Head of Engineering

As the Director/Head of Engineering at SIDGS, you will be responsible for leading a high-performing, global engineering team that is structured around PODs and shared service towers. Your role will require strategic leadership in a professional services environment, overseeing complex, multi-disciplinary teams including App Dev, Web Dev, DevSecOps, Cloud, SRE, Data & AI, and Solution Architecture. Your key responsibilities will include leading a matrixed engineering organization, ensuring alignment across functional engineering towers and shared services, mentoring Engineering Leads, and promoting continuous technical and leadership development. You will own end-to-end accountability for engineering deliverables, adherence to engineering standards, and oversee operational metrics, DevSecOps pipelines, SRE operations, and cloud infra governance. Collaboration with Solution Engineering and Sales to support pre-sales, estimation, and proposal development will be crucial. You will drive the adoption of emerging technologies into client solutions, champion reusable reference architectures, and lead Engineering Process Governance & Audit. Monitoring KPIs for engineering productivity, code quality, CI/CD performance, and uptime, as well as ensuring security compliance and promoting innovation and R&D activities will also be part of your responsibilities. To be successful in this role, you should have 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in leadership roles. You must have a proven track record of managing geographically distributed engineering teams in a services or consulting firm. Deep understanding of cloud platforms, CI/CD, DevSecOps, SRE tools, full-stack engineering, AI/ML platforms, program/project management acumen, and experience in solution architecture and client delivery management are essential. A degree in computer science or related field is preferred, and certifications in cloud, DevSecOps, or AI/ML are a plus.,