Position: DevOps Manager
Company: Ciklum
Category: DevOps
Experience required: 5y
English level: intermediate

Responsibilities
DevOps Manager leads key technical initiatives and governance to streamline operational processes across systems, departments and service providers. Also provides architectural guidance for system and service design to improve security, scalability, reliability and adaptability of our growing SaaS footprint.

DevOps Manager takes quality very seriously and works to quantify and evaluate new ways of measuring quality to ensure application uptime and a positive user experience, and that we continue to deliver excellent customer experiences.

DevOps Manager keeps up to date with new technologies, evaluates it’s impacts and makes recommendations. Is also willing to get their hands dirty and dive deep into technical details whenever necessary.

DevOps Manager is skillful and experienced at managing the team to ensure a healthy work culture and environment as well as provide mentorship to junior team members.

Requirements
Manages the production systems security, reliability, scalability and costs along with reporting, configuration and deployment of solutions. This responsibility includes the pre-production, test and development environments, as well as the continuous integration and deployment processes
Is accountable for all aspects of deployment and technical operations including costs, technical project resources (partners/subcontractors or staff), scheduling, risk management, internal and external communications, and status reporting. It is expected that you will automate delivery, monitoring and reporting.
Tracking of infrastructure availability, performance and capacity as well as making recommendations to improve system health.
Proactive monitoring, logging, audits, and automated policy enforcement for security and cost compliance.
Manages and appropriately escalates delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes associated to the product development initiatives.
Establishment of standards and processes for operations that proactively prevent problems from occurring
Identifies technical and process improvement recommendations based on best practices and industry standards, and socialize/advocate to get them implemented
Evaluates technological choices by querying providers, analyzing technologies and providing evaluations of each solution that include ROI evaluations
Provides technical leadership and oversight of implementation and deployment planning, system integration, delivery, operations, and sustainability of technical solutions
Coordinates cross-functionally and with vendors in order to successfully identify, prioritize, and resolve issues and provide subject matter expertise for enhancements, developments, and operational improvements
Works with Program Management for estimates, timelines, project plans, and status reports
Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
4-6+ years of DevOps management or related experience with gradually increasing responsibilities and a demonstrated understanding of DevOps and technical quality control processes, artifacts and tools
Desirable
Expert technical understanding of the intersection of development and operations (DevOps), monitoring and management tools, and deployment processes and tools
Possesses deep understanding in the areas of cloud based development, APIs, databases (SQL and Non-SQL), system design, and software development lifecycle best practices
Strong automation skills in multiple scripting languages
Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of developers, product owners, and subject matter experts. Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, relationship building skills, and ability to achieve results without direct reporting relationships
Has a track record as a coach, mentor, and developer of talent
Ability to drive to big picture goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail
Ability to quickly identify and drive to the optimal solution when presented with a series of constraints
Demonstrated ability in people management, strategic planning, risk management, change management, and project management
Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills
Strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability for delivering high quality work, both personally and at a team level
What's in it for you
Great team;
State of the art, cool, centrally located office with warm atmosphere which creates good working conditions;
Your opinion matters;
You can improve product, processes and tools;
Competitive salary.