Advanced DevOps Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Manager to lead and manage our organization's infrastructure, observability stack, CI-CD pipeline, and support services. This role involves managing a team of DevOps engineers, architecting scalable infrastructure, and ensuring high availability and performance of our messaging and API management systems.

About the Role

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise and proven leadership skills. They will oversee a team of IT professionals, ensure the seamless delivery of IT services, and implement strategies to align technology solutions with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps Lead/Engineers in designing and maintaining scalable infrastructure.
• Architect and manage Kafka clusters for high-throughput, low-latency data streaming.
• Deploy, configure, and manage Kong API Gateway for secure and scalable API traffic.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for microservices and infrastructure.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Monitor system performance and ensure high availability and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to streamline deployments and enforce best practices.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and implement DevSecOps practices.
• Maintain documentation and provide training on Kafka and Kong usage and best practices.
• Strong understanding of observability pillars: metrics, logs, traces, and events.
• Hands-on experience with Prometheus for metrics collection and Grafana for dashboarding and visualization.
• Proficiency in centralized logging solutions like ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Fluentd, or Splunk.
• Experience with distributed tracing tools such as Jaeger, Zipkin, or OpenTelemetry.
• Ability to implement instrumentation in applications for custom metrics and traceability.
• Skilled in setting up alerting and incident response workflows using tools like Alertmanager, PagerDuty, or Opsgenie.
• Familiarity with SLOs, SLIs, and SLA definitions and monitoring for service reliability.
• Experience with anomaly detection and root cause analysis (RCA) using observability data.
• Knowledge of cloud-native monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Operations Suite).
• Ability to build actionable dashboards and reports for technical and business stakeholders.
• Understanding of security and compliance monitoring within observability frameworks.
• Collaborative mindset to work with SREs, developers, and QA teams to define meaningful observability goals.
• Preparation and management of project budgets and cost savings initiatives.
• Good communication skills for stakeholder management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or related roles, with at least 5 years in a leadership position.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (setup, tuning, monitoring, security).
• Proven experience with Kong API Gateway (plugins, routing, authentication, rate limiting).
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Kafka certification or Kong Gateway certification.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture and microservices patterns.
• Experience with GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, etc.).

What Matters Most

We value candidates who can take ownership, deliver results, and prioritize learning and growth.

Additional Information

This is a full-time role that requires working from our office location.

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