Head of DevOps

Department: Engineering

Location: Bay Area

Employment Type: FullTime

Job Title: Head of DevOps

Location: Mountain View, CA - Hybrid 2 days/week in office

About WitnessAI:

WitnessAI is the unified AI security and governance platform enterprises trust to govern and protect all AI activity. We provide complete, network-level visibility into every interaction including employees and autonomous agents, even in native apps where legacy tools are blind.

Unlike security that relies on outdated keywords, our platform understands intent, enabling intelligent policies that stop novel threats like prompt injection while empowering productivity. WitnessAI transforms security from a bottleneck into the enabler of your AI strategy as the confidence layer for enterprise AI.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of DevOps to lead our operations teams at WitnessAI. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for driving continuous improvement in development and operations processes. This role involves both managing a team and being actively involved in both architectural and hands-on technical work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership and Development:

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of DevOps / SecOps / MLOps engineers / IT Engineer.

  • Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment

• Technical Expertise:

  • Design and be part of implementing multi cloud highly scalable enterprise microservice infrastructure

  • Oversee the automation of infrastructure deployment and management

  • Ensure the reliability and performance of enterprise production environments

  • Deploy development services and integrate with enterprise security infrastructure

  • Help insure successful customer deployments

  • Strong knowledge of cloud and enterprise networking architecture

  • Compliance background - experienced with SOC2

  • Enable developer productivity

• Infrastructure Management:

  • Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

  • Manage operational cost model

  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

  • Ensure security and compliance standards are met across all systems, with a focus on AI security solutions

• Project Management:

  • Effective planning, coordination, and execution of DevOps sprints and initiatives

  • Work closely with stakeholders to align DevOps goals with business objectives

Qualifications:

• Technical Skills:

  • Proficiency in scripting languages / shell

  • Coding helpful / solid debugging skills essential

  • Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker) in cloud environments

  • Familiarity with observability patterns, monitoring and logging tools

• Soft Skills:

  • Excellent leadership and team management skills.

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits:

• Hybrid work environment

• Competitive salary and equity

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) plan

• Opportunities for professional development and growth

• Generous vacation policy.

Salary range:

$257,000 - $325,000 (The exact salary will be determined based on the selected candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and relevant skills.)