Director Devops Engineer Remote Jobs in Atlanta, GA

SENIOR DIRECTOR - DEVOPS | REMOTE | US

Travel obsessed? Big tech fan? Hey, you're in good company. If you want to be part of the industry that makes the world go round, then look no further. 

Travelport is the brains behind lots of your travel bookings- plane, car or hotel. Our technology is used to book that magical holiday, infamous long-awaited bucket list trip or that overdue school reunion. While we can't solve mosquito bites or lost luggage, we can simplify a lot of the technical parts of travel, and we're looking for the best thinkers to help us do it.

We're hiring right now for a Senior Director! Search for #Travelport on LinkedIn and hear from our amazing team.

How you'll make an impact:

The Senior Director of Software Engineering is responsible for leading the strategy, development, and adoption of engineering platforms, tools, and delivery capabilities that enable high-performing software teams across the organization. This leader will drive engineering excellence, modern software delivery practices, and platform standardization while partnering closely with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering leadership.

Your role in action:

• Define and execute the long-term vision for platform engineering, developer experience, engineering productivity, and software delivery excellence.
• Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for internal developer platforms, automation, tooling, and delivery enablement.
• Establish engineering standards, governance frameworks, and best practices that improve scalability, reliability, security, and delivery velocity.
• Partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to align engineering investments with strategic priorities and measurable business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Lead the development of internal platforms and engineering capabilities that streamline software development, testing, deployment, and operational support.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, and platform engineering.
• Create reusable patterns and solutions that accelerate development while reducing complexity and operational risk.
• Establish scalable standards for release management, observability, testing automation, deployment practices, and service reliability.
• Champion developer productivity by improving tooling, workflows, and overall engineering experience.
• Act as a catalyst for engineering modernization initiatives across multiple technology organizations.
• Identify systemic delivery challenges, organizational bottlenecks, and process inefficiencies, implementing scalable solutions that improve outcomes.
• Influence engineering leaders and teams in adopting new technologies, frameworks, and delivery models.
• Build trusted partnerships across Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering functions.
• Lead strategic transformation programs focused on engineering maturity, resilience, and operational effectiveness.
• Provide executive-level guidance on software delivery architecture, cloud-native platforms, developer tooling, and automation strategies.
• Partner with technology leaders to improve application performance, scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Establish best practices for observability, monitoring, deployment automation, integration testing, and cloud optimization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously advance organizational capabilities.
• Ensure platform and engineering solutions align with enterprise architecture and security standards.

Could this be you? 

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 7+ years leading managers and multiple engineering teams.
• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and developer experience programs.
• Proven experience leading large-scale engineering transformation initiatives and driving organizational change.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing software engineering organizations.
• Strong experience with modern cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and platform engineering practices.
• Experience developing enterprise software solutions using Java and Spring Boot frameworks.
• Experience with deployment automation technologies such as Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, GitOps platforms, or equivalent tooling.
• Deep understanding of software development lifecycle management, testing strategies, observability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Experience managing engineering roadmaps, budgets, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and engineering performance metrics.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams.
• Experience implementing cloud cost governance and FinOps practices.

Discover why our teams love working here: 

Where do we start!

Offer:  250k

Our benefits package includes:

We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary life options, a competitive 401(k) match, as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy, hybrid working model, as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off.  We also offer a New Child leave policy, where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off, and the non-birthing parent receives 8. 

Your journey at Travelport starts here- apply now!

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.