Senior Manager, DevOps

<img src="https://we-work-remotely.imgix.net/logos/0171/5899/logo.gif?ixlib=rails-4.0.0&w=50&h=50&dpr=2&fit=fill&auto=compress" /> <p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> Remote <br /><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://modivcare.com">http://modivcare.com</a> </p> <div><p><span>Are you passionate about making a difference in people's lives? Do you enjoy working in a service-oriented industry? If so, this opportunity may be the right fit for you!</span></p><p></p><p>Modivcare is looking for an experienced Senior Manager, DevOps & Reliability to join our team. In this role, you will lead the Infrastructure team responsible for supporting cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure environments. You will oversee DevOps engineers, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), and infrastructure engineers supporting Microsoft Azure platforms while guiding modernization and migration efforts from on-premises systems to the cloud. The ideal candidate is a strategic technology leader with strong technical expertise, operational excellence, and a passion for automation, scalability, and reliability.</p><p></p><p><b>This role…</b></p><p><b>Leadership & Team Management</b></p><ul><li>Leads, mentors, and develops a team of DevOps engineers, SREs, and infrastructure engineers supporting Azure and on-premises environments.</li><li>Establishes performance expectations, career development plans, and technical standards for the infrastructure organization.</li><li>Fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Partners with engineering, security, operations, and IT teams to align priorities and drive successful execution.</li></ul><p><b>Cloud Infrastructure (Azure)</b></p><ul><li>Oversees the architecture, deployment, and operational management of Microsoft Azure cloud environments.</li><li>Ensures high availability, scalability, security, and cost optimization across cloud infrastructure resources.</li><li>Defines and enforces best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automation strategies.</li><li>Manages cloud networking, identity management, access controls, and compliance frameworks.</li></ul><p><b>On-Premises Infrastructure & Data Center Operations</b></p><ul><li>Leads management of infrastructure supporting on-premises data center systems in partnership with corporate IT and shared services teams.</li><li>Oversees compute, storage, virtualization, networking, and backup/recovery solutions.</li><li>Ensures seamless integration between cloud and on-premises systems within hybrid architecture environments.</li><li>Drives infrastructure modernization initiatives, including migration strategies and cloud adoption efforts.</li></ul><p><b>DevOps & Automation Strategy</b></p><ul><li>Defines and implements enterprise DevOps strategies, tools, and operational frameworks.</li><li>Drives adoption of CI/CD pipelines, containerization technologies such as Docker, and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.</li><li>Promotes automation across provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and incident response processes.</li><li>Leads adoption of AI tools and automation technologies to improve operational efficiency.</li><li>Improves system reliability through Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices including observability, SLIs/SLOs, and incident management.</li></ul><p><b>Operational Excellence & Reliability</b></p><ul><li>Ensures robust monitoring, alerting, change management, and incident response processes, including participation in 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical systems.</li><li>Leads root cause analysis (RCA) activities and continuous improvement initiatives.</li><li>Establishes SLAs, SLIs, and SLOs aligned with business objectives and operational goals.</li><li>Ensures infrastructure security, compliance, patch management, and disaster recovery readiness.</li></ul><p><b>Stakeholder Collaboration</b></p><ul><li>Collaborates closely with engineering, product, security, operations, and IT leadership teams to achieve business objectives.</li><li>Communicates technical strategies, risks, and project updates to executive stakeholders.</li><li>Manages vendor relationships and evaluates tools, technologies, and infrastructure solutions.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>We are interested in speaking with individuals with the following…</b></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required, or equivalent experience.</li><li>Ten (10) plus years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or infrastructure engineering.</li><li>Three (3) plus years of hands-on architecture, engineering, or operational experience within Microsoft Azure environments.</li><li>Five (5) plus years of leadership or management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, technical direction, and team development.</li><li>Proven experience managing on-premises data center infrastructure environments.</li><li>Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Pulumi or Terraform.</li><li>Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins.</li>&l