Engineering Manager, DevOps - Moveworks

Moveworks; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans with FSA

401(k) with company match

ESPP

Matching donations

Flexible time away plan

Family leave programs

Job summary

Moveworks is hiring a Technical Lead and Manager for the DevOps/DevSecOps team in Mountain View, CA. You will guide the build, release, and deployment systems, scale infrastructure with IaC, and integrate security across the SDLC.

You will mentor a team, drive GitOps practices, and partner with security to maintain posture. A strong background in cloud platforms and automation is required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical leader driving platform and security initiatives from concept to delivery.
• 2+ years managing a team of 6+ engineers.
• 6+ years hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, platform, infrastructure, or security engineering.
• Deep experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Buildkite, GitLab CI) and release at scale.
• Kubernetes, containers/Docker, and cloud infra (AWS/GCP/Azure); IaC (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation)
• Practical knowledge of secure SDLC, vulnerability management, IAM, network security, secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager).
• Proven project management skills for multi-quarter, cross-team initiatives.
• Proficiency in Python/Golang/Bash and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and mentor a DevOps/DevSecOps team with a culture of excellence.
• Own design and evolution of Moveworks' build, release, and deployment systems (CI/CD, artifacts, rollbacks).
• Drive infrastructure-as-code and GitOps across cloud environments for repeatability and auditability.
• Build security into SDLC: SAST/DAST/SCA, container/image scanning, policy-as-code guardrails.
• Partner with security on vulnerability mgmt, cloud security posture, IAM, secrets mgmt, and incident response.
• Co-own on-call, incident mgmt, and postmortems for team systems with Infra leads.
• Run project management: scope, milestones, roadmap, dependencies, stakeholder comms.
• Set vision and multi-quarter roadmap for DevOps/DevSecOps aligned with product/engineering goals.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure

Infrastructure as code

Security engineering

Project management

Python/Golang/Bash

Observability tooling

Education

BS+ in computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Job description

Company Description

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the Super Intelligence Control Tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

Job Description

As a technical lead and manager of the DevOps/DevSecOps team, you will be responsible for leading the team in building and scaling the AI cloud infrastructure and developer platform. As our platform and teams grow fast, the infrastructure team is tasked with designing and operating reliable and resilient foundational services as well as frameworks that allow our product to scale seamlessly and our engineering teams to build customer facing features very rapidly.

• Lead, grow, and mentor a team of DevOps/DevSecOps engineers, and build a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Own the design and evolution of Moveworks's build, release, and deployment systems, including CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, progressive delivery, and rollbacks, with a focus on speed, reliability, and developer experience.
• Drive infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices across our cloud environments (Terraform, Helm, Argo CD, or similar) so that infrastructure changes are repeatable, reviewable, and auditable
• Build security into the software development lifecycle: SAST/DAST/SCA scanning, container and image scanning, policy-as-code guardrails, etc.
• Partner with the security team on vulnerability management, cloud security posture, IAM and least-privilege access, secrets management, and incident response
• Co‑own on‑call, incident management, and postmortem practices for the systems the team runs with other Infra leads.
• Run project management for the team: turn ambiguous requests into scoped projects with clear milestones, owners, and success criteria; maintain the roadmap; manage cross‑team dependencies and risks; and communicate status to stakeholders and leadership.
• Set the vision, strategy, and multi‑quarter roadmap for DevOps/DevSecOps, aligned with company goals for product, engineering, security, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on technical leader with a strong sense of ownership who drives complex platform and security initiatives from conception through delivery and measurement.
• 2+ years of experience managing a team of 6+ engineer.
• 6+ years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, SRE, platform, infrastructure, or security engineering
• Deep experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins,Buildkite, GitLab CI, or similar) and release engineering at scale.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers/Docker, and cloud infrastructure on AWS/GCP/Azure Hands‑on experience with infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform,Pulumi, CloudFormation) and configuration management.
• Practical knowledge of application and cloud security: secure SDLC, vulnerability management, IAM, network security, and secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or similar).
• Proven project management skills with planning and delivering multi‑quarter, cross‑team projects.
• Proficiency in at least one of Python/Golang/Bash Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, or similar).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence all levels of the organization and explain security and platform tradeoffs in terms of business value.
• Desire tooperate at the speed of a startup inside a global enterprise platform, with a high degree of ownership.
• BS+ in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A high level of curiosity about engineering outside your immediate discipline and a strong desire to keep learning.
• Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP audits, especially automating compliance controls, is a plus.

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $166,500 - $291,400, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.

Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.

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