Sr. Lead, DevOps Platforms & Engineering
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
Alternate Locations: Greensboro, NC (North Carolina); Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)
Work Arrangement:
Hybrid : Employee will work 3 days a week in a Lincoln office
Relocation assistance: is not available for this opportunity.
Requisition #: 76884
The Role at a Glance
We’re looking for a senior hands-on architect to lead the technical direction of our DevOps Platforms & Engineering organization. You’ll shape how hundreds of application developers build, test, secure, and release software. That means bringing CI/CD, software supply chain, release automation, test automation, and performance engineering together into one coherent delivery platform.
This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports. You’ll set engineering standards, lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives, and advise leadership on technology strategy, while staying close to the work: designing solutions, automating, and solving the hardest production problems yourself. You’ll also help lead our adoption of AI-assisted engineering across the software delivery lifecycle.
What you'll be doing
- Own the end-to-end architecture of our DevOps toolchain and engineering services, from source control and CI/CD through artifact management, code quality, security scanning, testing, release, and deployment, and keep the target-state architecture current.
- Stay hands-on with design, implementation, upgrades, migrations, automation, and troubleshooting across our platforms.
- Define engineering patterns, reference pipelines, and the standards behind our enterprise CI/CD templates and SDLC practices. Lead design on complex, enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Set direction for test automation, service virtualization, and performance engineering, including how they plug into pipelines through quality gates and shift-left practices.
- Drive modernization: toolchain consolidation, pipeline-based deployment, infrastructure as code, observability, and self-service capabilities for development teams.
- Shape software supply chain security, platform resiliency, and audit readiness in partnership with Information Security.
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of AI-assisted engineering across the toolchain, testing, and operations, including emerging patterns such as MCP, agent-to-agent integration, and AgentOps.
- Lead architecture and design reviews, represent the team in enterprise architecture and governance forums, and act as a senior escalation point for complex, systemic incidents.
- Mentor engineers and build depth across critical platforms, and partner with technology, security, architecture, cloud, and AI teams across the enterprise.
- Contribute to multi-year roadmaps and give leadership clear recommendations on risks, trade-offs, vendors, and total cost of ownership.
What we’re looking for
Must-haves:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Typically 12 or more years of progressive experience in DevOps, platform engineering, release engineering, software engineering, or test engineering, including significant time as an architect or senior technical lead.
- Expert-level depth in one or more DevOps disciplines, such as CI/CD, artifact management and software supply chain, configuration management and infrastructure as code, or release automation.
- Extensive hands-on experience engineering and supporting business-critical platforms such as GitLab, JFrog Artifactory, SonarQube, Puppet or Ansible, and enterprise release automation tools.
- Practical experience with test automation (such as Selenium or Playwright) and performance testing (such as JMeter), and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong skills in automation, scripting, APIs, and pipeline orchestration, plus working knowledge of AWS and of Linux and Windows environments.
- A track record of leading complex cross-functional technical initiatives and influencing technology direction without formal authority.
- The ability to communicate complex recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience in a regulated industry, ideally insurance or financial services.
- Experience running self-hosted enterprise platforms at scale.
- Hands-on use of AI-assisted engineering tools in software delivery, testing, or platform operations.
- Exposure to service virtualization or mainframe test automation.
Application Deadline
Applications for this position will be accepted through January 31, 2027 subject to earlier closure due to applicant volume.
What’s it like to work here?
At Lincoln Financial, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future.
What’s in it for you:
Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
PTO/parental leave
Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
Tuition assistance program
Work arrangements that work for you
Effective productivity/technology tools and training
The pay range for this position is $135,375 - $216,600 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees. In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual. Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package.
About The Company
Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) helps people to confidently plan for their version of a successful future. We focus on identifying a clear path to financial security, with products including annuities, life insurance, group protection, and retirement plan services.
With our 120-year track record of expertise and integrity, millions of customers trust our solutions and service to help put their goals in reach.
Lincoln Financial Distributors, a broker-dealer, is the wholesale distribution organization of Lincoln Financial. Lincoln Financial is the marketing name for Lincoln Financial Corporation and its affiliates including The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN, and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, Syracuse, NY. Lincoln Financial affiliates, their distributors, and their respective employees, representatives and/or insurance agents do not provide tax, accounting or legal advice.
Lincoln is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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Additional Information
This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy. An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.
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