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The Director is a senior-level technology professional that is responsible for leading teams and individuals across IT DevOps infrastructure and influencing the partner alignment to the organization DevOps IT platforms.  The candidate should have DevOps platform and application infrastructure integration oversight and delivery.  Candidate should have software/application support experience, knowledge of software and hardware integration an understanding of enterprise architecture, people leadership background and strong written and verbal communication skills.

The position will require a candidate to be responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals and influencing alignment among multiple teams as both a people and technical leader.  The position will be responsible for guiding employees and contractors directly, supervising larger groups of diverse skills.  The position will require providing guidance to direct reports, prioritizing work among the team, influencing others to achieve department goals, enablement and accountability for production delivery and direct communication with Senior Management. 

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Duties: 

Lead a team of technical employees and contractors, providing technical leadership for developing and maintaining systems and applications

Provide technical direction and guidance to team through full infra-platform lifecycle, not just on a project level but also with a vision for the future direction of the Department

Help develop, maintain and execute a multi-year enterprise-wide cloud native platform roadmap.  This includes Kubernetes, virtualized machines and application CI/CD workflows and lifecycles.  

Work with business analysts, developers and domain experts to transform application requirements and business rules into sustainable platform for software applications and or microservices

Support other operations and development teams by providing advanced technical analysis, troubleshooting and triage as needed

Work with management around project milestones and across functions with peers in other groups to ensure collaboration for shared goals

Leads special programs and projects:  Provides overall leadership (program and platform leadership) for all ED&O initiatives at Cox Communications and other technology projects and platforms as assigned.

Working with senior management, and other peers, for strategy development and execution planning

Providing clear individual goals and performing peer reviews for the entire functional area

Communicating financial and goal results and key performance indicators to direct reports

Manage IT OPS integrations budgets, SOWs and project financials  

Guiding the talent identification and development processes for the team

Providing guidance to direct reports and contractors

Leading one-on-one meetings with employees, guiding them through their career path and goals

Performing semi-annual employee reviews and performance evaluations

Introduce, deliver, and manage reporting, and continuous improvement methods to ensure platform stability, efficiency, health, performance and resiliency.    

Qualifications:

Minimal Qualifications: 

5+ years of experience working as a team lead or a manager responsible for providing technical and/or people leadership

Ability to collaborate in a very fast paced environment

Previous experience in providing technical direction to team of developers and production support

Previous experience building large volume, mission critical enterprise applications

Excellent communication skills, possessing the ability to communicate to technical developers, QA and Operations support engineers and technical and nontechnical management

Organization skills to track roles and responsibilities and report on individual and team status

Ability to prioritize and manage work to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment

Experience working in all aspects of application platform integration and end-to-end testing 

Strategic skills for roadmaps and vision for platform operations as it affects internal / external clients and partners

  Preferred Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Previous experience in telecommunications field

Who We Are

About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through broadband applications and services. The largest private telecom company in America, we proudly serve six million homes and businesses across 18 states. We're dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that makes each one unique.

About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com. 

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.  

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