Technical Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Manager to join our dynamic and growing team. This role is a perfect blend of hands-on engineering and strategic leadership. The successful candidate will be responsible for architecting and implementing our DevOps strategy on the Azure platform guiding a team of talented engineers and ensuring the continuous delivery of high-quality software and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead mentor and coach a team of DevOps engineers fostering a culture of ownership accountability and continuous improvement. Provide technical guidance and strategic direction for all DevOps initiatives.

• Architecting & Implementation: Design build and maintain robust and scalable CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or other relevant tools to automate software builds testing and deployments.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive the adoption and implementation of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to provision and manage Azure resources.

• DevSecOps: Implement and enforce security best practices within the CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure integrating automated security testing vulnerability scanning and compliance checks.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including software development QA and IT operations to ensure seamless integration and communication throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts (e.g. PowerShell Python Bash) to streamline routine tasks enhance pipeline efficiency and reduce manual intervention.

• Problem-Solving: Act as a subject matter expert providing advanced troubleshooting for complex issues related to infrastructure applications and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

• Experience:  

  •  7 years of professional experience in a DevOps SRE or similar role.

  • 2 years of experience in a technical lead or senior-level capacity providing technical direction and mentorship.

• Azure Expertise:

  • In-depth hands-on experience with a wide range of Azure services including Azure Virtual Machines Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Azure App Services Azure Functions and Azure SQL/Cosmos DB API management Azure AI Foundry Relay network rules Storage account  .

  • Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools specifically Terraform and/or ARM.

• CI/CD: Extensive knowledge and practical experience with CI/CD concepts and tools with a strong preference for expertise in Azure DevOps Pipelines and/or GitHub Actions.

• Containerization: Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes (AKS).

• Scripting: Strong proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g. PowerShell Python Bash).

• Version Control: Expert-level knowledge of Git and repository management.

• Soft Skills:

  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Strong leadership and mentorship abilities with a passion for guiding and developing others.

  • Proven ability to work effectively in an agile fast-paced environment.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) or other relevant Azure certifications.

• Configuration Management: Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible Chef or Puppet.

• Monitoring: Experience with advanced monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus Grafana Datadog or New Relic.

• Other Clouds: Familiarity with other cloud platforms (AWS GCP).

• Experience with a specific programming language such as C#/.NET Java or Python.

Additional Information :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time