Senior Manager of DevOps

Saviance; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology consulting firm is seeking a Senior Manager of DevOps to lead a talented team focused on enhancing operational excellence and system reliability. This pivotal role involves overseeing database management, automating processes, and ensuring compliance with security standards. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in cloud environments and DevOps best practices. Join a forward-thinking company that values collaboration and continuous improvement, where your leadership will drive efficiency and innovation in delivering cutting-edge software solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevOps/SRE with 3+ years managing a team.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, NoSQL, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing DevOps team focused on automation.
• Oversee database infrastructure ensuring high availability and security.

Skills

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Database Management

CI/CD Pipelines

Automation

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Problem-Solving

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

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Location: Remote (CST Hours) - Houston, TX

Duration: Full-Time

About BigRio

BigRio is a remote-based, technology consulting firm with headquarters in Boston, MA. We deliver software solutions ranging from custom development and software implementation to data analytics and machine learning/AI integrations. As a one-stop shop, we attract clients from a variety of industries due to our proven ability to deliver cutting-edge, cost-effective software solutions.

Summary

We are looking for a Senior Manager of DevOps to lead and manage our DevOps team with a focus on database management, automation, and operational excellence. This hands-on leadership role is crucial for ensuring system reliability, scalability, and performance while continuously improving CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and database operations.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in managing databases, cloud environments, and DevOps best practices while leading a team that supports enterprise applications and mission-critical workloads. This role involves close collaboration with software engineers, database administrators, and IT operations teams to streamline deployments, enhance system performance, and ensure security compliance.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing DevOps team focused on automation, reliability, and performance.
• Foster a collaborative, results-driven culture with a strong focus on operational excellence.
• Define clear goals and KPIs for DevOps engineers and database administrators.

Database Operations & Management

• Oversee database infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability.
• Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies for critical databases.
• Collaborate with application teams to optimize database performance and query efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards.

Infrastructure & DevOps Automation

• Design and implement scalable and automated infrastructure solutions.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable, and secure deployments.
• Optimize cloud-based and on-prem infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency.
• Enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices for consistency and repeatability.

Operational Excellence & Incident Management

• Oversee daily DevOps operations, ensuring system uptime and reliability.
• Define and implement monitoring, alerting, and logging strategies for proactive issue resolution.
• Establish incident response plans and lead root cause analysis (RCA) for system failures.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure system reliability and zero-downtime deployments.

Security & Compliance

• Enforce security best practices across infrastructure, applications, and databases.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal security policies.
• Partner with the security team to conduct regular audits and vulnerability assessments.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work with software development, IT, and data engineering teams to align DevOps and database strategies with business objectives.
• Serve as a bridge between development and operations to drive efficiency and innovation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement new technologies that enhance DevOps capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• 3+ years of experience managing a DevOps team.
• Strong hands-on experience with databases (SQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP for cloud-based infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Strong background in monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, etc.).
• Understanding of networking, security best practices, and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-cloud environments.
• Expertise in performance tuning and database optimization.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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Boston, MA $160,000.00-$185,000.00 4 weeks ago