Job Title: Senior DevOps Platform Manager

Location: Cleveland, OH

Note: This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa. This position is eligible to work remotely.

Responsibilities:

Strategy & Planning:

• Create vision and strategy for delivery of feature-rich DevOps platforms, incorporating input from stakeholders.
• Perform research and maintain awareness of industry trends, tools, and modern software development techniques.
• Develop strategies for increasing ROI across strategic platforms and frameworks.
• Establish processes and standards for capacity and scalability planning efforts.
• Ensure inclusion of Security in DevOps platforms and compliance with Cybersecurity policies.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation; identify and drive automation opportunities.
• Implement strategies for optimal platform and tool usage.

Acquisition & Deployment:

• Utilize governance processes to prioritize and define work, track and publish metrics.
• Make budget recommendations for team and platform needs, prepare presentations for senior management.
• Work closely with DevOps leadership, product & platform teams, and stakeholders to ensure technology solutions meet business objectives.
• Review project requests describing Delivery & Release Engineering needs, estimate time and effort involved.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information.

Operational Management:

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Develop practices and tools for proactive performance tuning.
• Mentor the team on DevSecOps, produce high-quality, reusable automation.
• Guide troubleshooting efforts to resolve issues affecting enterprise DevOps platforms.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for technical development.
• Manage staffing, performance, and resource management.
• Set employee objectives, monitor and evaluate performance, provide feedback and mentoring.
• Create and maintain development plans for each team member, including training and career planning.
• Manage personal growth objectives for the team.

Incidental Functions:

• Develop and understand critical processes, provide regular communication on the status of initiatives.
• Provide guidance/assistance with various efforts as required.
• Maintain current knowledge of technology workstream regarding current state and future possibilities.
• Engage in Proof-of-Value scoping in evaluating new technologies.
• Coordinate and assist with disaster planning/mitigation/recovery.
• Participate in hiring activities, ensuring compliance with equal employment opportunity standards.

Qualifications:

Formal Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience:

• 12+ years of IT experience.
• 6+ years of experience managing direct reports.
• 6+ years of experience supporting DevOps toolchain platforms such as SCM, CI/CD, IaC, Containerization, and/or Package Management.
• Experience implementing and owning DevOps/Platform Engineering technologies, strategies, tools, and practices.
• Experience working with Linux, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience developing documentation and presenting technical solutions.

Preferred Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience with Azure and/or AWS cloud offerings.
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Artifactory, Sonar, LaunchDarkly, and/or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with Agile development and release methodologies.

Personal Attributes:

• Demonstrated leadership ability.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly responsive and alert to new learning opportunities.
• Motivated and competent to develop objectives and timelines.
• Attentive to detail.
• Well-organized and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent customer service orientation.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to change.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to manage others.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity.

Interested in the role?: Send inquiries, resumes and cover letters to john@emeraldresourcegroup.com.

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