frameworks, including advanced patterns like Bot-as-a-Service (BaaS) and AIOps platforms for predictive operations.
AI-Powered Workloads: Formulate structural guardrails for infrastructure supporting complex AI/ML workloads (GPU compute, vector databases, model serving, and pipeline orchestration).

Toolchain, Frameworks & Cloud Cost Optimization

CI/CD from Scratch: Oversee the strategy, design, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines and release frameworks from scratch, establishing standardized delivery rails across globally distributed cross-functional teams.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Champion robust IaC methodologies using Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi across multi-region ecosystems.
Multi-Million Dollar Cost Governance: Own infrastructure monitoring and utilization strategies; proactively lead resource cost planning and optimization initiatives to drive significant efficiency gains and eliminate multi-million dollar cloud cost leaks.

Technical Leadership, Mentorship & Client Engagement

Center of Excellence: Act as a core mentor and coach for engineering teams, including Engineering Managers and Tech Leaders, promoting a culture of innovation, research, and operational excellence.
SaaS Operations & Upgrade Governance: Guide teams through the operational lifecycle of deploying the o9 SaaS platform, managing complex patching, end-to-end zero-downtime upgrades, and release cadences across multiple hybrid or complex client environments.
Escalation & Stakeholder Management: Effectively handle high-stakes client engagements and manage critical operational escalations, seamlessly translating complex technical resolutions into clear strategies for both engineering groups and executive leaders.
Hiring & Culture: Drive technical and behavioral interviewing standards to evaluate top-tier talent and grow the technical function.

Monitoring, Reliability & Security

Observability Solutions: Architect extensive distributed tracing, centralized logging, and alerting systems to manage platform health proactively.
Regulated Compliance: Enforce strict SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets while embedding robust DevSecOps guardrails compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and rigid Federal/GovCloud regulatory requirements.

What you’ll have

Experience & Profile Requirement

15+ Years of Experience: A minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Build & Release, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles.
Senior Architectural Leadership: At least 5–7 years serving in a Principal Architect, Principal Engineer, or Technical Manager capacity influencing cross-functional organizational architectures.

Senior DevOps Architect at o9 Solutions, Inc.