Director, DevOps Engineering Careers at McDonald's - Chicago, IL | Senior Leadership Role

Join McDonald's Global Technology team as Director, DevOps Engineering and lead the transformation of enterprise infrastructure supporting 65M+ daily customers. This senior leadership position offers unparalleled impact on the world's largest quick-service restaurant brand.

McDonald's Accelerating the Arches: Technology Leadership Opportunity

McDonald's Accelerating the Arches strategy represents a $1B+ annual technology investment doubling down on Delivery, Digital, and Drive-Thru. As Director of DevOps Engineering, you'll architect the Global Cloud DevSecOps Platform powering McDelivery, mobile apps, and 25,000+ drive-thru locations worldwide.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Global Cloud Infrastructure & Operations, you'll champion infrastructure modernization using AI, edge computing, and container orchestration at global scale. This role offers visibility to McDonald's C-suite and direct impact on customer experience for 39,000+ restaurants across 120 countries.

Key Responsibilities: Enterprise DevSecOps Leadership

Your leadership will span strategic platform vision through tactical execution:

• Define and execute 3-5 year Global DevSecOps Platform roadmap
• Lead 50+ engineers across Chicago, London, Mumbai, and São Paulo
• Deliver 99.99% platform uptime supporting Black Friday-scale traffic
• Implement GitOps workflows reducing deployment times by 80%
• Drive cloud cost optimization targeting 30% annual savings

Technical Leadership Requirements

McDonald's seeks proven leaders with enterprise-scale experience:

• 15+ years in DevOps/Platform Engineering leadership
• Deep multi-cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Proven success scaling Kubernetes for 10,000+ node clusters
• Experience with service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd)
• Expertise in observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Why McDonald's Global Technology?

Unmatched Scale: Power technology serving 5% of global population daily

Career Growth: Clear path to VP-level roles within 3 years

Impact: See your platform power McDelivery orders at your local restaurant

Innovation: Work with AI/ML teams on predictive drive-thru optimization

Day in the Life: Global DevSecOps Director

Your week blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical guidance:

• Monday: Strategy sync with Global CIO leadership team
• Tuesday: Platform architecture review with principal engineers
• Wednesday: EMEA team standup (4 PM Chicago time)
• Thursday: APAC incident post-mortem and lessons learned
• Friday: Innovation workshop on AI-driven infrastructure automation

Competitive Compensation & Benefits

Total compensation targets $325K-$425K including:

• Base salary: $250K-$350K
• Target bonus: 25-30% of base
• RSUs: $100K+ annual grant
• 401(k): 6% match + pension
• Unlimited PTO + 15 holidays

McDonald's Technology Stack

Work with industry-leading technologies:

# Core Platform
Kubernetes 1.28+
AWS EKS/GKE/AKS
Terraform 1.6+
ArgoCD + GitOps
Istio Service Mesh

# CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Jenkins X
Harbor Container Registry

# Observability
Prometheus + Grafana
Datadog APM
ELK Stack

Career Progression Path

Year 1: Platform stabilization + team alignment

Year 2: AI/ML integration + global standardization

Year 3: Edge computing expansion + VP promotion track

Application Process

1. Submit resume highlighting enterprise DevOps leadership
2. Technical screen with Global Technology architects
3. Leadership interview with SVP Cloud Infrastructure
4. Panel with cross-functional stakeholders
5. Executive review with Global CIO

McDonald's is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity. We celebrate unique perspectives and hire exceptional talent regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Join the team powering tomorrow's feel-good moments. Apply today to lead McDonald's Global DevSecOps transformation.