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Software Engineering Manager

Beacon Hill · Durham, NC · Yesterday
EngineeringFull-time

Skills

  • Strong hands-on Java and related frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (AWS preferred, or Azure/GCP and willingness to learn AWS)
  • 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong experience integrating AI tools in software delivery pipelines
  • Experience in people management of development teams
  • Python development and/or scripting experience

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

  • Define and execute the enterprise DevOps roadmap aligned with business priorities
  • Champion CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and cloud-native architectures
  • Present delivery metrics, innovation initiatives, and risk mitigation strategies to executive stakeholders
  • Build and mentor a global DevOps team to scale platform capabilities

Technical Excellence & Innovation:

  • Oversee Terraform implementations for multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)
  • Lead containerization strategies using ECS and EKS with secure, scalable orchestration
  • Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, deployment pipelines, and monitoring
  • Evaluate and integrate AI-powered tools into DevOps workflows (code generation, automated testing, incident response, predictive analytics)
  • Evaluate and implement emerging tools that improve productivity, resilience, and developer experience

Collaboration & Enablement:

  • Partner with application teams, architects, and security to enable high-velocity, compliant delivery
  • Guide teams in adopting AI assistants and automation tools to accelerate development cycles
  • Promote experimentation and continuous improvement across engineering practices
  • Ensure operational excellence through advanced observability and proactive incident management

Team Development & Metrics:

  • Recruit and develop top talent committed to innovation and operational excellence
  • Foster a culture of ownership, empowerment, and continuous learning
  • Leverage engineering productivity platforms (e.g., LinearB, DX) or custom metrics to track DORA metrics, cycle time, and team efficiency
  • Use data-driven insights to identify bottlenecks, optimize workflows, and improve organizational agility

Qualifications

Important Skills:

  • 7+ years of experience with hands-on Java and related frameworks
  • 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong experience integrating AI tools in software delivery pipelines

Must Haves:

  • Experience in people management of development teams
  • Python development and/or scripting experience

Plusses:

  • Experience in people management of development teams
  • Python development and/or scripting experience

Benefits

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.

About the Role

This role is approx. 40% hands-on development. Open to candidates who are at the principal/lead/architect level open to managing a small dev team. Previous people management experience NOT required.

Company Profile

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs. Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Contact

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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