IT Team Manager (DevOps)

The IT Manager role at PPG involves defining and architecting deployment, automation, and management of cloud applications and infrastructure, leading a global DevOps team, and driving automation and best practices in CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure automation. The position supports the company's strategic goals in a fully remote setting.

Location: Remote (Poland, Czech Republic, or Spain)

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of fifteen DevOps engineers across different geographies.
• Develop and implement DevOps and DevSecOps strategies aligned with company goals.
• Establish and maintain best practices for infrastructure automation, CI/CD, monitoring, and release management.
• Implement a Community of Practices to evangelize DevOps best practices.
• Drive automation initiatives for operational tasks including infrastructure provisioning, release notes, configuration management, and deployment processes.
• Implement and ensure DevOps metrics are met.
• Reduce technical backlog through strategic initiatives.
• Keep DevOps guidelines up-to-date.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, proposing innovative solutions.
• Participate in recruitment of IT support personnel.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, security policies, and SOX activities.
• Schedule personnel duties for coverage.
• Communicate effectively with management and team members.
• Ensure procedures and work instructions are efficient.
• Provide regular updates to managers.
• Prioritize customer service and problem-solving.
• Consult with reporting managers on complex situations.
• Adhere to company policies on security, health, safety, and quality.
• Maintain confidentiality of data and proprietary information.
• Work effectively under pressure with changing priorities.
• Align with business and IT strategic directions.
• Understand current business processes and tools.
• Manage projects as required.
• Organize 24/7 support with the team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience as a Developer and/or DevOps engineer.
• Proficiency with DevOps tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, Azure DevOps.
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD processes in Azure Pipelines.
• Experience driving organizational change related to DevOps culture.
• Understanding of monitoring and logging tools: App Insights, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Leadership experience.
• Project management experience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to detail.