IT Manager – DevOps & Cloud (Remote within Poland)

Nigel Frank International; Poland; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nigel Frank International is seeking an experienced IT Manager / DevOps Leader to own cloud application deployment, automation and operational strategy within a global technology environment. You will lead a distributed DevOps team, define DevOps and DevSecOps strategy, and drive the adoption of modern engineering practices across cloud platforms and application environments.

Key responsibilities include leading a global team of DevOps Engineers, owning CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Development and/or DevOps Engineering.
• 2+ years leading DevOps teams.
• Hands-on Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git & Azure DevOps.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines with Azure Pipelines.
• Strong cloud infrastructure automation and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, IaC, release management.
• Experience in Agile and/or Waterfall delivery.
• Ability to lead technical change and set engineering standards.
• Strong stakeholder, communication and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global team of DevOps Engineers across multiple locations.
• Define and execute DevOps and DevSecOps strategy, roadmaps and engineering standards.
• Own and continuously improve CI/CD, infrastructure automation and release processes.
• Drive automation across provisioning, configuration management and application deployments.
• Establish DevOps best practices around branching, deployment strategies, workflows and operational processes.
• Introduce and maintain DevOps metrics, reducing technical debt and improving delivery performance.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, Architecture and Product teams to improve cloud delivery.
• Lead continuous improvement and drive DevOps transformation across the wider organisation.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring, logging, security and compliance practices are embedded across environments.
• Support recruitment, team development, performance management and career progression.
• Coordinate operational support and ensure appropriate coverage for critical services.

Skills

DevOps Leadership

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud automation

Observability

DevSecOps

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Project management

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are looking for an experienced IT Manager / DevOps Leader to take ownership of cloud application deployment, automation and operational strategy within a global technology environment.

You will lead a distributed DevOps team, define DevOps and DevSecOps strategy, and drive the adoption of modern engineering practices across cloud platforms and application environments.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a global team of DevOps Engineers across multiple locations.
• Define and execute DevOps and DevSecOps strategy, roadmaps and engineering standards.
• Own and continuously improve CI/CD, infrastructure automation and release processes.
• Drive automation across provisioning, configuration management and application deployments.
• Establish DevOps best practices around branching, deployment strategies, workflows and operational processes.
• Introduce and maintain DevOps metrics, reducing technical debt and improving delivery performance.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, Architecture and Product teams to improve cloud delivery.
• Lead continuous improvement and drive DevOps transformation across the wider organisation.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring, logging, security and compliance practices are embedded across environments.
• Support recruitment, team development, performance management and career progression.
• Coordinate operational support and ensure appropriate coverage for critical services.

We are looking for someone with:

• 4+ years' experience in Development and/or DevOps Engineering, combined with 2+ years' experience leading DevOps teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git and Azure DevOps.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure automation and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Application Insights, Prometheus or Grafana.
• Good understanding of DevSecOps, infrastructure as code, release management and automation.
• Experience working within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments.
• Proven ability to lead technical change across teams and establish consistent engineering standards.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and project management skills.

This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership, cloud engineering and people management in a role with significant influence over the organisation's DevOps strategy.