Manager, DevOps Engineering

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC); Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WorkFlex

Competitive benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) in Louisville is seeking a Manager of DevOps Engineering to provide strategic leadership, drive operational excellence, and align cloud platforms with ARC’s business goals.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product and architecture teams, own CI/CD and IaC pipelines, manage costs, and ensure scalable, reliable delivery across ARC’s technology stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related engineering field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of AWS Cloud administration including cost reporting, optimization, and management.
• 3+ years of experience in managing, coaching, and developing technical teams.
• Experience with full cycle development (SDLC) in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience with DevOps role including CI/CD Automation, Infrastructure as code (Terraform), and source code management (Git) administration.
• Prior experience in system administration role is preferred.
• Experience with leading multiple resources through triaging events and ability to communicate after action reports.
• Ability to lead a group through an architectural development process and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the DevOps Engineering team by fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to ensure optimal operation of ARC’s technology stack.
• Accountable for the design and implementation of DevOps Engineering functions, processes, and procedures. Establish a vision for the DevOps Engineering team that focuses on delivering robust Cloud platforms roadmap to meet the needs of ARC’s customers.
• Develop DevOps Engineering team members by ensuring individuals have the tools and resources to continue to learn and grow in their roles, keeping abreast of the latest tools and technologies in their area of specializations.
• Partner with Product Teams, Product Owners, Enterprise Support Engineers, and Solution Architects to analyze the business needs and improve supportability, scalability, and recovery for the engineered solutions.
• Responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the financial budget for the DevOps Engineering department as well as recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, and monitoring the performance of the DevOps Engineering team members.
• Stay current with the latest technologies and techniques. Continually evaluate the landscape for ways to leverage the latest industry best practices and new technologies to better serve ARC’s customers.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Leadership

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD

Terraform

Git

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

About The Role

It’s a great time to join us at Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)! ARC accelerates the growth of global air travel by delivering forward-looking travel data, flexible distribution services and other innovative industry solutions. We are a leading travel intelligence company with the world’s largest, most comprehensive global airline ticket dataset, including more than 15 billion passenger flights. By working here, you can contribute to solutions and expertise that strengthen economies and enrich lives. We think big, embrace challenges and explore new ideas to lead the way for the travel industry.

Manager, DevOps Engineering

In this role, you will provide thought leadership, strategic planning, operational excellence, and a high level of accountability in developing and leading the DevOps Engineering Team. You will develop and continue to enhance the abilities of the DevOps Engineering Team in the delivery and optimization of technology platforms via repeatable and automated techniques. You will work closely with key stakeholders to provide timely deliverables contributing to ARC’s vision.

What you’ll get to do

• Lead and manage the DevOps Engineering team by fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to ensure optimal operation of ARC’s technology stack.
• Accountable for the design and implementation of DevOps Engineering functions, processes, and procedures. Establish a vision for the DevOps Engineering team that focuses on delivering robust Cloud platforms roadmap to meet the needs of ARC’s customers.
• Develop DevOps Engineering team members by ensuring individuals have the tools and resources to continue to learn and grow in their roles, keeping abreast of the latest tools and technologies in their area of specializations. Ultimately ensuring each team member is aware of, contributing to, and supporting the DevOps Engineering strategy.
• Partner with Product Teams, Product Owners, Enterprise Support Engineers, and Solution Architects, and any other key stakeholder to analyze the business needs and improve supportability, scalability, and recovery for the engineered solutions. Review resource consumption and cost effectiveness for the engineered Cloud solutions. Ensure that the overall technical solutions are aligned with the business needs.
• Responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the financial budget for the DevOps Engineering department as well as recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, and monitoring the performance of the DevOps Engineering team members.
• Stay current with the latest technologies and techniques. Continually evaluate the landscape for ways to leverage the latest industry best practices and new technologies to better serve ARC’s customers.

You’ll bring these qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering field preferred; or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in AWS Cloud administration including cost reporting, optimization, and management
• 3+ years of experience in managing, coaching, and developing technical teams
• Experience with full cycle development (SDLC) in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Experience with DevOps role including CI/CD Automation, Infrastructure as code (Terraform), and source code management (Git) administration, branching, merge, and flow strategies
• Prior experience in system administration role is preferred
• Experience with leading multiple resources through triaging events and ability to communicate after action reports
• Ability to lead a group through an architectural development process and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to discover and define non-functional requirements and to transform them into technical requirements and solution definition
• Ability to influence technology strategy and best practices across peer and leadership groups to support an agile development culture
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to communicate with internal and external customers and all levels of management, including communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences
• A strong intellectual curiosity to continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving business goals
• A strong passion to support peers to help meet timelines on larger projects

What we can offer you

• Joining ARC means joining a team that is motivated, diverse, creative, collaborative and solutions-oriented. We think big, embrace challenges, and explore new ideas to lead the way for the travel industry.
• Our employees value the hands-on learning and professional development opportunities that allow them to expand their skills and grow their career in new, dynamic ways.
• ARC offers WorkFlex. WorkFlex is ARC’s hybrid work program which offers eligible employees the flexibility to work from home while also requiring in office workdays throughout the year to foster collaboration and connection throughout the organization. We’ve designed WorkFlex to enable employees to succeed and thrive while maintaining strong connections to one another and ARC - both of which are critical to our shared success.
• We offer a highly competitive, comprehensive benefits package so you can worry less and focus on what truly matters. Please click here to review our benefits on our company website.
• By joining ARC, you will partner with top minds in the industry as we use data and technology to innovate how the world travels.

EOE M/F/D/V Females and Minorities Encouraged to Apply