Jobs / Qcells

Senior Manager, DevOps

Qcells · Santa Clara, CA, United States
Santa Clara, CA, United StatesExp: 10+ yrs173,400-262,200 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
Annual base salary varies by location zone.
Location
Santa Clara, CA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

Leads the DevOps function supporting a critical infrastructure energy management platform, setting strategy and managing a team responsible for cloud and edge environments. Oversees GitOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, platform security, compliance, and observability to improve software delivery, reliability, and operational efficiency. The role works with technologies including Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible, and supports governance requirements such as NERC CIP, SOC 2, NIST, and IEC 62443.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure, or a related discipline.
  • 3+ years of direct management experience with DevOps, platform, SRE, or infrastructure engineering teams.
  • Demonstrated success building and developing high-performing technical teams.
  • Expertise in GitOps technologies such as Argo CD or Flux.
  • Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration in cloud or distributed environments.
  • Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud infrastructure architecture.
  • Expertise with infrastructure as code and configuration management, including Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, ARM, or Bicep.
  • Experience with compliance automation, policy as code, and security controls in regulated environments.
  • Working knowledge of automation scripting with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop DevOps and platform engineering teams supporting cloud and edge infrastructure.
  • Define the DevOps strategy, operating model, technical roadmap, priorities, and engineering standards.
  • Own the architecture and continuous improvement of enterprise CI/CD and GitOps capabilities.
  • Establish GitOps workflows and secure deployment pipelines for cloud and edge environments.
  • Govern infrastructure as code and automate provisioning, configuration, and operational processes.
  • Set standards for Kubernetes, container orchestration, artifact management, and application deployment.
  • Integrate security controls, vulnerability scanning, SBOM generation, and software supply-chain protections into delivery pipelines.
  • Implement compliance validation, policy as code, governance, and audit controls for regulated infrastructure.
  • Establish observability standards, metrics, analytics, and operational dashboards.
  • Improve platform availability, resilience, scalability, disaster recovery, and operational efficiency with SRE and engineering teams.

Skills

AnsibleArgo CDAzureAzure DevOpsBashBicepDockerFluxGitHubGitHub ActionsGitLabGitLab CIGrafanaIAMJenkinsKubernetesOpenTelemetryPowerShellPrometheusPulumiPythonTerraformARM TemplatesGit

Certifications

Azure DevOps Engineer ExpertAzure Solutions Architect ExpertAzure Security Engineer Associate

Degrees

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a

Languages

PythonBashPowerShell

Travel

Travel may be required up to 15%, depending on business needs.

Industry

Solar energyRenewable energyEnergy storageUtilitiesEnergy managementCritical infrastructure

Relocation

No