DevOps & DBA Engineering Manager

Kavaliro; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavaliro is seeking a Manager for DevOps and DBA Engineering to lead a high‑performing team supporting an enterprise SaaS platform. You will own CI/CD pipelines, manage SQL Server databases, and drive reliability, automation, and security across production and non‑production environments.

Lead the DevOps engineers and DBAs, partner with Security and Architecture, and own FinOps practices in Azure while delivering scalable, compliant solutions for customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 8+ years in DevOps/SRE or infrastructure engineering for PaaS/SaaS.
• 2+ years in people management leading DevOps SRE or DBA teams.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS) and Azure SQL.
• Proven CI/CD design across multi-environment SaaS deployments.
• Strong SQL Server administration and HA/DR expertise.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, and observability tools.
• Experience with SOC 2/ISO 27001 or similar compliance.
• FinOps experience and Azure cost optimization at scale.
• Scripting: PowerShell, Python, Bash.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing DevOps and DBA team, including hiring and career growth.
• Define and execute DevOps/DBA roadmap aligned to product strategy.
• Own CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for SaaS products.
• Own SQL Server operations across production and non-production environments.
• Performance tuning, backup/recovery, capacity planning, and HA/DR.
• Participate in incident response, on-call rotation, and post-incident reviews.
• Embed DevSecOps practices with secrets management and vulnerability scanning.
• Manage cloud spend and FinOps in Azure; report cost trends to leadership.
• Maintain operational docs, change-management, and audit-ready evidence.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Client Services teams on releases and capacity.
• Improve automation, observability, and self-service to reduce toil.

Skills

DevOps leadership

SRE

CI/CD pipelines

Azure

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

SQL Server

DBA management

FinOps

Security & SOC2

Automation scripting

Kubernetes

Dynatrace

Datadog

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

AKS

Azure SQL

Terraform

Docker

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Our client is seeking a Manager for DevOps and DBA Engineering Manager to join an Annuities Platform team. This role is responsible for leading the strategy, design, and execution of DevOps practices and database platform operations supporting enterprise SaaS solutions. This role owns CI/CD pipelines and SQL Server database systems to ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and security across production and non-production environments. As a Technical Manager, this position not only leads and develops a team of DevOps Engineers and Database Administrators but is also the technical SME and expected to maintain Databases and manage the deployment pipelines. This individual reports to the Director of Enterprise Technology and partners closely with the Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Product teams, and is accountable for the reliability, automation, and operational excellence of the platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of DevOps Engineers and Database Administrators, including hiring, performance management, mentoring, and career development.
• Define and execute the DevOps and DBA roadmap aligned to product and platform strategy.
• Own the design, reliability, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) supporting automated build, test, release, and rollback for all (Hexure now part of iCapital) SaaS products.
• Own SQL Server database operations across production and non-production environments, including performance tuning, indexing, capacity planning, patching cadence, backup and recovery (RTO/RPO), and always on high-availability and disaster recovery.
• Participate in incident response for infrastructure and database events, including on-call rotation, post-incident reviews, and corrective-action follow-through.
• Partner with the Security team to embed DevSecOps practices, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, dependency hygiene, and compliance with SOC 2 and other applicable frameworks.
• Partner with the Senior Cloud Engineers and Director to manage cloud spend and FinOps practices in Azure; track utilization, right-size workloads, and report cost trends to leadership.
• Establish and maintain operational documentation, change-management discipline, and audit-ready evidence for internal and external reviews.
• Collaborate with the Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Client Services teams to plan releases, capacity, and platform improvements that support business growth.
• Continuously improve automation, observability, and self-service capabilities to reduce toil and accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science information systems engineering or related field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years DevOps cloud SRE or infrastructure engineering supporting PaaS and SaaS platforms
• 2+ years people management experience leading DevOps SRE or DBA teams including hiring performance and career development
• Experience with Microsoft Azure including IaaS PaaS networking Entra ID and Azure SQL
• Deep experience designing and operating ci cd pipelines azure DevOps GitHub actions or similar across multi environment SaaS deployments
• Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management at scale
• Strong SQL server administration including performance tuning HA/DR always on replication log shipping backup and security plus other database models
• Working knowledge of docker Kubernetes AKS
• Experience with monitoring logging and alerting using platforms like Dynatrace, Datadog, Azure to monitor application insights
• Experience working within compliance frameworks like soc 2 iso 27001 or similar
• Strong problem-solving communication and stakeholder management skills able to translate technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience supporting SaaS platforms in insurance financial services or other regulated industries
• Relevant certifications Microsoft Azure solutions architect azure DevOps engineer AWS DevOps engineer or equivalent
• Scripting and automation experience PowerShell python bash
• Familiar with DevSecOps practices SAST/DAST dependency scanning secrets management azure key vault HashiCorp vault
• Experience with FinOps and Azure cost optimization at scale
• Exposure to PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB or azure SQL managed instance migrations
• Experience integrating ISTM and change management tools ServiceNow Jira service management into delivery workflows