Overview
As a Manager - II , you will work closely with key product and engineering stakeholders to implement integrated environments for a wide range of complex products at RealPage across teams . Included management of team, business uses to technical impact analysis and driving to implementation of these use cases through Infrastructure, Configuration as code and O rchestration based automation across on-prem and Cloud H ybrid environments.
Manager should manage, mentor, coach & deliver technical guidance and indus tr y best practi c es to a group of Infra automation engineers responsible for products of the large and complex environment.
This position will report to the IT Director in India and functionally will work with a Sr. Director in US.
Responsibilities
- Overall 8 - 10 years experience in IT with strong technical exposure on automation (IAC, CAC & DevOps) .
- A passion for Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, DevOps, Automation and running highly resilient/automated system for Hybrid environments .
- Be able to work in USA late morning, early afternoon hours .
- Mandatory knowledge in tool stacks: Azure DevOPs , Ansible, Terraform tools, Packer, Kubernetes
- Have previous programming/development background (Python, Orchestration tools) .
- Compile KPIs and evangelize the adoption of best practices in relation to Integrated environment use cases across the organization .
- Embed into Integrated Environment projects use cases and on-call rotations to keep your skills sharp and stay close to the operational workflows and issues .
- Promote a healthy and functional work environment .
- Maintain project and operational workload statistics .
- Provide a solid foundation for building and maintaining successful Hybrid Infrastructure automation teams.
- Utilize technical knowledge and experience with complex systems and performance to maintain and enhance the company's platform .
Detailed Description
- This individual should enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where adaptability and flexibility is key to their success.
- Implementation of industry recommended best practices and provide technical guidance and support with accountability.
- Work with a diverse team, developing both the technical capabilities and leadership qualities of engineers and technicians.
- Manage system automation, upgrades, integration, automated provisioning process, rebuilds and other projects as required .
- Implement process improvements and inform best practices in automation and operations.
- Working with senior management to propose, agree, and deliver IT service with defined Service Level Agreements.
- Establish systems monitoring capabilities to proactively address issues .
- Establish application/ systems patch management procedures .
- Develop strategic goals and objectives for quality improvements.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal .
- Systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving and detail oriented .
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills; must be effective at summarizing and communicating complex information .
- Demonstrated professional maturity to handle confidential information .
- Self-starter and able to work effectively in a deadline-driven environment .
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with only general direction and minimal supervision .
- Solid organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage time effectively to meet deadlines .
Qualifications
- 8-10 Years with a minimum of architect experience .
- At least 5+ years of work experience in Orchestration based automation for a team for Infrastructure and Configuration as Code .
- Proven track record of designing, building, optimizing , and maintaining infrastructure on a large scale .
- Preferred candidates with professional experience starting from a product developer role and transitioning to a Hybrid Infrastructure automation engineer .
- A passion for Automation/ DevOps and running highly resilient/automated systems.
- 2+ Experience in On-prem to cloud Migration of products .
- Strong understanding of SDLC , Linux and Windows environments .
- Detailed u nderstanding of DevOps Process & Tools (Azure DevOps, GITHUB, Packer, Azure Cloud , Artifactory etc ) .
- Mandatory a utomation background ( Terraform, Python, P owershell , A nsible, Linux/W indows desired state configuration) .
- Basic project management skills.
- Ability to work overtime when necessary.
