{"id":1279873,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bright-vision-technologies-chief-architect-devops-observability-bright-vision-technologies","title":"Chief Architect – DevOps & Observability - Bright Vision Technologies","company":{"id":452187,"name":"Bright Vision Technologies","domain":"brightvisiontechnologies.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bright-vision-technologies-2","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"staffing","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"JazzHR","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"inferred","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":118000,"max_usd":255000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":83},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AIOps","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"GitOps","optional":false},{"name":"Incident Management","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"SLI/SLO/SLA","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-26T02:32:48Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T07:53:33Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":17,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":17},"description":"Chief Architect - DevOps & Observability - Onsite\nBright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations.\nWe leverage cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a skilled to join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of transforming business processes through technology.\nThis is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.\nJob Title: Chief Architect - DevOps & Observability\nJob Location: Columbus, OH\nOnsite/Hybrid: Onsite\nJob Description:\nProject Overview:\nThe role of an Architect in the Delivery department focuses on designing and implementing robust solutions leveraging DevOps, DevSecOps, and CI/CD practices. This position supports critical initiatives to streamline delivery processes and establish secure, efficient, and automated deployment pipelines.\nJob Summary\nWe are seeking a highly experienced Chief Architect - DevOps & Observability to define, govern, and drive the adoption of enterprise-wide DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and Observability standards across technology stacks and application environments.\nThis role will be responsible for establishing enterprise Gold Standards, reference architectures, technology patterns, and engineering practices for DevOps and Observability. The architect will evaluate emerging technologies and tools, conduct Proofs of Value (POVs), define technology recommendations, and lead the implementation of approved standards across applications and infrastructure.\nThe ideal candidate combines enterprise architecture, hands-on technical depth, technology evaluation, DevSecOps, cloud-native engineering, observability, and transformation leadership. The individual must be capable of moving from strategy and architecture through POV, standardization, implementation, and enterprise adoption.\nCore Areas of Ownership\nThe Chief Architect will have end-to-end ownership across four key areas:\nDevSecOps & DevOps Gold Standards\nTechnology Stack Standards & Tool Evaluation\nObservability Gold Standards\nEnterprise Implementation & Adoption\n Key Responsibilities1. DevOps & DevSecOps Gold Standards\nDefine and own enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps Gold Standards across application development and infrastructure engineering.\nEstablish standardized practices for:\nSource code management\nCI/CD\nInfrastructure as Code\nSecurity integration\nAutomated testing\nArtifact management\nContainerization\nKubernetes\nGitOps\nRelease management\nEnvironment management\nDefine reference architectures, technology patterns, reusable components, and Golden Paths for development and deployment.\nEstablish standardized CI/CD pipeline architectures and reusable pipeline templates.\nDefine enterprise standards for integrating security into the software delivery lifecycle.\nEstablish standards for SAST, DAST, SCA, container security, IaC security, secrets management, and policy enforcement.\nDefine DevSecOps standards for cloud-native, containerized, VM-based, and legacy applications.\nEnsure standards are aligned with enterprise security, architecture, compliance, and cloud strategies.\nContinuously evolve Gold Standards based on technology trends, business requirements, and lessons learned from implementations.\n2. Technology Stack Evaluation & Proof of ValueOwn the evaluation and technical assessment of DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and Observability technologies.\nIdentify emerging technologies and assess their applicability to the enterprise technology landscape.\nDevelop evaluation frameworks and technical scorecards for comparing tools and platforms.\nLead Proofs of Concept / Proofs of Value (POCs/POVs) for new technologies.\nDefine technical requirements, use cases, success criteria, architecture, and evaluation methodology for POVs.\nConduct hands-on technical evaluations and demonstrate capabilities to technology leadership and customers.\nProvide architecture recommendations and Build vs. Buy vs. Partner assessments.\nEvaluate integration capabilities across existing enterprise platforms and technology ecosystems.\nDevelop recommendations for technology standardization and rationalization.\nMaintain a DevOps & Observability technology reference architecture and approved technology catalog.\n3. Observability Gold StandardsDefine and own enterprise Observability Gold Standards for applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, and distributed systems.\nEstablish standards for:\nMetrics\nLogs\nTraces\nEvents\nApplication performance monitoring\nInfrastructure monitoring\nDigital experience monitoring\nSynthetic monitoring\nAPI monitoring\nDatabase observability\nKubernetes observability\nCloud observability\nDefine standardized instrumentation and telemetry requirements for applications.\nEstablish standards for application onboarding onto enterprise observability platforms.\nDefine Golden Signals, SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, KPIs, and alerting standards.\nEstablish enterprise standards for dashboards, alerts, event correlation, noise reduction, and incident integration.\nDefine standards for observability data collection, retention, aggregation, and integration with AIOps platforms.\nEstablish application observability maturity models and assessment frameworks.\nDefine standardized observability patterns for different application architectures, including:\nMicroservices\nAPIs\nKubernetes\nServerless\nCloud-native applications\nLegacy applications\nHybrid applications\n4. Implementation of Observability StandardsLead the implementation of Observability Gold Standards across enterprise applications.\nDevelop reusable instrumentation patterns, dashboards, alerts, and onboarding templates.\nCreate standardized onboarding frameworks for applications and infrastructure.\nWork directly with application teams to implement observability standards.\nAssess existing application observability and define gaps against the enterprise Gold Standard.\nDevelop remediation roadmaps and implementation plans.\nEstablish automated onboarding wherever possible.\nEnsure application teams adopt standardized telemetry, dashboards, alerting, and SLO practices.\nPartner with AIOps and Operations teams to integrate observability data into incident management, event correlation, RCA, and automation workflows.\n5. DevSecOps Standards ImplementationLead implementation of DevSecOps Gold Standards across application teams.\nAssess applications against the enterprise DevSecOps maturity model.\nIdentify gaps across CI/CD, security, IaC, testing, deployment, and release processes.\nDevelop application-specific implementation roadmaps.\nCreate reusable pipeline templates, Terraform modules, security integrations, and deployment patterns.\nDrive application onboarding to standardized DevSecOps platforms.\nEstablish automated compliance and policy validation against Gold Standards.\nDevelop dashboards to measure adoption, compliance, engineering performance, and business value.\n6. Standards, Assets & Reusable IPDevelop and maintain a reusable enterprise architecture repository containing:\nDevSecOps Gold Standards\nObservability Gold Standards\nReference Architectures\nTechnology Standards\nApproved Technology Catalog\nGolden Paths\nCI/CD Templates\nIaC Templates\nSecurity Integration Patterns\nObservability Templates\nDashboard Standards\nAlerting Standards\nApplication Onboarding Frameworks\nMaturity Assessment Frameworks\nPOV Evaluation Frameworks\nImplementation Runbooks\nArchitecture Decision Records\nEngineering Standards and Best Practices\nWould you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume directly to \nAt BVTeck, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.\nPosition offered by \"No Fee agency.”\nEqual Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement\nBright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.\nBV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. 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