DevOps Engineering Platform Manager

Job Description

The DevOps Engineering Platform Manager is responsible for multiple Delivery & Release Engineering Platforms and the team supporting them. The role strongly focuses on creating, maintaining, and enhancing modular DevOps platforms that product delivery, platform, and support teams can consume in various ways. Platforms and capabilities driven through this role and the team include Source Code Management (SCM), Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Containerization, Package & Artifact Management, Release Management, Test Automation, Observability, and Agile Work Management. The role includes responsibility for DevOps adoption, proactive performance tuning, capacity planning, and driving continuous improvement. The DevOps Platform Manager builds and mentors a team of engineers who provide technical direction lead the adoption of modern cloud technologies and DevOps processes and keep critical DevOps platforms operating at a high level of performance and availability.

The DevOps Engineering Platform Manager will have a broad range of technical knowledge. They will manage a team that supports multiple projects and divisions and provide consultative technical leadership across the organization, from strategic decision-making to project planning to governance and oversight. The manager's inquisitiveness drives change, innovation, continuous improvement, and adoption of DevOps tools and techniques.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The
Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's
staff, employees, and business relationships.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Strategy & Planning

• Creates vision and strategy for delivery of feature-rich DevOps platforms, shaped by input from various stakeholders, including application and infrastructure delivery teams.
• Performs research and maintains awareness of industry trends, tools, and modern software development techniques.
• Develop strategies for increasing ROI across strategic platforms.
• Develop strategies and frameworks for DevOps adoption
• Establish processes and standards forcapacity and scalability planning efforts.
• Ensure inclusion of Security in DevOps platforms and that all systems comply with Cybersecurity policies and standards.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation; identify and drive automation opportunities.
• Implement strategies for optimal platform & tool usage.
• Lead the team in designing, configuring, operating, and maintaining secure and scalable platform and software infrastructure.
• Determine staffing and skills requirements.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Utilize governance processes to prioritize and define work to be accomplished. Define, track, and publish metrics to show accomplishments and work performed.
• Make budget recommendations for team and platform needs and prepare presentations to senior management.
• Work closely with DevOps leadership, product & platform teams, stakeholders, and other delivery teams to ensure technology solutions meet business objectives.
• Review project requests describing Delivery & Release Engineering needs to estimate the time and effort involved.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification, or disclosure.

Operational Management

• Foster a culture of continuous learning & improvement
• Develop practices and identify tools for proactive performance tuning.
• Develop standard methodologies for capacity planning to aid work requests.
• Mentor the team on DevSecOps, focusing on producing high-quality, reusable automation adopting industry and Sherwin DevSecOps standards.
• Guide troubleshooting efforts to resolve issues affecting enterprise DevOps platforms.
• Conduct and facilitate knowledge transfer sessions for technical development.
• Conduct activities like staffing, performance, and resource management.
• Set employee objectives, monitor and evaluate performance, and provide feedback and mentoring.
• Create and maintain development plans for each team member, including training, skills assessment, career planning, and goal planning.
• Manage personal growth objectives for the team.
• Manage, develop, and mentor direct reports toward building a performant team.

Incidental Functions

• Develop and understand critical processes, schedules, cycles, profiles, etc., for the technical systems in use.
• Provide regular, clear, and consistent communication on the status of initiatives, issues, and deliverables.
• Provide guidance/assistance with various efforts as required.
• Work outside the standard office 7.5 hours workday as required.
• Maintain current knowledge of the technology workstream regarding current state, future possibilities, forthcoming technologies, and their relevance and impact.
• Engage in Proof-of-Value scoping in evaluating new technologies and present findings.
• Coordinate and assist with disaster planning/mitigation/recovery.
• Participate in hiring activities, adhering to affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with equal employment opportunity standards.

Qualifications

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience

• 12+ years of IT experience.
• 6+ years of experience managing direct reports.
• 6+ years of experience supporting DevOps toolchain platforms such as SCM, CI/CD, IaC, Containerization, and/or Package Management.
• Experience implementing and owning DevOps/Platform Engineering technologies, strategies, tools, and practices (SCM, CI/CD, IaC, Containerization, and/or Package Management)
• Experience designing, executing, and supporting practices around SCM, CI/CD, IaC, Containerization, and/or Package Management
• Experience working with Linux, containers, and Kubernetes
• Experience developing documentation and presenting technical solutions to management, functional, and technical teams.

Preferred Knowledge & Skills

• Experience with Azure and/or AWS cloud offerings.
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Artifactory, Sonar, LaunchDarkly, and/or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with Agile development and release methodologies.

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrated leadership ability.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly responsive and alert to new learning opportunities, growth, and development of technical, interpersonal, and business skills.
• Motivated and competent to develop objectives and timelines to accomplish goals.
• Well-organized and able to manage multiple and changing priorities.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to manage others to achieve results and exceed expectations
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or problem approaches.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.

This position is eligible to work in the office three days a week and has the option to work remotely two days a week.

About Us

Here, we believe there's not one path to success, we believe in careers that grow with you. Whoever you are or wherever you come from in the world, there's a place for you at Sherwin-Williams. We provide you with the opportunity to explore your curiosity and drive us forward. Sherwin-Williams values the unique talents and abilities from all backgrounds and characteristics. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, including individuals with disabilities and Protected Veterans. We'll give you the space to share your strengths and we want you show us what you can do. You can innovate, grow and discover in a place where you can thrive and Let Your Colors Show!

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute-it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at Click on "Candidates" to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

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