DDN is seeking a Manager to lead our DevOps engineering team supporting Infinia Software Defined Storage (SDS). Infinia SDS is designed to support multiple client protocols, delivering robust, enterprise-grade storage solutions for cutting-edge use cases in both on-premises and cloud environments.

This role is ideal for a strategic leader who excels at building high-performing teams, driving operational excellence, and aligning DevOps initiatives with business objectives in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of DevOps engineers across global locations.
Conduct hiring, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
Manage team capacity and resource allocation to ensure delivery of critical initiatives.

Strategic Planning & Execution

Define and drive the DevOps roadmap in partnership with engineering, product, and infrastructure leadership.
Align DevOps initiatives with business goals, ensuring infrastructure supports product development velocity and customer success.
Balance innovation with operational stability, making strategic decisions on technology adoption and infrastructure investments.
Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless delivery of software-defined storage solutions.

Operational Excellence & Process Management

Establish and maintain SLAs, incident response processes, and on-call rotations while ensuring team health and work-life balance.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance deployment speed, reliability, and infrastructure efficiency.
Implement metrics and KPIs to measure team performance, infrastructure health, and operational effectiveness.
Champion DevOps best practices and automation across the organization.

Infrastructure & Technology Oversight

Provide strategic direction for infrastructure-as-code initiatives, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, and CI/CD pipeline development.
Guide technology evaluation and adoption decisions for DevOps tooling and platforms.
Ensure infrastructure scalability, security, and reliability to support enterprise-grade storage solutions.
Oversee integration of build and release acceleration tools to optimize development workflows.

Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration

Communicate technical progress, challenges, and roadmap to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
Partner with development, QA, and product teams to align infrastructure capabilities with product requirements.
Manage vendor relationships and technology partnerships related to DevOps infrastructure.

Requirements

14+ years of experience managing DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering teams, preferably in enterprise software or storage solutions.
Strong leadership background with proven ability to build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering teams.
Experience managing teams across multiple locations or time zones is a plus.
Proven track record of operational excellence including incident management, on-call processes, and SLA management.
Strategic thinking with the ability to define technical vision and roadmap while balancing competing priorities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Strong project and resource management capabilities with experience prioritizing work across competing initiatives.
Experience partnering with engineering, product, and leadership teams to align infrastructure initiatives with business goals.

Preferred Skills

General familiarity with DevOps practices and modern infrastructure concepts (cloud, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code).
Background in enterprise software, storage systems, or infrastructure products.
Experience scaling DevOps teams and practices in high-growth environments.
Budget management and vendor relationship experience.

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