Role Description
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic DevOps Manager to join Alpine’s software development organization. As the DevOps Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading our DevOps team and driving the strategy, design, and execution of build, deployment, and infrastructure automation initiatives across the organization. You will be responsible for fostering a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement while ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient delivery pipelines that empower our development teams to ship high-quality software faster.
Core Responsibilities
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Leadership:
Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of DevOps Engineers to achieve their full potential. Provide guidance, support, and coaching to foster professional growth and maintain a high-performing team.
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DevOps Strategy:
Define and execute Alpine’s DevOps strategy, roadmap, and standards to drive automation, reliability, and operational excellence across the software development lifecycle.
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CI/CD Pipeline Management:
Oversee the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and release management processes to enable fast, reliable, and repeatable software delivery.
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Infrastructure Automation:
Lead efforts to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools and modern DevOps practices.
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Cloud Operations:
Direct the planning, provisioning, and administration of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or Google), ensuring scalability, security, performance, and cost optimization.
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Tooling and Platform Management:
Oversee the management and evolution of source control, CI/CD, and Atlassian toolchains (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) used by software development teams.
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Monitoring and Observability:
Establish monitoring, logging, and observability practices to proactively identify, alert on, and resolve issues across pipelines, environments, and applications.
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DevSecOps:
Champion the integration of security and compliance into the development and deployment lifecycle, partnering with security and architecture teams to embed best practices.
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Communication and Collaboration:
Foster effective communication within the team and with stakeholders including software development, QA, product owners, architects, and divisional leadership.
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Continuous Improvement:
Continuously evaluate DevOps processes, methodologies, and tools, driving improvements that optimize delivery velocity, quality, and reliability.
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Digital Transformation:
Lead the development of innovative DevOps solutions that support and accelerate Alpine’s digital transformation strategy.
Qualifications
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Proven experience (5+ years) as a DevOps Manager, DevOps Lead, or similar leadership role in a software development environment.
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Strong technical background in DevOps engineering, CI/CD, build systems, and release management.
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
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Hands-on experience managing and configuring build pipelines and CI/CD using platforms such as Azure DevOps.
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Experience with Microsoft .NET build processes and tools such as MS Build, Wix, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
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Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, branching/merging strategies, and release management processes.
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Demonstrated proficiency with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Windows Batch.
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Experience provisioning and administering cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
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Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates, CloudFormation) and configuration management.
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Experience managing and configuring Agile project management tools such as Atlassian Jira.
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Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools and practices.
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Champion of Agile software development methodology using Scrum and/or Kanban.
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Excellent problem solving and strong analytical skills.
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Excellent written and verbal communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
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Ability to create detailed documentation, training materials, and facilitate training on DevOps practices.
Requirements
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Building Partnerships: Identifying opportunities and acting to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals.
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Initiating Action: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; acting to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
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Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
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Innovation: Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
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Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
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Analytical: The ability to collect and analyze information, problem-solve, and make decisions with the goals of helping the company solve problems and/or improve upon overall productivity and success.
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Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks.
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Results-driven: The ability to select and deliver the most efficient and productive options backed by information and data-driven rationale.
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Building the Team: Attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals; evaluating key strengths and development needs for the team and providing learning opportunities that enable associates to realize their potential.
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Continuous Learning: Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.
Benefits
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ITW is an equal opportunity employer.
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We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
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We create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
