DevOps Manager

Hiring Range: $125,000 to $132,000

About the Role

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is recruiting for a DevOps Manager to support technology and technology systems through coordinating between operational and development teams. The mission of the DevOps team is to effectively support, maintain, and advance technology and technology solutions that further the mission and priority goals of the Department of Data, Research and Technology and the overall Virginia Department of Education.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and fix issues or escalate to appropriate parties; assist with troubleshooting in one-on-one sessions.
• Provide assistance to systems and database administrators around patching, auditing, installations, and security concerns.
• Develop and document processes for release management and code promotion between environments.
• Coordinate between operational and development teams for successful implementation and deployment of software solutions.
• Support and guide projects around implementations and upgrades.
• Install and configure software tools to automate and support the SDLC process, including creating effective source code management procedures.
• Participate in planning, scheduling, and scoping Sprints on AGILE projects.
• Help the team identify and prioritize work across projects, maintenance, and support needs to ensure on-time delivery of stable systems that meet requirements.
• Suggest and implement enhancements to systems to improve performance, security, and reliability.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience working in product or project building teams.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Database Administrator and Systems Administrator for a cloud environment, including both structured databases and compute instances.
• Demonstrated experience with the configuration and maintenance of Deployment Pipelines and establishing Release Management best practices.
• Demonstrated experience integrating CI/CD tools, Configuration Management, Infrastructure as Code, code scanning, and automated testing tools into Release Management processes.
• Ability to creatively solve customer issues while operating in a potentially restricted environment.
• Ability to maintain organization of work, manage deadlines, and clearly communicate progress or indicate the need for assistance as workload demands.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative team to identify opportunities for product improvements and recommend modifications.
• Ability to collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to gather business requirements, define metrics, and develop solutions to address data needs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Version Control Systems, CI/CD Pipeline tools, and Configuration Management tools.

Qualifications

• College degree in information systems, computer science, or related field, or demonstrated progressively responsible experience in developing and maintaining information systems.
• Extensive experience in Oracle database administration; Oracle certification preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with CI/CD Pipelines and Configuration Management Tools.

Pay

$125,000 to $132,000