Duties and Responsibilities, as They Align to Ryan’s Key Results

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor DevOps/cloud engineers; manage performance and development plans.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability.

• Oversee CI/CD standardization for Java, .NET, and Node.js workloads.

• Drive Internal Developer Portal adoption and golden path enablement.

• Guide Terraform and infrastructure as code standards and guardrails.

• Embed DevSecOps best practices into pipelines and cloud platforms.

• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives for new tools and automation improvements.

People

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.

• Provide career guidance, performance feedback, and coaching to team members.

• Promote inclusion, trust, and engagement across distributed teams.

Client

• Partner with internal engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure DevOps platforms.

• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders by translating business needs into technical solutions.

• Ensure responsive, high-quality service and proactive communication with stakeholders.

• Align platform capabilities with client needs to maximize business impact.

Value

• Drive automation, operational efficiency, and cloud cost optimization across Azure and AWS.

• Deliver self-service platform capabilities to accelerate developer productivity.

• Establish and enforce best practices in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability.

• Continuously improve service reliability, scalability, and performance while minimizing risk.

Education and Experience

• Eight or more years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering.

• Two or more years of people leadership experience.

• Strong experience with CI/CD tools, including Harness, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.

• Hands-on AWS and/or Azure expertise from architecture to operations.

• Extensive Terraform and infrastructure as code experience.

• Advanced knowledge of public cloud architecture and operations across Azure and AWS.

• Familiarity with programming languages such as Java, Node.js, Python, and Unix shell.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and service mesh technologies.

• Strong collaboration, transparency, and stakeholder management skills.

Certificates and Licenses

• AWS and/or Azure certifications; professional-level certification preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervise a team of DevOps and cloud platform engineers.

• Manage recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance.

• Allocate resources effectively across projects and operations.

• Establish clear goals and accountability for the team.

Compensation Pay Transparency

• For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,000.00 - $220,440.00

• For other California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00

• For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00

• For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00

• For other Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00

• For Maryland based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00

• For Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00

• For other Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $141,000.00 - $192,940.00

• For New Jersey based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,000.00 - $220,440.00

• For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,000.00 - $220,440.00

• For other New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $134,000.00 - $183,700.00

• For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $147,000.00 - $181,885.00