VP & Head of DevEx & DevSecOps

Overview

Agentic Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC

• Design and scale an enterprise‑wide

AI‑driven SDL

• C enabling governed human‑and‑agent co‑delivery from requirements to production
• Deploy and govern
• specialist AI agent
• s with bounded autonomy, full auditability, and human‑in‑the‑loop decision controls
• Drive universal adoption and measurable productivity gains, targeting
• 40%+ improvement in engineering throughpu
• t within 18 months

DevSecOps

• Own the
• end‑to‑end CI/CD and deployment pipelin
• e, embedding security, reliability, and automation at every stage
• Build a

self‑service Internal Developer Platfor

• m that removes infrastructure friction and accelerates autonomous squad delivery
• Deliver step‑change improvements in deployment frequency, MTTR, and cost efficiency while meeting
• CBUAE and internal security mandate
• s

Developer Experience

• Establish clear
• engineering standards and golden path
• s that reduce cognitive load and accelerate time‑to‑value
• Build and operate a
• single, authoritative developer porta
• l for services, APIs, tooling, and operational knowledge
• Govern AI‑assisted development and engineering KPIs to continuously improve
• developer productivity, quality, and experienc
• e

Testing Governance

• Define and enforce
• enterprise‑wide testing standards and coverage threshold
• s across all engineering squads
• Embed
• shift‑left and shift‑right quality control
• s, with automated, non‑negotiable gates across the delivery pipeline
• Govern AI‑enabled QA agents and automation frameworks to deliver
• predictable release confidence and reduced defect leakag
• e

Leadership & Strategy

• Build, lead, and develop a
• high‑performing engineering leadership tea
• m across platform engineering, DevOps, developer experience, and QA
• Represent the
• engineering capability agend
• a at the CTO leadership table and in cross‑functional forums with product, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders
• Own and manage
• strategic vendor relationship
• s across the DevOps toolchain, AI developer tooling ecosystem, and developer portal platforms

What You Will Bring

• 15+ years in software, platform engineering, or DevOps, wit
• h at least 4 years in senior leadersh
• ip roles building and scaling engineering capabilitied
• Proven experienc
• e designing and operating enterprise CI/CD platfor
• ms (OpenShift, Kubernetes, or equivalent) at scale
• Strong hands‑on background i
• n DevSecOps tooli
• ng including SAST, DAST, SCA, container security, secrets management, and IaC policy enforcement
• Demonstrated leadership i
• n Developer Experience initiativ
• es, covering developer portals, engineering standards, and DORA‑aligned metrice
• Exposure t
• o AI‑assisted development, agentic systems, or LLM‑powered engineering tooli
• ng, with the ability to translate technical depth into executive‑level business outcome

Desirable

• Experience working in
• a regulated financial services environme
• nt (banking, fintech, or insurance
• Familiarity wit

h CBUAE / UAE Central Ba

• nk technology, security, and operational resilience expectations.
• Prior hands‑on exposure t
• o Java, Spring Boot, React, BPM, or Kafka‑based event‑driven architectur
• es.
• Background i

n Site Reliability Engineering (SR

• E) or platform product management.
• Knowledge o

f Model Context Protocol (MC