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Job Title: DevOps Manager Location: Columbus, OH, 43230 Duration: 6 Months Job Type: Contract Work Type: Hybrid JOB DESCRIPTION: • As a DevOps Manager, you will lead a team of DevOps engineers and collaborate with 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 and 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 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 backend services on ARO(Azure Redhat OpenShift). • Design, lead and manage the implementation of RedHat KeyCloak for all backend APIs on ARO(Azure Redhat OpenShift). • Design, lead and manage the implementation of RedHat ServiceMesh for all backend services on ARO(Azure Redhat OpenShift). • Support the design requirements of 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 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.

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