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DevOps

Manager

  • Pennsylvania

  • €

    96,000 Per Year

  • Permanent

Reference: 37515

Description

As IT Manager - DevOps, you will be responsible for a team of DevOps Engineers who are playing a key role in our custom software development projects- The DevOps team works closely with Cloud Platform Engineering teams, Infrastructure Architects, IT Senior Management to establish and maintain efficient CI/CD practices, supports the Product teams with DevOps competencies including scripting, automating environment setups, software deployments.

Roles And Responsibilities
 
  • Lead a global team of 15 DevOps engineers distributed over different geographies towards the success of different initiatives
  • Oversee the activities of each individual in the team, providing prioritization in alignment with management priorities
  • Manage workload, task assignment, track work progress
  • Manage staffing levels according to project needs
  • Oversee 24/7 support schedule for critical systems
  • Escalate issues in a timely manner to upper management
  • Performance management of team members (yearly performance appraisals, hiring, firing)
  • Develop and implement the DevOps and DevSecOps strategies, aligning it with the company's IT goals and objectives
  • Establish and maintain best practices for infrastructure automation, continuous integration, and deployment (CI/CD), monitoring, and release management
  • Implement a Community of Practices (CoP), evangelizing the best practices in different DevOps areas, such as deployment methods, branching strategies, etc.
  • Drive automation initiatives to streamline operational tasks, including infrastructure provisioning, release notes, configuration management, and deployment processes
  • Implement and track DevOps metrics
  • Implement strategy to reduce technical debt
  • Ensure DevOps guidelines are up to date
  • Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation. Proactively propose and implement innovative solutions to optimize software delivery and deployment
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements, Security policies, and SOX related activities
  • Ensure high level of adherence to all company policies and procedures (i.e., Security, Health, Safety, and Quality).
  • Maintain discretion and confidentiality in all areas pertaining to data and proprietary information, whether internal to PPG or customer-specific
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure with changing priorities and deadlines
  • Understand and embrace IT strategic direction
  • Project management as required
     
Education And Experience Requirements
 
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 4+ years of experience as a Developer and/or DevOps engineer
  • Minimum of 2+ years leading DevOps teams including setting roadmaps, running agile processes, performance management, conflict resolution, and career development
  • Strong experience and proficiency with DevOps tooling - containers, scripting, source control, and workflows using Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, Azure DevOps
  • Strong experience and proficiency creating, enhancing, and maintaining CI/CD processes and tools in Azure Pipelines
  • Experience driving change across organizations as it pertains to the culture of DevOps
  • Strong understanding of monitoring and logging management (e.g., App Insights, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Strong experience in software development methodologies including Agile, Waterfall
  • Demonstrated leadership experience
  • Project management experience
  • Interpersonal skills in working with the management and technical teams in a “self-starter” role
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong attention to the detail
     
ADVANTAGE
 
  • Agile project experience
  • ITIL experience
  • Experience with working in a well-established DevOps environment
  • DevOps certifications (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert)
  • Facilitating road-mapping workshops
  • Familiarity with custom software development toolset
     
PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply.

Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
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