Are you someone who never rests on their laurels, always strives to go above and beyond, and is committed to keeping your PROMISES? Do you appreciate a company culture that is open, fosters work-life balance, and a dynamic team environment? Then Old Dominion is the home for you. We take pride in being the best in the industry, and from our humble beginnings we know that our People and our Family Spirit are the main ingredient in our secret sauce to success. At Old Dominion we are looking for individuals to join the OD Family that will provide innovative solutions and exceed expectations to keep OD the premier transportation solutions provider.

This role will serve as leader for the Cloud Platform Engineering team.  Working closely with the Director of Enterprise Architecture, IT Application Delivery Leaders, and Operations Leaders, this role will lead the development and execution of Old Dominion’s strategy for supporting cloud-native platform capabilities.

This position is part of a team that is responsible for enabling significant organizational and technological change by providing a foundation for continuous integration, and delivery, of business capabilities with the goal of continuously improving Old Dominion’s ability to exceed our customer’s expectations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage the IT Cloud Platform Engineering team
• Act as a strategic solution advisor in collaboration with the IT Enterprise Architecture team
• Lead programs to develop, maintain, and govern Continuous Integration and Delivery capabilities across the enterprise
  • Continuous Integration and Delivery through a Source-To-Image strategy
  • Application resiliency, high availability, and security
  • Application elasticity and scalability
  • Application management, monitoring, and alerting
  • Automation of Cloud Infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and scaling
• Develop, socialize, and communicate IT Cloud platform standards.
  • Participate in the Architecture / Design Review Board processes
• Direct the selection of appropriate technologies and patterns for the implementation of application hosting capabilities
• Research and evaluate emerging technology, industry and market trends
  • Participate in producing the business case for leveraging emerging technology delivery processes and solutions
  • Oversee the creation of reference models for, and the adoption of, emerging technologies
  • Oversee the creation of reference models for, and the adoption of, emerging implementation patterns
• Continuously develop new skills in order to stay current with the changing IT and Business landscape
• Coach and mentor cloud platform engineers in the principles and practice of a DevOps culture

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT engineering
• Experience leading and managing a DevOps product or Engineering team
• Direct experience in the architecture, engineering, and operation of PaaS and IaaS solutions
• Experience with data management, architecture patterns, and large-scale application platforms
• Experience with distributed computing environments
• Experience in Network engineering
• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure Automation patterns
• Experience in the architecture, engineering, and operation of containerization and virtualization technologies
• Experience with Application-to-Application integration
• Aptitude for, desire to, and experience in managing and mentoring cloud developers and engineers 
• Exceptional partnering and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and self-pace work to meet required deadlines

Compensation Range:

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. 

($139,078-$173,826)

Working Days:

Shift and hours to be determined.

Working Shift:

Shift and hours to be determined.

Work Days and Shift are estimates and are subject to change, at any given time, based on job scheduling and/or business levels. Any information listed regarding Days and Shifts shall be considered a guideline of expectations for the specific position at the time of posting.

Application Window:

Ongoing

Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Old Dominion plans to screen candidates, conduct interviews, and proceed with hiring candidates to meet its business needs, which may result in filling the role before the current anticipated application window closes.

Join the OD Family Today!

As a Full Time member of our Family, you and your family are eligible to receive:

• Great Health Benefits including a Zero premium medical plan for employee only coverage
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Flex Spending Accounts
• 401k Retirement plan with company match and additional company annual discretionary match opportunity
• Life Insurance
• Wellness Program
• 12 Days Paid Time Off
• 9 Paid Holidays including a birthday holiday
• Training and growth opportunities to build a career
• We prioritize our OD family of employees
• Ability to advance through our promote from within philosophy
• National Career Opportunities Available at our 250+ service centers

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and/or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and/or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s).