The goal of a DevOps Lead / Technical Project Manager is to ensure fast, reliable, and secure deployment of software products. They will oversee infrastructure design, automation strategies, cloud architecture, monitoring solutions, and cross-team collaboration. They will also manage hiring, budgeting, and delivery timelines within the engineering function.
This is a 12+ month project requiring onsite hybrid work in Plano, TX.
Role :
- Managing and mentoring DevOps and infrastructure engineers
- Defining standards for deployment pipelines, monitoring, and tooling
- Overseeing production environments and ensuring system reliability
- Leading automation efforts across build, test, and release pipelines
- Coordinating with development, QA, and SRE teams on delivery processes
- Ensuring security best practices are followed across infrastructure
- Managing incident response, platform KPIs, and escalation processes
- Supporting infrastructure cost control and vendor management
- Reporting on environment health, delivery timelines, and DevOps impact
Driving DevOps maturity and adoption of infrastructure-as-code principles This role blends team leadership with platform oversight and cross-functional coordination. DevOps manager will lead teams focused on infrastructure, automation, and deployments.
- 8-10 years of experience in DevOps or platform engineering roles
- Experience leading technical teams or cross-functional squads
- Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure, automation, and delivery tooling
- Confidence managing infrastructure projects and system upgrades
- Experience defining SLAs, monitoring standards, and incident processes
- Skilled in budgeting, team development, and performance management
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and container orchestration
- Ability to align platform reliability with business goals
- Comfortable working across engineering, QA, and product functions
- Bridge Teams: Unify Dev, Ops, Security, and Product for shared goals.
- Technical Strategy: Ensure architecture supports rapid, reliable releases (e.g., A/B testing, frequent deployments).
- Tool Expertise: Understand and leverage version control, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab).
- Workflow Management: Oversee the entire lifecycle (plan, code, build, test, deploy, monitor, feedback) using Agile/Lean principles.
- Automation Focus: Drive automation of repetitive tasks to reduce errors and speed delivery.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Use metrics (velocity, uptime) for continuous improvement and problem-solving Skills:
- Agile/Scrum/Kanban
- CI/CD Concepts & Tools
- Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Scripting & IaC (Python)
- Collaboration & Communication
Top Skills
What We Do
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and backed by renowned private equity firms Advent International and Warburg Pincus, Encora is the preferred technology modernization and innovation partner to some of the world’s leading enterprise companies. It provides award-winning digital engineering services including Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering. Encora's deep cluster vertical capabilities extend across diverse industries, including HiTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG, Energy & Utilities, Banking Financial Services & Insurance, Travel, Hospitality & Logistics, Telecom & Media, Automotive, and other specialized industries.
With over 9,000 associates in 47+ offices and delivery centers across the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, India, and Southeast Asia, Encora delivers nearshore agility to clients anywhere in the world, coupled with expertise at scale in India. Encora’s Cloud-first, Data-first, AI-first approach enables clients to create differentiated enterprise value through technology
