Manager Cloud DevOps Engineering

Position Summary:

The Manager, Cloud DevOps Engineer leads cloud and mobile app development of Daikin cloud service. Designing, building, testing, and deploying changes to existing software. Implementing a scalable, maintainable, flexible, secure and robust infrastructure to streamline and automate Daikin operations and processes. This role must be team oriented and possess a continuous improvement mindset that contributes to the overall success of our development operations vision.

Position Responsibilities May include:

• Contribute both as an individual contributor as well as manage and coordinate architecture and software development across multiple cross functional teams, including the embedded development team and external development team

• Responsible for Cost, Quality, Schedule and uptime for Daikin cloud service projects and products

• Manage all activities in all areas of Development Operations and Software Configuration Management.

• Ensure the solution and technical features are delivered according to the requirements, specification and the deliverables are on-time and with high quality.

• Work with cross-functional team and define software requirements

• Define and develop different tools and frameworks to improve security, reliability, maintainability, availability and performance of the product

• Lead and participate in design reviews, code reviews, agile development, unit and system integration tests

• Mentor teams in best practices around cloud architecture practices and design patterns

• Research and understand new technologies, industry trends, and methodologies

• Manage design reviews, code reviews, agile development, unit and system integration tests

• Partner to build and maintain tools for deployment, systems monitoring and operational support; troubleshoot/resolve issues in our automated development, test and production environments.

• Mentor teams in best practices around software process, architecture practices, design patterns and software implementation

• Define product requirements, specification, design and test documents.

• Deliver solution and technical features according to the requirements, and specification and the deliverables are on-time and with high quality.

• Define and develop different tools and frameworks to improve security, reliability, maintainability, availability and performance of the product

• Research and recommend innovative and progressive development operations technologies, solutions and providing justification for proposed solutions.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Nature & Scope:

• Ensures work is aligned with the Director’s expectations, goals, and vision

• Accountable for implementation of policies, processes, and procedures for short-term results

• Decisions and problem-solving are guided by policies, procedures and business plan; receives guidance from Senior Manager/Director

• Works on difficult to moderately complex issues and projects

• Provides guidance and training to subordinates

• Has authority to hire, recommend pay, establish performance and recommend for termination

• Level of signing authority established by company policy/guidelines

Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience in developing, designing, and operating cloud based distributed platforms.

• Must have knowledge of AWS cloud services.

• Experience working on Linux based infrastructure.

• Excellent understanding of Ruby, Python, Perl, and Java

• Configuration and managing databases such as MySQL, Mongo

• Excellent troubleshooting

• Working knowledge of various tools, open-source technologies, and cloud services

• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles

• Working experience with large scale consumer facing IoT products is strongly preferred.

• Proven success in defining cloud architectures that satisfy security, scalability, high availability, and network management/monitoring requirements.

• Strong leadership skills and excellent communicator

• Global team builder that can cross cultural and organizational boundaries naturally

• Superior technical experience and respected for detailed knowledge of technology

• Relentlessly champions innovative technical solutions and compelling value propositions to make Daikin the number one Controls provider in the U.S. HVAC market

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent written and verbal communications

• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Experience:

• 10 years plus of working experience in dev ops automation for cloud-based enterprise systems

• 5 years plus years leading teams.

• Experience of designing and implementing scalable, secure, flexible, and maintainable system architectures designed for large scale consumer facing IoT products.

• Experience with different infrastructure components and database technologies, and virtualization technology used to manage infrastructures.

Education/Certification:

• BS in Computer Science or related required

• MS in Computer Science preferred

People Management: Yes

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:

Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations. Overnight and out-of-state travel as needed, though typically up to 10% depending upon assigned clients. Potential for hybrid or remote work.

Reports To: Web and Mobile Dev Manager

The Company provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of a person’s race, color, religion (including religious dress or grooming practices), creed, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, uniform service member or veteran status, ancestry, disability, physical or mental disability (including HIV/AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, request for protected leave, marital status, sex, pregnancy, age (over 40), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will comply with all federal and state regulations and statutes pertaining to individuals with disabilities.

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