Senior Manager DevOps

Technical Capabilities 

• Strong foundation in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) — able to review configurations, unblock teams, and make sound technical trade-offs. 

• Experience building, operating, and supporting production systems and automated environment infrastructures, ideally in regulated or financial environments. 

• Deep expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell). 

• Understanding of observability, data security, compliance requirements, and security/reliability best practices for cloud and containerized environments. 

• Actively adopts AI-enhanced development pipelines, tools, and modern monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) into engineering workflows. 

People Management 

• Proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining DevOps and infrastructure engineering talent. 

• Experience managing a team of 4-10 engineers across one or two workstreams focusing on platform, release, and infrastructure automation. 

• Skilled at setting clear expectations, giving direct feedback, and conducting performance reviews. 

• Builds psychological safety while maintaining high standards for pipeline delivery, system reliability, and code quality. 

• Runs effective 1:1s, career development conversations, and team retrospectives. 

Key Differentiators 

• Operates as a highly hands-on player-coach for a lean team: Divides time equally between people management and individual engineering contributions, actively rolling up their sleeves to build pipelines, write automation, and ship product rather than simply delegating work. 

• Owns delivery for their team — manages infrastructure sprints and commitments, escalates blockers, and communicates status to stakeholders. 

• Understands the intersection of development and operations — translates business requirements into actionable technical work and collaborative workflows. 

• Champions AI-first engineering and DevOps practices as a force multiplier for team productivity.