Manager, DevOps Engineering

About us-  Cognex is the largest, most successful and recognized global player in industrial machine vision! We are a financially strong, international company with no debt and have been in business for over 40 years. Using advanced optics, image sensors and artificial intelligence software Cognex vision and ID systems capture an image then analyze it to make sense of what’s being seen. We are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable work environment, guided by our "Work Hard, Play Hard, Move Fast" culture, which celebrates employee innovation, determination, and dedication in a dynamic, fun, and distinctive atmosphere.

We are working on a hybrid schedule, 3 days in the office, 2 at home.

As a DevOps Engineering Manager, you will lead a team to design, implement, and optimize automated software delivery pipelines. This role is pivotal in driving innovation, scalability, and reliability across our engineering organization, ensuring seamless integration of development, testing, and deployment.

Key responsibilities

• Team and Project Management: Lead and mentor DevOps Engineers, set goals, and manage their performance and career growth.

• Technical and Strategic Leadership: Define the technical roadmap for DevOps, provide high-level guidance on architecture, and ensure teams follow best practices.

• Automation and Process Improvement: Implement and oversee automation strategies for development, deployment, and release processes to improve efficiency.

• Infrastructure Management: Oversee CI/CD tools like TeamCity, container orchestration like Docker, and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Ansible, and Kotlin.

• Security and Compliance: Ensure solutions meet security standards and industry regulations and integrate security practices throughout the development lifecycle.

• Monitoring and Operations: Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and lead incident management and root cause analysis.

• Collaboration and Communication: Act as a liaison between different Engineering groups, teams, and stakeholders to ensure a unified process. 

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• Experience:  6 – 8 years of related experience

• Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools, containerization, IaC tools, scripting languages like python, and build systems like cmake and yocto.

• Soft Skills: Leadership, communication, problem-solving, and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment are crucial. 

• Proven managerial experience, including team leadership and performance management.

• Delegation skills to balance workloads and empower team members.

• Passion for team growth and development, fostering career progression and skill-building.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cognex is an equal opportunity employer. Cognex evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.