[Hiring] Associate Director, Product Solutions and Development Operations @Redfish Recruiting

Role Description

We are seeking an Associate Director to join the Foundation in its mission of benefitting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. The Associate Director of Product Solutions and Development Operations will:

• Lead and evolve the Foundation's DevOps and Solutions Architecture strategy, aligning it with organizational goals.
• Design and sustain high-performing, secure cloud-native infrastructure using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Champion DevOps best practices—including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and systems automation—to improve system resilience and deployment efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging tools and technologies to keep our tech stack at the forefront of innovation.
• Mentor and grow a collaborative, agile team of DevOps engineers and solutions architects.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure systems meet technical, compliance, and product excellence standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant BA/BS, equivalent work experience, or a combination of both.
• Minimum of five years of related work experience in software engineering with at least two years in a solution or system architecture role.
• Proven experience supporting and scaling distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native applications.
• Strong understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL), API design, and integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, messaging, etc).
• Familiar with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Working knowledge across tech stacks—frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-based orchestration, and serverless systems.
• Experience with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines for streamlined development and deployment.
• Proficient in using a wide range of technology platforms, including Zoom, Microsoft Office, Teams, Outlook, Salesforce, and Google Workspace.

Benefits

• We're recruiting for mission-driven, passionate, equity-minded individuals with a strong desire to impact and change people's lives for the better.
• Our work holds great weight and responsibility, and the opportunity to impact the lives of millions.
• Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals.
• FoundationCCC blends the impact of a non-profit, the culture of an entrepreneurial start-up, and the scale of a state agency.
• Team members are hired for their expertise in niche areas across our areas of impact and higher education overall, and for their knowledge of business, philanthropy, technology, communications, and more.
• We have a commitment to professional development and an emphasis on shared leadership, to ensure growth for employees and the organization overall.