Lead strategy, design and standards for CI/CD infrastructure; Define best practices, frameworks, release patterns; Mentor CI/CD engineers, interface across dev, QA, operations; Enforce quality gates, security, compliance; Evaluate new tools, drive continuous improvement in pipelines10+ years experience in DevOps / release engineering; Proven track record building and scaling enterprise CI/CD; Deep understanding of release strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags); Experience with DevSecOps, compliance, audits; Leadership, architectural, strategic thinking; Excellent stakeholder management and communication