SMS DevOps Manager

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What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

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We are seeking an experienced Dev Ops Manager to lead the design, delivery, and operation of a secure, sovereign cloud environment. This role is responsible for building and governing Terraform-driven Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using cloud-native services and open-source technologies, ensuring strong isolation, compliance, and security boundaries suitable for use by sovereign entities and regulated customers.

The ideal candidate blends hands-on technical depth with people leadership, understands secure-by-design cloud architectures, and can translate sovereignty, compliance, and risk requirements into scalable, automated platforms.

• Own the end-to-end cloud platform supporting sovereign and regulated workloads across multiple hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP, or sovereign variants) focused centers of excellence.
• Design and enforce secure information boundaries, including:
• Network segmentation and isolation
• Identity, access, and privilege separation
• Data residency and encryption controls
• Partner with Security, Architecture, and Compliance teams to ensure platforms meet sovereignty, regulatory, and contractual requirements

• Lead development and governance of Terraform-based IaC frameworks
• Establish reusable modules, standards, and pipelines for:
• Cloud-native services (compute, storage, networking, identity)
• Security controls embedded into infrastructure
• Drive automation for provisioning, configuration, drift detection, and lifecycle management

• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure and application delivery
• Ensure high availability, resilience, and performance of the cloud platform

• Implement security-by-default practices across all environments
• Ensure alignment with frameworks such as:
• Zero Trust principles
• NIST, ISO, SOC, or equivalent regulatory standards
• Support audits and assessments by providing traceable, code-based controls and evidence

• Leverage and govern open-source tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Helm, Argo, Vault, Open Policy Agent)
• Balance innovation with stability, ensuring secure and supported implementations
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve security, efficiency, and automation
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Dev Ops and Platform Engineers
• Foster a culture of automation, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Set clear priorities, roadmaps, and success metrics for the team

• 10+ years of experience in Dev Ops, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering
• 4+ years of experience leading or managing technical teams
• Deep hands-on experience with Terraform in production environments
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong understanding of cloud security fundamentals:
• IAM, encryption, network security, secrets management
• Experience with CI/CD systems and automation tooling

• Experience supporting sovereign, government, or highly regulated environments
• Kubernetes platform experience in security-sensitive contexts
• Familiarity with policy-as-code and compliance-as-code approaches
• Cloud security or Dev Ops certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, CKA, Terraform Associate)
• Experience collaborating with GRC, legal, and compliance stakeholders

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