What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager DevOps and DBA position at Pierce Technology Corp?
DevOps & DBA Leadership: Lead, hire, and mentor a high-performing team of DevOps Engineers and DBAs, defining strategic roadmaps aligned with core platform and product goals.
CI/CD & Release Automation: Own the reliability, design, and continuous improvement of automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for end-to-end SaaS build, test, deployment, and rollback workflows.
SQL Server Database Operations: Oversee enterprise SQL Server environments, managing high availability/DR (Always On), performance tuning, capacity planning, patching, and strict RTO/RPO backup strategies.
DevSecOps, Incident Response & Governance: Partner with Security to integrate automated scanning, secrets management, and SOC 2 compliance while driving structured incident response, post-mortems, and change-management rigor.
Cloud FinOps & Operational Efficiency: Collaborate with Cloud Architecture and leadership to optimize Azure spend and drive automation, observability, and self-service capabilities to eliminate toil.
Leadership & Experience: 8 years across DevOps, Cloud, SRE, and infrastructure engineering supporting PaaS/SaaS environments, with 2 years managing, hiring, and developing DevOps, SRE, or DBA teams.
Azure Cloud & Infrastructure as Code: Deep expertise across Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, Entra ID, networking, AKS), cloud cost optimization (FinOps), and enterprise-scale IaC and configuration management.
Database Administration & Migrations: Advanced SQL Server DBA capabilities (HA/DR, Always On, performance tuning, backups) alongside exposure to database migrations involving Azure SQL MI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
CI/CD, Automation & DevSecOps: Extensive hands-on experience building automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash), and embedding DevSecOps controls (SAST/DAST, secrets management, Key Vault).
Observability, Compliance & Operations: Strong background in full-stack monitoring (Datadog, Dynatrace, App Insights), SOC 2/ISO compliance in regulated SaaS domains (FinTech/InsurTech), and ITSM workflows (ServiceNow, Jira).