Principal Cloud Platform Operations Director

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Herring Bank | Information Technology

Herring Bank is seeking a hands-on Principal Cloud Platform Operations Lead to oversee the bank’s cloud platform, Dev Ops, database, Linux, application operations, and deployment automation functions.

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.

This position will play a key role in modernizing infrastructure and application operations while maintaining the operational discipline required within a regulated financial institution.

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.

• Lead operational direction for cloud‑hosted platforms and deployment automation
• Build and govern CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments
• Establish Infrastructure‑as‑Code standards and deployment practices
• Support modernization efforts toward containerized and automated production environments
• Define deployment workflows, rollback procedures, monitoring standards, and operational support practices

• Lead modernization of Linux‑based and application‑hosting environments
• Support and improve containerized deployment practices
• Establish operational standards for runtime support, patching, monitoring, backups, and lifecycle management
• Balance modernization initiatives with production stability and business continuity

• Oversee production deployment pipelines for cloud, application, and mobile workloads
• Review infrastructure code, deployment changes, and automation prior to production release
• Ensure releases are properly tested, documented, approved, and supportable
• Review and approve change management requests while ensuring compliance with operational controls and audit requirements

• Provide leadership over database operations and Linux platform administration
• Ensure production systems are monitored, secured, patched, and maintained according to operational standards
• Improve application operations through enhanced monitoring, documentation, and deployment consistency
• Support legacy environments while driving practical modernization initiatives

• Improve observability, alerting, dashboards, and service health monitoring
• Participate directly in major incident response and root cause analysis
• Translate operational lessons learned into improved automation, procedures, and reliability standards
• Help define operational metrics surrounding deployment quality, vulnerability remediation, and platform stability

• Strong technical leadership with the ability to remain hands‑on in engineering and operational functions
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops, CI/CD, Linux administration, and application operations
• Experience operating in regulated or high‑control environments with strong governance expectations
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, auditors, vendors, and business stakeholders
• Strong troubleshooting, operational governance, and production support experience
• Ability to mentor technical teams while driving modernization and operational excellence

• 10+ years of progressive experience in cloud operations, Dev Ops, platform engineering, Linux administration, infrastructure engineering, or related technical roles
• 5+ years of experience leading technical teams or serving as a senior technical lead
• Strong hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure and production cloud operations
• Experience building and…