EI
DevOps Engineer
Expert In Recruitment Solutions
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Manager or above
1 day ago
- Devops
- Change Management
- Agile
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Unix
- Linux
- Compute Engine
- OpenStack
- CI/CD
- Docker
- Prosci
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Atlassian
- Jira
- Confluence
1 day ago
Please review the updated requirements and share qualified candidates accordingly. Also, please check with the candidates who have already been submitted to confirm whether they still meet the updated requirements and are interested in the opportunity.
Preferred: Change Management Certification, Agile and Technology Transformation, IT Modernization
BACKGROUND
The DevOps Engineer (specifically Organization Change Management (OCM) Specialist) is responsible for leading change management activities supporting the Business and Technology Modernization program. This role will develop and execute change strategies to ensure successful adoption of Agile practices, mindsets, and behaviors across the organization. The OCM Specialist shall work closely with the Agile Program Manager, Agile Coaches, leadership, and impacted teams to assess change readiness, identify resistance, engage stakeholders, and implement communication and training strategies that drive sustainable organizational change. The OCM Specialist brings proven OCM methodologies and has experience in technology or Agile transformations.
REQUIREMENTS
Senior Level Personnel Baseline Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- At least 4 years of experience in DevOps Engineering.
- At least 2 years of experience with Cloud Native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
- At least 2 years of Unix or Linux system administration experience.
- Experience serving as the engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment.
- Deploying and configuring services using infrastructure as a service provider (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine, RackSpace/OpenStack).
- Configuring and managing Linux-based servers.
- Debugging cluster-based computing architectures.
- Installation and management of open-source monitoring tools.
- Architecture for continuous integration and deployment, and continuous monitoring.
- Containerization technologies (e.g., LXC, Docker, Rocket).
- At least five (5) years of experience in organizational change management, preferably supporting technology transformations or Agile/digital transformations.
- Change management certification (e.g., Prosci Change Management Practitioner, CCMP, or similar) strongly preferred.
- Understanding of Agile principles, values, and frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban) and the cultural shifts required for successful adoption strongly preferred.
- Experience conducting change impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, and readiness assessments.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute change management plans including strategy, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and resistance management.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with ability to craft compelling messages and materials for diverse audiences.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to build relationships and credibility at all organizational levels.
- Government or highly regulated industry experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration / Management, Information Systems, Sociology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Preferred: Familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence.
- Preferred: Federal government experience.
- Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategy including impact assessments, readiness assessments, stakeholder engagement plans, and adoption roadmap aligned with Agile transformation milestones.
- Design and implement communication and training strategies to build awareness, understanding, and capability across all stakeholder groups (executives, managers, teams, and support functions).
- Identify and manage resistance by proactively addressing barriers, concerns, and objections through targeted interventions, coaching support, and reinforcement mechanisms.
- Measure and report on change effectiveness using adoption metrics, readiness scores, and feedback to track progress and adjust strategies.
- Partner with Agile Program Manager, Agile Coaches, and other change leaders to support organizational culture transformation from traditional to Agile mindsets, emphasizing collaboration, transparency, continuous improvement, and customer focus
DevOps Engineer · Expert In Recruitment Solutions