Senior Devops Operations Manager

AVENU is looking for a dynamic Devops Manager to support the Avenu platform (a Bank as a Service (BaaS) platform). The ideal candidate will lead a team responsible for managing and optimizing the deployment, automation, scaling, monitoring, and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

This is a Hybrid position with 3 days a week in our Sterling, VA office.

Key Responsibilities :

• Manage and mentor a team of DevOps, Operations, Support engineers providing guidance, coaching, and support to foster professional growth and development
• Monitor projects and teams to make sure goals, objectives and timelines are being met
• Design, implement, and manage scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure on GCP
• Oversee the deployment and configuration of cloud resources, including virtual machines, containers, databases, and networking components
• Optimize resource utilization and cost-effectiveness through automation and right-sizing of cloud instances.
• Develop and maintain CI / CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Establish comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact service availability.
• Implement performance monitoring and optimization strategies to ensure optimal performance and reliability of cloud services
• Collaborate with security teams to define and implement security policies, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Address security vulnerabilities in a timely manner
• Lead production support activities, including incident response, root cause analysis, and problem resolution, to minimize service disruptions and ensure high availability
• Provide oversight for the design and development of DevOps solutions and tools
• Track and communicate project status, manage requests to closure, risks and resolve support issues with priority as they arise
• Create and participate in Roadmap and Strategic planning initiatives including Infrastructure Automation, Releases, CI / CD pipeline and Site Reliability Engineering
• Maintain and upkeep operational excellence in the production environment
• Proficient at applying agile development, continuous integration and continuous delivery practices in infrastructure engineering, DevOps and technical operations teams.
• Plan and execute security standards, compliance and disaster recovery requirements which ensures the security, integrity and continuity of systems and data;

including but not limited to vulnerability management / remediation, logging, monitoring and DR failover testing

• Must have a deep understanding of Cloud, DevOps and database principles and practices.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Requirements :

• This is a hybrid position. Minimum 3 days in the Sterling, VA office
• 10+ years of experience in managing, leading, and inspiring a team of devops, support engineers including hiring, retaining, and managing performance
• 7+ years of experience working on cloud services and infrastructure
• 7+ years of experience running and working with distributed systems and on services at scale
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• In-depth knowledge in APIs and Microservices
• Knowledge of Kafka, ksqdb
• 5+ years of experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, Splunk or similar)
• Experience with cloud security, compliance and risk management
• Expert in at least one major cloud provider like Google or AWS
• Experience with source control systems like GIT
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Excellent organizational skills coupled with a strong team player presence
• Excellent time management skills and a strong sense of urgency

You'll be a great fit if you :

• You believe in Servant leadership and fostering team first culture
• You are passionate about finding solutions in a fast-paced environment
• You are a true engineer at heart, you can roll up your sleeves and remain hands on to help the team
• Prior experience working with payment systems
• Possess strong interpersonal communication skills and confidence to collaborate effectively with Clients, Development team, Technical Support team and Product team
• Have a career goal of joining a FinTech team that is launching new products and services into a dynamic, fast-paced, and competitive marketplace

At MainStreet Bank we strive to bring talented, team-oriented individuals on staff to meet and exceed our customers' needs.

MainStreet team members enjoy a friendly working environment, opportunity for personal and professional growth, generous benefits and access to resources for improving their well-being.

For more information visit our website at www.mstreetbank.com.

MainStreet Bank is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color or any other protected class.

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