DevOps Engineering Manager

ABOUT CLIENT

Our client is a large enterprise organization in the US healthcare space. The company operates in a highly regulated environment and relies on robust application delivery processes, modern CI/CD tooling, and strong governance practices to support large-scale engineering operations.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a technically grounded Engineering Manager with a strong background in CI/CD and SDLC tooling to lead a distributed DevOps Tooling team.

This is a hands-on leadership role, where you will be responsible for team coordination, delivery management, and stakeholder communication, while staying close to the technical work — reviewing pipeline architecture, guiding engineers, and unblocking the team.

The team focuses on application-side DevOps tooling, including CI/CD pipelines, build and deployment processes, and engineering governance. This role does not cover infrastructure or networking.

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years of overall experience, including: 5+ years in DevOps and 2+ years in a lead or management role
• Strong hands-on experience with: Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise / GitHub Actions, Nexus, Sonar
• Solid experience in: CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and maintenance, SDLC tooling and application delivery processes
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
• Experience working with AWS and/or Azure
• Scripting skills for automation
• Experience in enterprise-scale environments with established processes
• Understanding of change management and compliance practices

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and coordinate a distributed DevOps Tooling team on a daily basis
• Own backlog management, priority setting, and capacity planning
• Drive sprint planning, execution, and delivery consistency
• Act as the main escalation point for technical and delivery issues
• Review CI/CD pipeline architecture and guide technical decisions
• Support and unblock engineers, ensuring smooth delivery flow
• Mentor team members and support their professional development
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including: Status updates; Risks and issus; Delivery metrics
• Collaborate with client-side program managers and product owners
• Ensure alignment with enterprise processes, including compliance and governance

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare)
• Experience with enterprise governance and toolchain standardization

WHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKS

• Close cooperation with a customer
• Challenging tasks
• Competence development
• Ability to influence project technologies
• Team of professionals
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

ABOUT ELEKS

ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.

Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.