Director, Engineering

The Director, Engineering will lead our Dev Sec Ops  practice and drive the design, delivery, and security of our software platforms. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity. They will lead a team of engineers, set technical direction, and partner closely with product, platform, and security teams to ensure our systems are scalable, resilient, and secure by default.

They will drive project execution and ensure alignment with business and technical objectives.

At Global Partners, business starts with people. Since 1933, we’ve believed in taking care of our customers, our guests, our communities, and each other—and that belief continues to guide us.

The Global Spirit is the cornerstone of our commitment to success. As a Fortune 500 company with 90+ years of experience, we’re proud to fuel communities—responsibly and sustainably. We show up every day with grit, passion, and purpose—anticipating needs, building lasting relationships, and creating shared value.

• Serve as a hands‑on technical leader, actively participating in architecture design, code reviews, and complex problem resolution
• Lead the design and development of secure, scalable, and highly available software systems
• Establish engineering standards and best practices for Dev Sec Ops , including coding standards, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, testing strategies (e.g. unit, integration, performance) and observability
• Drive adoption of cloud-native and modern software development patterns

• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and secure software delivery
• Lead infrastructure as code efforts using tools such as Terraform and Cloud Formation
• Improve system reliability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE practices
• Champion automation to reduce manual processes and operational risk

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing team of software development engineers
• Plan and execute roadmaps, balancing feature delivery, platform improvements, and security initiatives
• Promote agile development practices and continuous improvement
• Act as a technical escalation point/decision-maker for complex engineering challenges

• Assess the current application integration landscape and define a target‑state architecture (e.g., API‑first, microservices, middleware platforms)
• Own and oversee the redesign and modernization of legacy integrations to improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to prioritize and execute integration initiatives aligned to enterprise goals.

• Work closely with product management to translate business requirements into secure technical solutions
• Collaborate with cloud, data, security, compliance, and operations teams
• Communicate technical decisions and risks clearly to engineering and non‑technical stakeholders
• Embed security controls and automation throughout the SDLC (secure coding, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, secrets management)
• Ensure standards are practical, scalable and consistently applied across teams

• Experience leading Dev Sec Ops  or platform engineering teams with 3+ years in a technical leadership role
• Strong proficiency in one or more development languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Node.js)
• Hands‑on experience with Dev Sec Ops  practices and tools (e.g. version control – Git, Agile/Scrum, Jira, etc..)
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and distributed systems
• Experience designing and securing APIs, microservices, and cloud infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of cloud security concepts (IAM, network security, secrets management)
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with security frameworks and standards (NIST, CIS, OWASP)
• Experience supporting audits or compliance initiatives
• Excellent leadership, written, communication and interpersonal skills

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