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GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Leads DevOps strategy, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD platforms, platform security, observability, disaster recovery, and infrastructure governance. Provides technical leadership for release readiness, defines delivery criteria, manages technical risks, supports Go/No-Go decisions, and oversees capacity planning, mentoring, and team development. Requires enterprise experience with cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, Windows infrastructure, Active Directory, release pipelines, and multi-team software delivery.
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Job Description SummaryThe DevOps Leader serves as the technical lead across the release framework, owning the engineering platform, infrastructure strategy, and delivery readiness posture. This role ensures that the CI/CD ecosystem, cloud infrastructure, and integration approach are secure, scalable, and capable of supporting multiple parallel software pipelines.
The DevOps Leader acts as the primary technical authority within the release governance structure — partnering with the Release Manager and Software Quality Lead to validate technical scope, define readiness criteria, and support Go/No-Go decisions with objective technical input.Job Description
Candidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.
The DevOps Leader acts as the primary technical authority within the release governance structure — partnering with the Release Manager and Software Quality Lead to validate technical scope, define readiness criteria, and support Go/No-Go decisions with objective technical input.Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Platform & Infrastructure Leadership
- Define and own the DevOps strategy, infrastructure roadmap, and cloud strategy
- Manage cloud infrastructure operations, platform security, and governance
- Drive monitoring, observability, and disaster recovery capabilities
- Lead tool selection and manage budget and licensing for DevOps platforms
- Release Framework Technical Governance
- Act as the technical lead across the release team
- Collaborate with the Release Manager and Software Quality Lead to validate technical scope and readiness
- Ensure a clear Definition of Done is established and maintained across all delivery activities
- Define technical readiness criteria prior to any release commitment
- Align build, integration, automation, and deployment readiness across contributing teams
- Identify technical delivery risks and drive active mitigation actions
- Provide formal technical readiness input into release Go/No-Go decisions
- Team & Capacity Management
- Lead and develop the DevOps function
- Own capacity planning across the engineering platform
- Support team growth, technical mentoring, and competency development
What This Role Is NOT Responsible For
To ensure clear accountability boundaries within the framework:
- Sole ownership of release planning
- Commercial ownership of scope or customer commitments
- Customer deployment execution (owned by Deployment Engineer Support)
- Detailed code review ownership (owned by Software Quality Lead)
- Hands-on test execution (owned by QAA Tester / Test Manager)
Required Skills & Experience:
- Technical Expertise
- Proven experience managing enterprise CI/CD platforms (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure management (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
- Solid understanding of platform security, monitoring, and observability practices
- Relevant hands-on foundation in software development
- Relevant experience in software packaging, artifact management, and release pipeline architecture
- Infrastructure expertise, including:
- Domain Controller setup, configuration, and management (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP)
- Group Policy Object (GPO) design and enforcement
- Active Directory user, group, and organizational unit (OU) administration
- Windows Server environment management in enterprise-scale deployments
- Leadership & Governance
- Demonstrated ability to lead a DevOps or platform engineering function
- Experience defining DevOps strategy and translating it into operational execution
- Track record of technical risk identification and mitigation in complex delivery programs
- Ability to participate in and contribute to formal release governance processes
- Collaboration & Communication
- Strong cross-functional communication skills — able to engage with Release Managers, Quality Leads, Test Managers, and engineering teams
- Capable of translating technical status and risk into clear inputs for business decision-making
- Experience working in multi-team, multi-pipeline delivery environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, Kubernetes, DevOps Institute certifications)
- Experience in regulated or complex industrial software environments (e.g., energy, utilities, or grid management systems)
- Previous involvement in upgrade-heavy software programs with parallel development tracks
- Hands-on experience with Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline configuration, management, and optimization
- Proficiency with GitHub and/or GitLab for source control, branching strategy governance, and collaborative development workflows
- Experience with SCCM (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) for software deployment, patch management, and endpoint configuration in enterprise environments
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Candidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.
Skills Required
- Proven experience managing enterprise CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
- Strong experience managing cloud infrastructure using Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
- Understanding of platform security, monitoring, and observability practices
- Hands-on foundation in software development
- Experience with software packaging, artifact management, and release pipeline architecture
- Domain Controller setup, configuration, and management, including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP
- Group Policy Object design and enforcement experience
- Active Directory user, group, and organizational unit administration experience
- Windows Server environment management in enterprise-scale deployments
- Experience leading a DevOps or platform engineering function
- Experience defining DevOps strategy and translating it into operational execution
- Track record of identifying and mitigating technical risks in complex delivery programs
- Ability to participate in formal release governance processes
- Strong cross-functional communication skills
- Ability to communicate technical status and risk for business decision-making
- Experience working in multi-team, multi-pipeline delivery environments
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Relevant certifications such as AWS or Azure Solutions Architect, Kubernetes, or DevOps Institute certifications
- Experience in regulated or complex industrial software environments
- Experience with upgrade-heavy software programs with parallel development tracks
- Hands-on Jenkins experience for CI/CD pipeline configuration, management, and optimization
- Proficiency with GitHub or GitLab for source control and branching strategy governance
- Experience with SCCM for software deployment, patch management, and endpoint configuration
GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.
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The Company
What We Do
GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.
Why Work With Us
Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.
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