Platform/DevOps Engineering Manager

About o9 Solutions: o9 Solutions is a leading enterprise AI software platform provider transforming planning and decision-making capabilities for the world’s most forward-thinking companies. Our platform enables organizations to optimize operations, drive efficiency, and innovate faster. Role: Engineering Manager - DevOps, R&D Bangalore, Hybrid Regular (Mon - Fri) We are seeking an experienced Manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across our DevOps in collaboration with platform engineering . This role will be instrumental in aligning operational priorities with engineering and business goals, driving initiatives related to infrastructure scalability, system reliability, incident response, automation, and cloud operations. This role involves building, designing, and developing tools from scratch while leading independent, end-to-end projects to successful delivery . It’s a core technical, hands-on position requiring strong analytical, networking, and security skills. We’re looking for someone who has transitioned from a Principal or Senior Architect role to a Technical DevOps or Engineering Manager position, with some team management experience. Hands-on technical expertise is essential, as the role focuses on driving technical excellence within the project team for DevOps development. Lead and oversee end-to-end program delivery across multiple complex initiatives within DevOps in collaboration with platform engineering. Drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic programs supporting DevOps and platform functions, including reliability, observability & automation. Managed and guided an automation team of over 8 professionals in DevOps practices. Act as a strategic partner to engineering and product leadership to define program goals, scope, timelines, and success metrics. Coordinate efforts across engineering, product, security, compliance, and operations teams. Track and manage program risks, issues, and dependencies; Ensure alignment of engineering execution with product roadmaps and business priorities. Develop and manage roadmaps for technical operations initiatives with clear milestones and KPIs. Champion DevOps/SRE best practices and help drive cultural change around service ownership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field. ~ Total experience: 5+ years managing infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps-related programs . ~ Strong understanding of SRE principles (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets) and DevOps practices (CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code). ~ Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Kubernetes, Terraform, monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.). ~ Strong experience with Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery methodologies. ~ Familiarity with incident management, operational playbooks, runbooks, and on-call practices. Hands-on engineering or DevOps/SRE experience earlier in career. Program or project management experience Certification(s): PMP, AWS/GCP certifications, or SRE-focused training. Experience working in high-availability, high-scale production environments (e.g., With a very strong entrepreneurial culture (and no corporate politics). Support network: Diversity: We pride ourselves on our international working environment. Work-Life Balance: We’ll contact you either via video call or phone call - whatever you prefer, with the further schedule status. There will be a round of Intro call, a technical discussion followed by a techno - Managerial and Managerial round. 7B despite challenging global macroeconomic conditions, o9 Solutions is one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world today. Our culture is high-energy and drives us to aim 10x in everything we do. Our platform, the o9 Digital Brain, is the premier AI-powered, cloud-native platform driving the digital transformations of major global enterprises including Google, Walmart, ABInBev, Starbucks and many others. Our headquarters are located in Dallas, with offices in Amsterdam, Paris, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Sao Paolo, Bengaluru, Tokyo, Seoul, Milan, Stockholm, Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore and Munich. o9 is an equal opportunity employer and seeks applicants of diverse backgrounds and hires without regard to race, colour, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law