DevOps Technical Team Lead, VP

Job summary

You will lead the design and delivery of CI/CD platforms while guiding a development team to ensure scalable and secure deployment automation. Additionally, you will collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and maintain high standards for platform reliability and security.

Job details

About the Role We are seeking a Technical Team Lead to own the technical direction and delivery of our Client CI/CD platform. The platform enables customers to build, validate, and deploy CRIMS customizations to their dedicated SaaS-hosted environments. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, guiding a small development team while collaborating with clients, product owners, security teams, and stakeholders. Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines and platform capabilities. Define scalable, reliable, and secure automation for building and deploying client customizations. Develop infrastructure and deployment automation using Azure DevOps, Terraform and Ansible. Use LLM-based tools for automating reviewing proposed changes, identifying potential risks, and troubleshooting issues. Establish and maintain DevSecOps practices, including static and dynamic security testing, dependency and vulnerability scanning, CVE remediation workflows, penetration testing coordination, and secure release processes. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues involving pipelines, infrastructure, deployments, and customer environments. Lead technical estimation, prioritization, architecture decisions, and delivery planning. Work directly with clients and stakeholders to refine requirements and define practical solutions. Lead and mentor a small development team. Create and maintain clear technical documentation, architecture documentation, operational procedures, and support runbooks. Improve platform reliability, security, observability, performance, and developer experience. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Minimum 5 years of experience leading or coordinating a software engineering or DevOps team. Minimum 5 years of experience working in a DevOps engineering or platform role. Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, CircleCI, or other major CI/CD systems. Practical experience with Terraform, Ansible, and Docker. At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Python, Java, and SQL. Proficiency using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or other agentic development tools and harnesses to improve engineering efficiency. Understanding of secure DevSecOps principles, SDLC practices, vulnerability management, CVE workflows, penetration testing, and security scanning. Experience troubleshooting production systems and resolving complex technical issues. Experience with a major public cloud provider; Azure experience is preferred. Strong communication, documentation, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills. Ability to translate client requirements into technical designs, estimates, and prioritized delivery plans. Desirable Qualifications Familiarity with Liquibase and database change-management practices. Experience with .NET and C#. Experience building platforms for SaaS products or dedicated customer environments. Familiarity with cloud networking, identity and access management, monitoring, and secrets management. Experience implementing automated compliance, security gates, and release controls in CI/CD pipelines. Relevant Azure, DevOps, cloud, or security certifications. About State Street Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law. Discover more information on jobs at StateStreet.com/careers Read our CEO Statement

What you’ll do

You will lead the design and delivery of CI/CD platforms while guiding a development team to ensure scalable and secure deployment automation. Additionally, you will collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and maintain high standards for platform reliability and security.

Requirements

Candidates must possess at least 5 years of experience in DevOps engineering and team leadership, along with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, and programming languages like Python and Java is required.

Benefits

• Inclusive development opportunities
• Flexible work-life support
• Paid volunteer days
• Employee networks

Listed skills

• Terraform · Preferred
• Python · Preferred
• Java · Preferred
• SQL · Preferred
• CI/CD · Preferred
• Docker · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Azure DevOps
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Python
• Java
• SQL
• CI/CD
• DevSecOps
• Docker
• GitHub Actions
• Cloud Architecture
• Vulnerability Management
• Technical Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Automation
• System Troubleshooting
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Life Support
• Change Management
• Technical Documentation
• Communication
• Planning
• Management
• Java (Programming Language)
• Coordinating
• Software As A Service (SaaS)
• Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
• Reliability
• Workflow Management
• Prioritization
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Team Leadership
• DevOps
• Information Technology
• .NET Framework
• Python (Programming Language)
• Software Engineering
• Security Testing
• Penetration Testing
• Microsoft Azure
• Observability
• Scalability
• Computer Science
• Docker (Software)
• Teamcity
• Programming Tools
• Institutional Investing
• Systems Development Life Cycle
• C# (Programming Language)
• Claude Code

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Management & Leadership
• Engineering
• Security & Safety
• DevOps Team Lead
• Vice President (General)
• Managing Directors and Chief Executives
• General and Operations Managers

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