Velsera
life sciences
Director,DevOpsandCloudPlatforms
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“Director, DevOps and Cloud Platforms at Velsera. Skills: DevOps, Cloud Platforms, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, SRE, Team Leadership, Regulated Environments. Own the reliability, scalability, and operational maturity of Velsera’s cloud platforms and delivery pipelines. Build and run a global DevOps / Cloud Engineering team”
What You'll Achieve.
Reduce tickets via self-service, automation, and clear patterns; Enable teams to ship safely and predictably with clinical reliability, data integrity, security, and compliance as non-negotiables; Reduce operational risk; Ensure high-quality observability and actionable dashboards; Continuous improvement to reduce MTTR, change failure rate, and alert fatigue
Industry & Context.
Reduce MTTR, change failure rate, and alert fatigue (including selective automation)
On-call lead coordinated incident response
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years in DevOps/SRE/Cloud/Platform Ops, 5+ years leading teams (including managers), Ownership of production cloud platforms on AWS and at least one of Azure or GCP (networking, IAM, multi-account/subscription, cost management), Experience managing FinOps and running effective cost optimization initiatives in complex cloud environments, Experience designing and operating CI/CD at scale with standardized templates, quality gates, and security/QA integration, Track record running 24x7 SaaS with SLOs, on-call, incident management, and continuous improvement, Experience operating in regulated/governed environments (e.g., HIPAA, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 13485, FedRAMP-adjacent), Ability to build and scale global teams across regions, Excellent communication skills with engineering, product, quality, security, and executive stakeholders
Nice to Have
Experience in life sciences/healthcare SaaS (bonus: HPC, workflow engines, or genomics pipelines), Experience standardizing DevOps across a multi-product, multi-cloud portfolio, Familiarity with platform/compliance validation (e.g., CSV) and supporting QMS artifacts and audits, Exposure to AIOps/LLM-assisted operations and/or internal platform (DevEx) programs, Experience working within an Integrated Management System (quality/security/privacy governance)
What You'll Do.
and operational maturity of Velsera’s cloud platforms and delivery pipelines
Build and run a global DevOps / Cloud Engineering team
Standardize and harden DevOps and cloud practices
Reduce operational risk
Enable teams to ship safely and predictably with clinical reliability
Own the DevOps/cloud platform lifecycle: IaC
environment provisioning
and day-2 operations across AWS/Azure/GCP
Define and communicate a multi-year vision for DevOps/cloud platform
Operate as an internal platform focused on developer experience
Own shared cloud foundations: network design
backup/DR across AWS/Azure/GCP
Standardize Infrastructure as Code and environment blueprints
Ensure tenant isolation and data boundary enforcement
Serve as the primary infrastructure stakeholder on the Architecture Review Board
Set CI/CD standards and reusable templates
Embed release governance for regulated products
Partner with Quality/Regulatory to ensure DHF
and audit trails are supported by DevOps tooling
Ensure high-quality observability (logs/metrics/traces) and actionable dashboards
and on-call lead coordinated incident response
Run blameless post-incident reviews and continuous improvement
Align DevOps/cloud practices to Velsera’s QMS and applicable regulations
Define and enforce cloud/data boundaries
Drive automation-first patterns
Partner with AI Platform/DevEx to apply AI-assisted operations
Own the DevOps toolchain strategy
Lead and develop a global team of cloud engineers
and build succession for the team
Establish governance and decision rights across Engineering
Advise leaders with clear options and trade-offs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Quality/Regulatory; Partner with Security; Partner with AI Platform/DevEx; Establish governance and decision rights across Engineering, Product, Security, and Quality; Communicate with engineering, product, quality, security, and executive stakeholders
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills with engineering, product, quality, security, and executive stakeholders; Advise leaders with clear options and trade-offs
Process & Methodology
Release governance, Change management, Capacity planning, Release readiness review, Risk review
Full Job Description
**About Velsera** Medicine moves too slow. At Velsera, we are changing that. Velsera was formed in 2023 through the shared vision of Seven Bridges and Pierian, with a mission to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing insights. Velsera provides software and professional services for: * AI-powered multimodal data harmonization and analytics for drug discovery and development * IVD development, validation, and regulatory approval * Clinical NGS interpretation, reporting, and adoption With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our teams located in different countries! **Role Overview** The Director, DevOps & Cloud Platforms owns the reliability, scalability, and operational maturity of Velsera’s cloud platforms and delivery pipelines supporting SBP, CGW, and FastFinder. Reporting to the CTO, this leader builds and runs a global DevOps / Cloud Engineering team responsible for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, environment management, and shared platform operations in regulated contexts (e.g., HIPAA, GxP, FedRAMP, 21 CFR Part 11). You will standardize and harden DevOps and cloud practices, reduce operational risk, and enable teams to ship safely and predictably with clinical reliability, data integrity, security, and compliance as non‑negotiables. **What will you do?** **DevOps & Cloud Platform Strategy** * Own the DevOps/cloud platform lifecycle: IaC (CloudFormation and Terraform), environment provisioning, CI/CD, and day‑2 operations across AWS/Azure/GCP. * Define and communicate a multi‑year vision aligned to product/platform needs, including standards for networking, identity management, and observability. * Operate as an internal platform focused on developer experience—reduce tickets via self‑service, automation, and clear patterns. **Cloud Infrastructure & Environment Management** * Own shared cloud foundations: network design, IAM, security boundaries, secrets, backup/DR across AWS/Azure/GCP. * Standardize Infrastruct
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