Job Description

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<div><strong>Benefits:</strong></div>
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<li>401(k)</li>
<li>401(k) matching</li>
<li>Dental insurance</li>
<li>Health insurance</li>
<li>Paid time off</li>
<li>Vision insurance</li>
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<h1>Principal Cloud Platform Operations Lead</h1><div>Herring Bank | Information Technology<br><br>
</div><div>About the Role<br><br>
</div><div>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.<br><br>
</div><div>This is a senior-level player/coach role requiring both technical leadership and hands-on operational expertise. The ideal candidate will lead engineers, establish technical direction, review deployment strategies, approve production changes, and actively participate in troubleshooting and operational governance.<br><br>
</div><div>This position will play a key role in modernizing infrastructure and application operations while maintaining the operational discipline required within a regulated financial institution.<br><br>
</div><div>Texas-based candidates are preferred. Hybrid or remote work may be considered for exceptional candidates; however, regular travel to Amarillo and other Herring Bank locations is required. An in-person interview will be required prior to any offer being extended.<br><br>
</div><div>What You’ll Do<br><br>
</div><div>Cloud Platform & DevOps Leadership<br><br>
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<li>Lead operational direction for cloud-hosted platforms and deployment automation</li>
<li>Build and govern CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments</li>
<li>Establish Infrastructure-as-Code standards and deployment practices</li>
<li>Support modernization efforts toward containerized and automated production environments</li>
<li>Define deployment workflows, rollback procedures, monitoring standards, and operational support practices</li>
</ul><div>Platform Modernization & Operations<br><br>
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<li>Lead modernization of Linux-based and application-hosting environments</li>
<li>Support and improve containerized deployment practices</li>
<li>Establish operational standards for runtime support, patching, monitoring, backups, and lifecycle management</li>
<li>Balance modernization initiatives with production stability and business continuity</li>
</ul><div>Release Engineering & Change Governance<br><br>
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<li>Oversee production deployment pipelines for cloud, application, and mobile workloads</li>
<li>Review infrastructure code, deployment changes, and automation prior to production release</li>
<li>Ensure releases are properly tested, documented, approved, and supportable</li>
<li>Review and approve change management requests while ensuring compliance with operational controls and audit requirements</li>
</ul><div>Database, Linux & Application Support<br><br>
</div><ul>
<li>Provide leadership over database operations and Linux platform administration</li>
<li>Ensure production systems are monitored, secured, patched, and maintained according to operational standards</li>
<li>Improve application operations through enhanced monitoring, documentation, and deployment consistency</li>
<li>Support legacy environments while driving practical modernization initiatives</li>
</ul><div>Monitoring, Reliability & Incident Response<br><br>
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<li>Improve observability, alerting, dashboards, and service health monitoring</li>
<li>Participate directly in major incident response and root cause analysis</li>
<li>Translate operational lessons learned into improved automation, procedures, and reliability standards</li>
<li>Help define operational metrics surrounding deployment quality, vulnerability remediation, and platform stability</li>
</ul><div>What You’ll Bring<br><br>
</div><ul>
<li>Strong technical leadership with the ability to remain hands-on in engineering and operational functions</li>
<li>Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD, Linux administration, and application operations</li>
<li>Experience operating in regulated or high-control environments with strong governance expectations</li>
<li>Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, auditors, vendors, and business stakeholders</li>
<li>Strong troubleshooting, operational governance, and production support experience</li>
<li>Ability to mentor technical teams while driving modernization and operational excellence</li>
</ul><div>Qualifications<br><br>
</div><div>Required Qualifications<br><br>
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<li>10+ years of progressive experience in cloud operations, DevOps, platform engineering, Linux administration, infrastructure engineering, or related technical roles</li>
<li>5+ years of experience leading technical teams or serving as a senior technical lead</li>
<li>Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and production cloud operations</li>
<li>Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines</li>
<li>Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or similar platforms</li>
<li>Strong Linux administration experience</li>
<li>Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, or similar platforms</li>
<li>Experience supporting relational database platforms and production application environments</li>
<li>Experience reviewing production deployments, infrastructure code, and operational changes</li>
<li>Understanding of change management, operational controls, audit expectations, and risk management</li>
<li>Strong written and verbal communication skills</li>
</ul><div>Preferred Qualifications<br><br>
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<li>Experience within banking, financial services, healthcare, insurance, or other regulated industries</li>
<li>Experience with AWS or similar enterprise cloud platforms</li>
<li>Experience with mobile application deployment pipelines</li>
<li>Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar tooling</li>
<li>Experience with Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, OpenShift, or similar orchestration platforms</li>
<li>Experience with secrets management, artifact repositories, image scanning, and software supply chain controls</li>
<li>Experience modernizing legacy Linux-hosted applications</li>
<li>Relevant cloud, Linux, DevOps, or infrastructure certifications are a plus</li>
</ul><div>Location & Travel<br><br>
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<li>Texas-based candidates preferred</li>
<li>Hybrid/remote may be considered for exceptional candidates</li>
<li>Regular travel to Amarillo and other Herring Bank locations required</li>
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<p>Flexible work from home options available.</p>