DevOps Manager
Job Description:
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic DevOps Manager to join Alpine’s software development organization. As the DevOps Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading our DevOps team and driving the strategy, design, and execution of build, deployment, and infrastructure automation initiatives across the organization. You will be responsible for fostering a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement while ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient delivery pipelines that empower our development teams to ship high-quality software faster.
Core Responsibilities:
- Leadership : Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of DevOps Engineers to achieve their full potential. Provide guidance, support, and coaching to foster professional growth and maintain a high-performing team.
- DevOps Strategy : Define and execute Alpine’s DevOps strategy, roadmap, and standards to drive automation, reliability, and operational excellence across the software development lifecycle.
- CI/CD Pipeline Management : Oversee the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and release management processes to enable fast, reliable, and repeatable software delivery.
- Infrastructure Automation : Lead efforts to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools and modern DevOps practices.
- Cloud Operations : Direct the planning, provisioning, and administration of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or Google), ensuring scalability, security, performance, and cost optimization.
- Tooling and Platform Management : Oversee the management and evolution of source control, CI/CD, and Atlassian toolchains (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) used by software development teams.
- Monitoring and Observability : Establish monitoring, logging, and observability practices to proactively identify, alert on, and resolve issues across pipelines, environments, and applications.
- DevSecOps : Champion the integration of security and compliance into the development and deployment lifecycle, partnering with security and architecture teams to embed best practices.
- Communication and Collaboration : Foster effective communication within the team and with stakeholders including software development, QA, product owners, architects, and divisional leadership.
- Continuous Improvement : Continuously evaluate DevOps processes, methodologies, and tools, driving improvements that optimize delivery velocity, quality, and reliability.
- Digital Transformation : Lead the development of innovative DevOps solutions that support and accelerate Alpine’s digital transformation strategy.
Job Requirements:
- Proven experience (5+ years) as a DevOps Manager, DevOps Lead, or similar leadership role in a software development environment.
- Strong technical background in DevOps engineering, CI/CD, build systems, and release management.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience managing and configuring build pipelines and CI/CD using platforms such as Azure DevOps.
- Experience with Microsoft .NET build processes and tools such as MS Build, Wix, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, branching/merging strategies, and release management processes.
- Demonstrated proficiency with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Windows Batch.
- Experience provisioning and administering cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates, CloudFormation) and configuration management.
- Experience managing and configuring Agile project management tools such as Atlassian Jira.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools and practices.
- Champion of Agile software development methodol