DevOps Manager - Network Optimization

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail.

Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world.

Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at : .It’s not just about your career or your job title it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world.

Do you want to go into uncharted waters do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?The DevOps Solution Architecture is responsible for driving digital transformation of modern software development practices for the Network Optimization product teams.

Your contributions in this role will directly impact train management and logistic software applications all over the world.

Our team is a highly collaborative and passionate team of distributed, highly technically skilled engineers. The contributions made on an individual level will greatly impact the DevOps strategy for the Wabtec business and the Network Optimization product teams.

How will you make a difference?In this role, you will provide an essential part of the DevOps management for products using bleeding edge technologies in concert with cloud native software architecture patterns to create highly reliable and available systems for the largest train companies in the world.

You will be critical to driving team success, reporting on success to executive leaders, employing cost savings strategies, providing technical guidance, and hands on assistance for teams in this P&L.

We desire a servant leadership approach to drive team collaboration and cohesion. You will report to the Director of DevOps Solution Architecture.

What do we want to know about you?Technical skillsets that would be required, but not limited to, are the following; Kubernetes, Docker, SDLC, CI / CD, Cloud, Microservice Design, Agile Software Development, Application Profiling, Monitoring & Observability.

Your technical choices will create a pattern for other groups and products to model for implementation of best practices and ensure a comprehensive and complete DevOps methodology for the business.

What will your typical day look like?Management of existing devops engineering team made up of 12 engineersThought leadership on modern devops best practices and execution of complex, cloud focused application projectsExpertise in Kubernetes is required;

ability to build, maintain, and run workloads on Kubernetes according to modern best practicesSupport and improve tooling for continuous build, automated testing, and release managementKnowledge and practical experience of cloud platforms and best practices (AWS Preferred)Ability to debug code in python, bash, and batch scriptsLinux system administration experience preferred, with a focus on networking and containers workloadsExpertise in Docker and contained containerization technologiesExperience with trunk-based development models of software development, and applying principles of SDLC and agile methodologiesCoach and foster team to focus on T-Shaped’ method of team developmentMake technology choices at an individual product level and has the ability to analyze and measure impact across business and communicate value to executive leadershipProfile build processes and identify bottlenecksImplements Continuous Integration / Deployment build principlesProvide expertise in quality engineering, test planning and testing methodology for a software projectBuild and maintain documentation related to build processes and product environmental configurationsDesign DevOps solutions that are agnostic and reusable to multiple application team useSupervisory ResponsibilitiesManage the existing devops team consisting of 12 engineers (7 full time employees, 4 contractors)Participate in hiring and recruitment efforts, including interviews for employees in the DevOps Architecture department.

Provide technical leadership on best practice implementation and ensuring consistency in DevOps methodologyYou may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.

S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness.

We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status.

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