Gravity IT Resourcing
DevOps Manager
Columbus, Ohio
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Job Description:
As a DevOps Manager, you will lead a team of DevOps engineers and collaborate with BBW infrastructure, development, and security teams to define and implement CI/CD and Azure cloud DevOps requirements supporting various seamless commerce initiatives. This role will also oversee building automation and monitoring needs for our talented developers, ensuring operational efficiency and excellence using a combination of technical expertise, organizational skills, and leadership capabilities.
Responsibilities:
Lead the design, management, and maintenance of tools on internally hosted infrastructure to automate operational processes and improve development delivery. Collaborate with Agile Product teams to identify and leverage opportunities.
Oversee our Observability platform setup of APM, logs, and traces on Datadog for various BBW selling channels, including Site, MobileApp, Stores and services on OpenShift Kubernetes backend.
Manage the configuration and integration of Gitlab CI/CD with Azure cloud environments, Artifactory, automation testing tools, Datadog, HashiCorp Vault, Morpheus, HashiCorp Quay, and other tools.
Design, lead and manage the implementation of GitOps – ArgoCD for all BBW backend services on ARO(Azure Redhat OpenShift).
Design, lead and manage the implementation of RedHat KeyCloak for all BBW backend APIs on ARO(Azure Redhat OpenShift).
Design, lead and manage the implementation of RedHat ServiceMesh for all BBW backend services on ARO(Azure Redhat OpenShift).
Support the design requirements of BBW Azure API Management (APIM).
Monitor Azure cloud deployments and application performance, ensuring system integrity and performance optimization.
Administrate tools and environments to support Digital Operations as needed.
Oversee code deployments and pipeline monitoring across all environments, troubleshooting and resolving issues as necessary.
Collaborate with BBW’s IT Security to implement and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validations.
Work closely with Agile Product teams to anticipate configuration needs and their impact on product release efficiency.
Mentor and guide DevOps engineers in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and presenting them to other team members.
Stay current on relevant technologies, engage with user groups, and understand trends to ensure the use of best possible techniques and tools.
Lead efforts to test system integrity with developers and other DevOps engineers.
Ensure website stability and operational integrity through participation in team-based on-call rotations and defect triage.
Minimum Qualifications:
9+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure or DevOps roles, directly supporting development community activities.
Proven experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), API Management, Azure Functions, Ingress, Container Registry, and Azure Load Balancer.
Strong experience with software process automation using popular scripting languages (Python, Groovy, Shell, and/or Powershell).
Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline tools like Gitlab, Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, and Ansible.
Experience configuring and managing databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or MongoDB.
Hands-on experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and familiarity with OpenShift.
Knowledge of build tooling for React.js, Node.js, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud applications.
Experience with Morpheus Cloud Automation, Terraform, and writing Infrastructure as Code (IAC).
5+ years of management experience leading DevOps or infrastructure teams, with a proven track record of mentoring engineers, managing team performance, and driving strategic initiatives.
Technology Snapshot:
Required:
Gitlab
Datadog (APM, Log Tracing)
Azure (hands-on experience)
Gitlab CI/CD
Shell scripting
Containerization and Orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes)
Azure RedHat OpenShift
Nice to Have:
Python scripting
Azure APIM
Azure Functions
Azure Containers
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent Software Engineering experience.
Experience with 3rd party digital e-commerce platforms such as IBM Sterling OMS, Radial OMS, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC).
Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available mission-critical service.
Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies.
Expertise in application performance analysis and monitoring.
Familiarity with related software development tools such as Jira, Confluence, Datadog, Artifactory, Npm, Grafana, Prometheus, and SonarQube.
Strong technical project management and documentation skills.
Note: This job description serves as a guide and is subject to change. The successful candidate will have a passion for enhancing internal technical team experiences, be confident in proposing pragmatic solutions to complex problems, and eager to learn from and educate others.