Lead a high performing team. Build scalable and reliable cloud based infrastructure. Automate and secure.
The Role You’ll Play
As the DevOps Manager at CB Insights you will lead a high performing team geared towards optimizing the velocity at which we deliver software.
Our DevOps Managers’ main responsibilities are to build and foster a collaborative team, champion state-of-the-art patterns such as Infrastructure as Code and Immutable Infrastructure, as well as pave the path for the future of our systems. The ideal candidate has the technical chops to dive into the code, but also has the proven ability to provide technical leadership for projects while inspiring a team of DevOps engineers.
This is a technical and managerial position working across our entire stack of AWS services and infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and Observability tools, while also partnering closely with our Engineering Managers to ensure we are providing the appropriate compliments to enable their success.
About the DevOps team
Team Coalition
Coalition is an automation-first cloud based DevOps team. Our goals include maximizing developer productivity through fine tuned CI/CD pipelines, automated and scalable infrastructure, and robust systems monitoring. We promote a highly collaborative atmosphere both within our team as well as across the other teams within CB Insights. We believe continuous learning and adherence to the DevOps philosophy are the keys to success.
Your Main Tasks
- Strategy and leadership - Collaborate on building a vision for where we need to be for DevOps and infrastructure, and assist in managing a plan for how to move towards the vision.
- DevOps - Support the engineering teams with infrastructure and tools for automatically building, deploying and running applications with a goal of 100% automation and observability
- AWS - Build, evolve and manage AWS infrastructure and services that runs our SaaS product
- Security - Ensure our SaaS product and infrastructure is secure and up to date with the latest security measures
- Platform reliability and production support - Lead and manage the incident management and escalation process to provide 24/7 support of our SaaS application
What you bring to the table
- Expert knowledge of cloud computing and AWS with experience building environments that meet high availability and reliability criteria
- Hands on experience with continuous integration, continuous delivery and continuous deployment, experience with Gitlab a plus
- Strong knowledge of and hands on experience with container technologies (such as Docker) and container scheduling tools such as Kubernetes
- Strong knowledge of Microservices and supporting patterns (Service Discovery - Consul, Service Mesh - Envoy, Circuit Breakers, etc)
- 7+ years Linux system administration
- 5+ years scripting experience with a focus on Python, Go, and Bash
- 4+ years leading an operations team and managing DevOps engineers
- 3+ years experience deploying infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation
- 1+ years of experience managing people
- Experience with full Hashicorp stack a plus (Nomad, Consul, Vault, Terraform, Vagrant)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
Please note this is a US-based role.
In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for a bonus opportunity.
A little bit about our pay practices: Typically, we will hire at our Hiring Target, but actual starting pay may be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, market rate, the qualified pool of candidates, internal compensation, candidate experience, and budgetary constraints.
What we're all about
We're on a mission to advance the technology economy -- one driven by innovation, markets, and entrepreneurship. We believe a thriving technology economy powers a thriving society. By synthesizing, analyzing and visualizing millions of data points, we deliver a 360° view of the technology economy – powering the insights that buyers, sellers, investors, and advisors need.
As a CBIer, you can expect to leverage generative AI to drive creativity, efficiency, and strategic decision-making. Our culture is infused with the spirit of exploration and experimentation – and AI is a catalyst for new ideas and breakthrough solutions.
Our core values:
- Build Dope Isht
- Seek the Truth
- Create Simplicity
- Dive Deep
- Push Limits
- Own Outcomes
You’ll want to work here if
- You are excited about how AI is transforming tech
- You are hungry for feedback and the chance to grow
- Your instinct is to work smarter not harder
- You love developing as a SME with a POV
- You are motivated by challenges and big ideas
- You believe in radical personal accountability
You don’t want to work here if:
- You are a tech pessimist
- Radical Candor is not your style
- You like to build big processes
- You stay @ the 30,000 foot view instead of digging into the details
- You prefer to operate in your comfort zone
- You expect to be judged by outputs instead of outcomes
What we offer:
- Award-winning culture: recognized by Inc., Glassdoor, and Built-in for leadership, career opportunity, and engagement
- Industry Insight: over 500k+ people follow our tech newsletter: sign up here
- Holistic compensation: cash, rich healthcare insurance benefits including PPO, HSA, and FSA options, Gympass, multiple mental health resources, pet insurance, 401k match, annual education stipend, and generous paid time off.
About our pay practices
We believe in recognizing and rewarding excellence. Our commitment to fairness means that compensation decisions consider factors like qualification, location, internal equity, and market data.
Our compensation philosophy goes beyond base salary. To align with your dedication and success, we offer total compensation as innovative as the work we do - this includes variable cash potential, 401k matching, flexible healthcare options plus mental health and gym resources, professional development and education stipends, great PTO, and more.
EqualOpportunityEmployer: At CB Insights we know that innovation comes from collaboration, belonging, and diverse perspectives. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - all applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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