Hybrid DevOps Manager

at KPA

• Job title: DevOps Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $150,000 - $170,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Azure, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, Perl, Python, Ruby, SDLC, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Westminster, United States

About the role

• DevOps Manager responsible for driving deployment automation and ensuring security standards at KPA. Managing teams, cloud infrastructure, and leading operational procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on DevOps best practices including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated testing
• Develop clear and up-to-date documentation of team practices, procedures, and standards
• Lead sprint planning, implementation, standups and demos
• Design, implement, and maintain secure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
• Monitor and optimize the performance of systems to meet or exceed defined service level agreements (SLAs)
• Design strategies to enhance development delivery
• Proactively plan and manage the capacity of systems to handle current and future workloads
• Collaborate with Development and Data teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance phases
• Implement security controls within the build pipeline and tests to identify vulnerabilities, code flaws, and misconfigurations, and manage security tools such as static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), container security, and vulnerability scanners
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure systems are secure

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• Minimum of 3 years in a lead role with multiple direct reports
• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, ideally coming from a development background, with an emphasis working with Azure and/or AWS
• 2+ years of experience working with logging, SIEM and metrics tools, vulnerability scanners (Nessus, Qualys, InsightVM, etc.), and code analysis tools (linters, Snyk or similar)
• In depth experience with containers, container orchestration and scheduling, service registration / discovery and monitoring (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Practical experience developing software or meeting operational needs with code and scripting (Powershell, Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby)
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and supporting tools (Azure DevOps, Octopus, similar)
• Experience with infrastructure automation frameworks (Ansible, Chef, Terraform, or similar)
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with a passion for working with all types of managers, architects, developers, QA, and operations personnel
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and track time efficiently
• Desire to learn and continually improve self and others though knowledge sharing

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO
• Paid and Floating Holidays
• 401k with Company match and immediate vesting
• Company-funded Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• No-cost Mental Health Benefits