Manager, DevOps & Cloud Platform

Ryan; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work

Award-Winning Culture

PTO Benefits

14 Weeks Paid Leave

Gym Reimbursement

Benefits Day One

401K Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Fertility Assistance

Sabbatical After 5 Years

Job summary

Ryan in Plano, TX seeks a Manager of DevOps / Cloud Platform to lead a team responsible for CI/CD, Internal Developer Portal (IDP), and cloud automation across Azure and AWS, focusing on reliability and developer experience.

The role combines hands-on architecture with people leadership, embedding DevSecOps, and maturing observability and platform practices to deliver scalable, secure services for internal teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevOps, cloud or platform engineering.
• Proven leadership and performance management.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor DevOps/Cloud engineers and set development plans.
• Oversee CI/CD standardization for multi-language workloads.
• Drive IDP adoption and infra-as-code standards.

Skills

CI/CD management

Cloud platforms

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS Azure

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Harness

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options
• Award-Winning Culture
• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
• 401K with Employer Match
• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
• Fertility Assistance Program
• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

We are seeking a Manager, DevOps / Cloud Platform to lead a team responsible for CI/CD, Internal Developer Portal (IDP), and cloud infrastructure automation in Azure and AWS. This role combines technical depth with people leadership and drives platform reliability, observability, developer experience, and DevOps maturity across the organization.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor DevOps / Cloud Engineers; manage performance and development plans.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability.
• Oversee CI/CD standardization for Java, .Net, and Node.js workloads.
• Drive Internal Developer Portal adoption and golden path enablement.
• Guide Terraform and Infrastructure as Code standards and guardrails.
• Embed DevSecOps best practices into pipelines and cloud platforms.
• Lead Proof-of-Concept initiatives for new tools and automation improvements.

People

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.
• Provide career guidance, performance feedback, and coaching to team members.
• Promote inclusion, trust, and engagement across distributed teams.

Client

• Partner with internal engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure DevOps platforms.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders by translating business needs into technical solutions.
• Ensure responsive, high-quality service and proactive communication with stakeholders.
• Align platform capabilities with client needs to maximize business impact.

Value

• Drive automation, operational efficiency, and cloud cost optimization across Azure and AWS.
• Deliver self-service platform capabilities to accelerate developer productivity.
• Establish and enforce best practices in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability.
• Continuously improve service reliability, scalability, and performance while minimizing risk.

Education and Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering.
• 2+ years of people leadership experience.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Hands-on AWS and/or Azure expertise from architecture to operations.
• Extensive Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code experience.
• Advanced knowledge of public cloud architecture and operations (Azure and AWS).
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Java, NodeJS, Python, unix shell.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and service mesh technologies.
• Strong collaboration, transparency, and stakeholder management skills.

Certificates and Licences:

• AWS and/or Azure certifications (Professional-level preferred).

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervise a team of DevOps and cloud platform engineers.
• Manage recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance.
• Allocate resources effectively across projects and operations.
• Establish clear goals and accountability for the team.

Compensation Pay Transparency:

• For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,000.00 - $220,440.00
• For other California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00
• For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00
• For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00
• For other Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00
• For Maryland based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00
• For Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00
• For other Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00
• For New Jersey based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,000.00 - $220,440.00
• For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,000.00 - $220,440.00
• For other New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $134,000.00 - $183,700.00
• For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran