- Senior
- Office in Paderborn
Job Title:
Senior Manager DevOpsAbout Skyhigh Security:
Skyhigh Security is a dynamic, fast-paced, cloud company that is a leader in the security industry. Our mission is to protect the world’s data, and because of this, we live and breathe security. We value learning at our core, underpinned by openness and transparency.
Since 2011, organizations have trusted us to provide them with a complete, market-leading security platform built on a modern cloud stack. Our industry-leading suite of products radically simplifies data security through easy-to-use, cloud-based, Zero Trust solutions that are managed in a single dashboard, powered by hundreds of employees across the world. With offices in Santa Clara, Aylesbury, Paderborn, Bengaluru, Sydney, Tokyo and more, our employees are the heart and soul of our company.
Skyhigh Security Is more than a company; here, when you invest your career with us, we commit to investing in you. We embrace a hybrid work model, creating the flexibility and freedom you need from your work environment to reach your potential. From our employee recognition program, to our ‘Blast Talks' learning series, and team celebrations (we love to have fun!), we strive to be an interactive and engaging place where you can be your authentic self.
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Role Overview:
We are looking for a hands-on and strategic Senior Manager, DevOps to lead our DevOps function across hybrid cloud environments. You will be responsible for managing and evolving our CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment strategies to ensure secure, fast, and reliable product releases. This role requires a strong leader with technical depth, a bias for automation, and a passion for operational excellence in a cloud-native and security-first environment.About the role:
You will plan, provide resources for and direct activities in engineering function to meet schedules, standards, and cost.
You will cultivate and reinforce appropriate group values, norms and behaviors.
You will identify and analyze problems, plan tasks and solutions.
You will provide guidance on employee development, performance, and productivity issues.
You will plan and schedule daily tasks, use judgement on a variety of problems requiring deviation from standard practices. Inadequacies and erroneous decisions would cause moderate inconvenience and expense.
You will coordinate activities with Product Management, Support and Engineering.
You will scope and monitor infrastructure performance, capacity and cost.
You will cooperate with, select and supervise external partners.
You will drive technical innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
Lead and mentor a high-performing DevOps team.
Define team goals, measure success, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Security, SRE, QA, and Product teams.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Manage and optimize hybrid cloud infrastructure (AWS, OCI, on-prem).
Lead infrastructure-as-code (IaC) initiatives using tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.
Ensure scalable, secure, and compliant cloud operations.
CI/CD & Release EngineeringOversee and improve CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Gitlabs, Argo CD, or similar.
Ensure high-velocity, low-risk product deployments through automated testing, canary releases, blue/green deployments, etc.
Collaborate with security teams to embed DevSecOps practices in the release process.
Automation & Tooling
Drive adoption of automation in infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment.
Evaluate and implement tooling to increase productivity and system reliability.
Monitoring, Logging & Incident Management
Oversee implementation of observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes are in place.
Governance & Compliance
Support security and compliance efforts (e.g., SOC2, ISO 27001, Fedramp) through automated audit trails and hardened environments.
Partner with the SecOps team to ensure infrastructure adheres to security best practices.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of DevOps or SRE experience, with 3+ years in a management or leadership role.
Deep expertise in managing hybrid cloud environments and multi-cloud architectures.
Deep understanding of cloud principles and carrier grade networking.
Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm), and CI/CD tooling.
Solid experience in secure DevOps practices and deploying in regulated environments.
Proven track record of leading high-impact teams and delivering scalable infrastructure solutions.
High level of cost awareness and will bring in and support ideas to gain best possible cost efficiency
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with a global team in different time zones, diverse culture to support a 24x7 production environment
Solid experience with Google and Microsoft office tools
Company Benefits and Perks:
We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.
Retirement Plans
Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Support for Community Involvement
We're serious about our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
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