DevOps Lead/Tech Project Manager

Encora

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

The goal of a DevOps Lead / Technical Project Manager is to ensure fast, reliable, and secure deployment of software products. They will oversee infrastructure design, automation strategies, cloud architecture, monitoring solutions, and cross-team collaboration. They will also manage hiring, budgeting, and delivery timelines within the engineering function. This is a 12+ month project requiring onsite hybrid work in Plano, TX. This role blends team leadership with platform oversight and cross-functional coordination. DevOps manager will lead teams focused on infrastructure, automation, and deployments.

Requirements

8-10 years of experience in DevOps or platform engineering roles
Experience leading technical teams or cross-functional squads
Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure, automation, and delivery tooling
Confidence managing infrastructure projects and system upgrades
Experience defining SLAs, monitoring standards, and incident processes
Skilled in budgeting, team development, and performance management
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and container orchestration
Ability to align platform reliability with business goals
Comfortable working across engineering, QA, and product functions
Tool Expertise: Understand and leverage version control, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab).
Agile/Scrum/Kanban
CI/CD Concepts & Tools
Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Scripting & IaC (Python)
Collaboration & Communication

Responsibilities

Managing and mentoring DevOps and infrastructure engineers
Defining standards for deployment pipelines, monitoring, and tooling
Overseeing production environments and ensuring system reliability
Leading automation efforts across build, test, and release pipelines
Coordinating with development, QA, and SRE teams on delivery processes
Ensuring security best practices are followed across infrastructure
Managing incident response, platform KPIs, and escalation processes
Supporting infrastructure cost control and vendor management
Reporting on environment health, delivery timelines, and DevOps impact
Driving DevOps maturity and adoption of infrastructure-as-code principles
Bridge Teams: Unify Dev, Ops, Security, and Product for shared goals.
Technical Strategy: Ensure architecture supports rapid, reliable releases (e.g., A/B testing, frequent deployments).
Workflow Management: Oversee the entire lifecycle (plan, code, build, test, deploy, monitor, feedback) using Agile/Lean principles.
Automation Focus: Drive automation of repetitive tasks to reduce errors and speed delivery.
Data-Driven Decisions: Use metrics (velocity, uptime) for continuous improvement and problem-solving