Manager, Development

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The Work You’ll Do:

The Development Manager for Production Support is responsible for leading and managing a team that ensures the stability, reliability, and continuous operation of AWS-based production systems and Google Apigee applications. This role bridges development and operations teams while maintaining critical business services in a cloud-native Linux environment.  This role offers the opportunity to lead a global team while working with cutting-edge cloud technologies and API management platforms in a dynamic, multi-cultural environment.

More specifically you will:

Team Leadership & Management:

• Develop and grow a distributed team across multiple locations (Lisbon/Mumbai/São Paulo), including developing optimal structures and clear accountabilities, maximizing employee performance, providing mentoring and coaching
• Provide leadership and supervision to onshore/offshore resources and delegate responsibilities
• Arrange, assign, adjust and monitor shifts to ensure 24/7 coverage across time zones

Incident & Problem Management:

• Incident management - Minimize service disruption by driving timely resolution of AWS and Apigee-related incidents
• Problem management - Ensure a proactive stance to post-incident review and problem follow-up
• Prioritize issues raised and resolve accordingly, coordinate escalation and resolution of major service issues
• Provide 24x7 production support and crisis management for cloud infrastructure and API gateway services

Technical Operations:

• Provide technical support for Linux-based production systems and troubleshoot AWS/Apigee issues
• Monitor production environments, AWS services, Apigee gateways, and manage incident response using Grafana for log analysis
• Change Management - Expedite change requests to ensure service availability in cloud environments
• Implement monitoring of key AWS services and Apigee components to reduce infrastructure downtime

Stakeholder Management:

• Discuss all production support aspects with application development management across global locations
• Interact with AWS infrastructure teams, release management, change management, QA, and development teams
• Report promptly to management and business partners regarding critical outages until resolution

Process Improvement:

• Use strong technical and operational skills to proactively identify and recommend opportunities, creating sound processes that increase efficiency and effectiveness in cloud operations
• Establish continuous monitoring of service delivery procedures to enable support team to deliver high quality services
• Drive automation initiatives for AWS resource management and Apigee configuration deployment

Reporting & Communication:

• Provide regular status reports to management on application status and other metrics using Grafana dashboards
• Collaborate with management to improve and customize reports related to production support

What We Need From You: