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Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.
Location: Dayton, OH
Position Description:
Candidate would need experience in Python programming, configuration/management tools such as Gitlab, containerization tools such as Docker and knowledge of microservices / container architectures (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), orchestration and automation. Must possess experience with designing and implementing AWS Cloud-based hosting solutions. Other skills to include: automated testing, automated deployments (CI/CD pipelines), and branching strategy and implementation.
Must Have:
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor's degree in CS or Computer Engineering
2+ years of experience developing tools and processes to drive DevOps, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments
2+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
Experience in Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, and Python or Golang
Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions
Experience working with application development teams across the software development life cycle and creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative team environment
Experience hosting applications on commercial cloud providers
Nice If You Have:
Experience with Git, Bash
Experience creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes
Experience bringing other organizations on board with DevOps, championing the adoption of DevOps processes, tools, and roles, and working with other development teams to recast work
Experience working in an agile software development environment
Experience working with the DoW
The anticipated salary range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, the scope of the position, relevant experience, education, certifications, internal equity, customer contractual requirements, security clearance requirements, and other legitimate business considerations.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.
Location: Dayton, OH
Position Description:
Candidate would need experience in Python programming, configuration/management tools such as Gitlab, containerization tools such as Docker and knowledge of microservices / container architectures (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), orchestration and automation. Must possess experience with designing and implementing AWS Cloud-based hosting solutions. Other skills to include: automated testing, automated deployments (CI/CD pipelines), and branching strategy and implementation.
Must Have:
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor's degree in CS or Computer Engineering
2+ years of experience developing tools and processes to drive DevOps, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments
2+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
Experience in Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, and Python or Golang
Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions
Experience working with application development teams across the software development life cycle and creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative team environment
Experience hosting applications on commercial cloud providers
Nice If You Have:
Experience with Git, Bash
Experience creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes
Experience bringing other organizations on board with DevOps, championing the adoption of DevOps processes, tools, and roles, and working with other development teams to recast work
Experience working in an agile software development environment
Experience working with the DoW
The anticipated salary range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, the scope of the position, relevant experience, education, certifications, internal equity, customer contractual requirements, security clearance requirements, and other legitimate business considerations.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of DevOps jobs.
- 7 or more years of DevOps or platform engineering experience, including team leadership
- Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI
- Proficiency with container orchestration, particularly Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and partner with engineering and product leadership
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks relevant to cloud infrastructure, such as SOC 2 or FedRAMP
Tips for Your Head of DevOps Job Search
Quantify infrastructure scale on your resume
Hiring teams for head of devops roles want to see the size of what you owned. Name the number of engineers you led, the cloud spend you managed, and the deployment frequency your team shipped to, not just the tools you used.
Show your incident response leadership
Head of devops candidates who win offers can describe a real incident, what broke, how the team responded, and what process change followed. Document one strong example in your resume and prepare to walk through it in detail.
Target companies by their engineering stack
Filter job postings by the cloud provider or container platform the company runs on. If your deep experience is on AWS with Kubernetes, prioritize those openings over roles built on Azure or GCP to avoid an experience mismatch that stalls your candidacy.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of devops openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a build-versus-buy philosophy answer
Interviewers at the head of devops level almost always ask how you decide to build internal tooling versus adopting a vendor solution. Have a concrete example ready that covers your decision criteria, the stakeholders you consulted, and the outcome.
Negotiate scope not just compensation
When you receive an offer, clarify whether you own the full SDLC pipeline or only operations, what your budget authority is, and whether the role includes hiring headcount. Ambiguity on scope is the most common source of early exits at this level.
Head of DevOps Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of devopss?
The most active employers for head of devopss right now are PEOPLECERT, Lockheed Martin, and Amazon, and the most openings are in Texas, California, and Maryland, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated at growth-stage software companies and large enterprises modernizing legacy infrastructure.
How many head of devops jobs are remote?
About 84% of head of devops openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how broadly cloud-native work has normalized at leadership levels. Platform engineering, SRE leadership, and cloud architecture sub-areas tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible roles compared to on-prem-heavy infrastructure positions.
How do you become a head of devops?
Start by building deep hands-on experience as a DevOps or site reliability engineer, then move into a team lead or staff engineer role where you own a critical part of the pipeline. From there, take on hiring, budget ownership, and cross-functional roadmap work to demonstrate leadership readiness. Most heads of devops also hold at least one cloud certification and can point to a specific platform or toolchain transformation they led end to end.
Can you get a head of devops role without prior management experience?
It is difficult but possible if you can show staff-level technical influence and de facto leadership even without a direct reporting structure. Companies hiring their first dedicated head of devops sometimes promote a strong individual contributor who already owns the architecture and mentors the team. Document any examples of you driving hiring decisions, defining engineering standards, or leading cross-team initiatives to close the experience gap on paper.
What does the head of devops interview process look like?
The process typically runs four to six rounds and includes a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your leadership philosophy and org design experience, a technical deep dive on your infrastructure decisions and toolchain choices, and a cross-functional panel with engineering, product, and sometimes finance stakeholders. Many companies also include a take-home or live system design exercise at the director level, and a final executive conversation focused on strategic alignment and culture fit.
Where can I find and apply to head of devops jobs?
You can find and apply to head of devops jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and the type of company you want to work for, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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