DevOps Engineering Manager

DevOps Engineering Manager We offer a competitive benefits package!

The Company: GIA is the worlds foremost authority in gemology. GIA is a global organization with headquarters located in Carlsbad CA. GIA in Carlsbad boasts a 17-acre ocean view campus that accommodates approximately 800 of its 3400 total employees worldwide. It offers many competitive health and commuter benefits that promote the well-being of its employees as well as that of the environment.

The Location: This position is located in Las Vegas Nevada

What to expect:

• We offer competitive medical dental vision and matching 401-K plans
• Paid vacation sick and holidays and tuition assistance
• Hybrid schedule

JOB OVERVIEW

The DevOps Engineering Manager is responsible for managing a DevOps/SRE engineering team building developer tools extending our CI/CD pipeline and improving service observability. This is a hands-on role that requires a demonstrated track record of managing teams to build secure large-scale highly available services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead mentor and manage a team of DevOps Engineers fostering a culture of collaboration ownership and continuous improvement

Grow the DevOps team by attracting hiring and retaining top talent

Apply Agile Scrum methodologies to plan prioritize and deliver DevOps projects including backlog grooming sprint planning and daily stand-ups

Oversee the design implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for applications

Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices and embed security early in the SDLC

Manage cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability resilience cost optimization and compliance

Drive improvements in system monitoring observability and system availability to meet and exceed SLAs

Collaborate with security teams for vulnerability scanning policy enforcement and proactively manage security patching and configuration management for infrastructure components

Manage and resolve day-to-day support escalations efficiently

Provide input into the cloud technology roadmap

Provide input into architectural designs and requirements

Collaborate with Engineering QA Product Management and Customer Success teams to build environments and pipelines to support new product development

Collaborate with Application and Operations support teams to build manage and maintain monitoring and alerting systems

Collaborate with Security teams to build logging and analysis systems to support the SOC

Deliver clear communications to stakeholders on project status risks and improvement opportunities

Support the development and reinforcement of strong engineering practices and processes within an agile environment.

Meet customer and organization SLAs

Perform other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervise DevOps Engineers. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Institutes policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include but are not limited to interviewing hiring and training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge Skills & Abilities)

Experience supporting and deploying mission-critical 24/7 SaaS applications

Understanding of CI/CD best practices

Experience building immutable infrastructure

Understanding of IaaC best practices to manage and maintain containerized applications

Experience working with container and orchestration technologies

Experience working in a multi-cloud environment with expertise in AWS and knowledge of Oracle Cloud and Azure

Knowledge of agile/scrum methodologies

Can clearly articulate reasoning behind a solution to a technical challenge while understanding tradeoffs

Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with development product compliance and security teams

Ability to consistently deliver high-quality systems and policies

Comfortable with a fast-paced environment and changing requirements

Ability to flourish with minimal guidance be proactive and handle uncertainty and ambiguity

Excellent communication skills and a team mindset. Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Ability to coach/mentor and monitor staff to conduct roles and responsibilities according to the functions purpose

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of organizational policies procedures and systems

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

5-7 years of work-related experience. Hands-on DevOps experience including designing and implementing end-to-end automation for an enterprise product in a cloud platform preferred.

1 years of experience coaching and managing a team of DevOps engineers

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in a designated professional office workstation and environment.

Extensive use of office equipment to include computer calculator copier fax and other business related machines and software.

Pay Range: $155-215K

DISCLAIMER

This job description indicates in general terms the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification and it may be changed by management at any time. Other duties may also apply. Nothing in this job description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the Company and its employees. Distribution of this item outside of the Company without an authorized release is a violation of Company policy.

An Equal Opportunity Employer
All employment decisions are made without regard to unlawful considerations of race sex religion national origin age disability or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Disclaimer: This job description indicates in general terms the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification and it may be changed by management at any time. Other duties may also apply. Nothing in this job description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the Company and its employees.