Senior Manager DevOps

143 McAfee Germany GmbH; Paderborn; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Support for Community Involvement

Job summary

Skyhigh Security in Germany (Paderborn) seeks a Senior Manager DevOps to lead a global team responsible for System and Cloud platforms. You will provide technical leadership and drive reliability, automation and security across products.

In a hybrid work model, you will own end-to-end availability, performance, and cost optimization while mentoring engineers across continents and collaborating with global development teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology.
• 7+ years of DevOps experience in a large enterprise.
• Proven experience leading global teams.
• Strong communication, ownership and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with cloud platforms and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of DevOps engineers across systems and cloud platforms.
• Ensure reliability, availability, disaster recovery and security.
• Own end-to-end availability and performance; build automation.
• Mentor team, establish credibility through execution.
• Manage on-call rotations across continents (follow-the-sun).
• Collaborate across multiple global engineering teams.
• Design and deliver software to improve availability, latency and efficiency.
• Optimize cloud and system costs; apply FINOPS when relevant.

Skills

Global team leadership

DevOps leadership

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Python/Go/Bash

Linux/Unix

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

SRE fundamentals

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Git/GitLab/SVN

Jenkins/Harness

SaltStack/Ansible/Chef/Puppet

Docker

Monitoring tools

RBAC

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager DevOps

About Skyhigh Security:

Skyhigh Security is a dynamic, fast-paced cloud company and a leader in data security. Our mission is to protect the world’s data, and because of this, we live and breathe security. We value learning at our core, underpinned by openness and transparency. Since 2011, organizations have trusted us to provide them with a complete, market-leading security platform built on a modern cloud stack. Our industry-leading suite of products radically simplifies data security through easy-to-use, cloud-based, Zero Trust solutions that are managed in a single dashboard, powered by hundreds of employees across the world. With offices in Aylesbury, Bengaluru, Frisco, Milpitas, Paderborn, Sydney, Tokyo and more, our employees are the heart and soul of our company.

Skyhigh Security is more than a company; here, when you invest your career with us, we commit to investing in you. We embrace a hybrid work model, offering the flexibility and freedom you desire in your work environment, along with the tools to reach your potential. From our employee recognition program, to our team celebrations (we love to have fun!), we strive to be an interactive and engaging place where you can be your authentic self. We are on these too! Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@SkyhighSecurity.

Role Overview

As a Sr. DevOps Manager (System and Cloud), you will lead a team of DevOps engineers and be responsible for products globally, providing technical leadership to key projects and empowering and developing teams to do the same. In this role, you can expect to:

• Lead a team of DevOps Engineers on projects for infrastructure platforms (System and Cloud) and be responsible for reliability, high availability, disaster recovery and security etc.
• Own end-to-end availability and performance of infrastructure platform and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
• Lead by example, mentor the team and establish credibility through quality technical execution.
• Manage on-call rotations across continents, using a follow-the-sun model.
• Design, write and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of systems.
• Focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and eliminating work through automation.
• Focuses on Cloud and system cost optimization. Prior FINOPS experience is a plus.
• Debug system-level problems in a multi-vendor, multi-protocol network environment with high-level technical expertise on complex issues.
• Resolve all technical issues, clearly documenting the analysis and customer communication and action items within the SLA post engagement.
• Experience collaborating across multiple global engineering teams.

To Fly High in this role, you have

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology with 7 + years of DevOps experience in a large enterprise organization.
• Proven experience in leading global teams.
• Excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership, with a systematic problem-solving approach.
• Experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Infrastructure as a code – CloudFormation or Terraform
• Microservice architecture & orchestration - Kubernetes / K8S / ECS
• Access Control Policy / RBAC
• Python / Go (Golang) / C++ / Java/ Bash or shell scripting
• A good understanding of Linux/Unix
• Experience with any cloud vendors like AWS, GCP, OCI, Azure, private cloud etc.
• Salt Stack/Ansible/Chef/puppet
• Experience with Source Code Management tools (Git, Gitlab, SVN) and an understanding of branching and integration processes.
• Monitoring - SLI/SLO/SLA
• Continuous integration/Deployment experience – Jenkins, Harness
• Management - accountability, partnership

It would be great if you also have

• Industry-relevant certifications such as AWS, Azure, GCP (Google Cloud Platform), CISSP, Cisco, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
• Knowledge of Java and SQL
• An understanding of cloud platforms like Azure, AWS (Amazon Web Services), OCI

Company Benefits and Perks

We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.