DevOps Manager - AWS

Key Responsibilities

• DevOps Leadership
• Lead, mentor, and manage the DevOps team while fostering a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Define DevOps strategies, standards, and best practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for cloud infrastructure and deployment automation.
• Participate in sprint planning, technical design discussions, and production readiness reviews.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support project delivery and operational excellence.

Hands-on DevOps Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure within AWS.
• Build, enhance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, infrastructure issues, and production incidents.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Support security best practices, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment automation and release quality.

Release Management (Approximately 20%)

• Plan, coordinate, and manage application releases across multiple environments.
• Develop and maintain release schedules and deployment calendars.
• Coordinate deployment activities across Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Operations teams.
• Ensure all release documentation, approvals, and deployment checklists are completed.
• Manage release readiness reviews, rollback planning, and post-release validation.
• Drive continuous improvement of release management processes.
• Monitor deployment metrics and implement lessons learned following production releases.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of IT experience with at least 10 years in DevOps.
• 5+ years of experience leading DevOps or Infrastructure teams.
• Strong experience designing and supporting AWS cloud environments.
• Proven experience managing CI/CD pipelines in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent).
• Strong scripting experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with Git-based version control systems.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, IAM, DNS, load balancing, and cloud architecture.
• Experience implementing monitoring and logging solutions.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large enterprise or government technology environments.
• Experience working within regulated or compliance-driven organizations.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum delivery models.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or SysOps Administrator certification.
• Kubernetes certification is a plus.
• Experience with security scanning tools such as SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx, or similar.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.

Desired Leadership Competencies

• Ability to lead high-performing technical teams while remaining technically hands-on.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and competing priorities.
• Strong decision-making and risk management capabilities.
• Commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.