DevOps Manager

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Work type: Full-Time (Salaried)
Location: Richmond (City), Virginia
Categories: Information Technology, Educational and Media Services

Title: DevOps Manager

State Role Title: Info Technology Manager I

Hiring Range: $125,000 to $132,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept of Ed Central Operations

Location: RICHMOND, VA

Agency Website: doe.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is recruiting for a DevOps Manager to support technology and technology systems for the VDOE through coordinating between the operational and development teams.

The mission of the DevOps team is to effectively support, maintain, and advance technology and technology solutions that further the mission and priority goals of the DOE Department of Data, Research and Technology and overall Virginia Department of Education.

The DevOps Manager would be expected to perform the following duties:

• Troubleshoots and fixes issues or provides for escalation to appropriate parties and helps with troubleshooting in one-on-one sessions.
• Provides assistance to systems and database administrators around patching, auditing, installations, and security concerns.
• Develops and documents processes for release management and code promotion between environments.
• Provides coordination between the operational and development teams for successful implementation and deployment of software solutions.
• Provides support and guidance to projects around implementations and upgrades.
• Installs and configures software tools to automate and support the SDLC process, including creating effective source code management procedures.
• Participate in the planning, scheduling, and scoping of Sprints on AGILE projects.
• Help the team to identify and prioritize work across projects internal and external, maintenance, and support needs to ensure on-time delivery of stable systems that meet requirements.
• Suggest and implement enhancements to system to improve performance, security, and reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working in product or project building teams.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Database Administrator and Systems Administrator for a cloud environment including both structured databases as well as compute instances
• Demonstrated experience working with the configuration and maintenance of Deployment Pipelines and establishing Release Management best practices
• Demonstrated experience integrating CI/CD tools, Configuration Management, Infrastructure as Code, code scanning and automated testing tools into Release Management processes.
• Ability to creatively solve customer issues while operating in a potentially restricted environment
• Ability to maintain organization of work, manages deadlines, and clearly communicates progress or indicates the need for assistance as workload demands.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative team to identify opportunities for product improvements and recommend modifications.
• Ability to collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to gather business requirements, define metrics, and develop solutions to address data needs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Version Control Systems, CI/CD Pipeline tools, Configuration management tools

Additional Considerations

• College degree in information systems, computer science, or related field or demonstrated progressively responsible experience in developing and maintaining information systems. Extensive experience in Oracle database administration, with Oracle certification preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with CI/CD Pipelines and Configuration Management Tools

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

A résumé will be accepted in lieu of a completed state application. Applications submitted via e-mail, postal service, fax or hand-delivered will not be considered. Successful candidates must pass a criminal background check. Commonwealth of Virginia employees may have teleworking options available. Final teleworking agreements will be reviewed and approved upon hire.

This role will require completion of a Statement of Economic Interests (SOEI), which is filed annual with the General Assembly.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview process. For assistance call: (804) 225-2021, [TTY: 786-8389]

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Email: [email protected]

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Advertised: 06 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 16 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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