Sr. Manager, DevOps and Software Automation

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division-SpecificInformation:

Pleasanton CA. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

*Must be legally authorized to work in the United States withoutsponsorship.

*Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check which includes a drug screen.

Discover Impactful Work:

Join our collaborative team as a Senior Software Engineering Manager - DevOps and Software Automation to lead our overall DevSecOps and Automation strategy and drive strategic technical initiatives.

This pivotal leadership role will oversee the delivery pipeline of our business-critical applications in the Genetic Sciences product portfolio.

Youll build and mentor high-performing engineering teams across local & global locations while establishing a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

This is a high-visibility position requiring collaborative leadership across technical and business stakeholders to deliver transformative digital products that shape Thermo Fisher Scientifics future.

A Day in the Life:

This role is in technical leadership meaning the leader is expected to contribute technically but also serve as a coach and manager for a talented group of DevOps engineers.

Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Define and drive the DevOps and cloud infrastructure vision and roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Oversee CI/CD pipeline development and infrastructure automation initiatives.
• Lead our test automation efforts and scale the test automation team. Build capability not only for test automation but also for systems automation.
• Lead the Cybersecurity initiatives across the product portfolio. Ensure system reliability security and performance through monitoring and optimization.
• Establish technical standards best practices and governance frameworks for a greater software team. Enhance software development processes and policies in alignment with the latest GenAI software practices.
• Lead cloud migration/modernization projects for infrastructure.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions and evaluate new tools & technologies.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment velocity and developer experience.
• Stay hands-on enough to understand technical challenges and make informed decisions.

People Leadership & Team Development

• Build lead and inspire a high-performing team of DevOps & cloud engineers.
• Mentor team members through technical challenges and career growth opportunities.
• Conduct regular 1:1s provide constructive feedback and create individual development plans.
• Foster an inclusive collaborative culture where team members feel valued and empowered.
• Build cross-functional relationships with engineering product & business leaders.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

• Translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and business leadership.
• Build trust across development product security & operations teams.
• hampion DevOps culture and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate progress risks and trade-offs.

Operational Excellence & Process

• Establish incident response procedures and lead postmortem processes.
• Balance competing priorities and allocate resources strategically.
• Manage budgets and optimize cloud costs without sacrificing quality.

Keys to Success:

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or related field required.
• Background in Agile/Scrum environments and continuous delivery practices.
• Experience managing geographically distributed or remote teams.
• Experience with change management and organizational transformation.
• Previous experience in Product Development and software build processes.

People Leadership Experience

• 5 years of proven experience leading or managing technical people & teams.
• Demonstrated success in coaching mentoring and growing engineering talent.
• Expert in building positive team cultures and improving team performance.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal technical and non-technical.
  

Technical Experience

• 10 years of total hands-on experience in product development DevOps or cloud engineering.
• Working knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
• Strong understanding of embedded build systems (CMake Make) and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Familiarity with code analysis tools (SonarQube Qualys) and compliance automation.
• Experience with GitHub GitHub Actions release management & code repository management.
• Knowledge of traditional infrastructure like VMs load balancers and containers.
• Experience with modern deployment methodologies including serverless and Kubernetes.
• Expert with automation & scripting within Linux operating systems (RHEL SLES SUSE & Debian).
• Strong understanding of software development & engineering ecosystems
• Understanding of architecture networking and cybersecurity fundamentals.
• Ability to guide technical decisions and review software architectural designs.
  

Knowledge Skills Abilities

• Strategic thinking balanced with tactical & technical execution.
• Growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence without authority.

Benefits:

We offer competitive remuneration an annual incentive plan bonus healthcare and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation!

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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