DevOps Team Lead

The Company

At VertiGIS, we build powerful GIS software. Our portfolio of products, solutions, and services enhance the capabilities of leading mapping software, most notably Esri’s ArcGIS. For decades, professionals have relied upon us to overcome complex technical challenges so that they can make a significant impact in the world.

VertiGIS offers meaningful careers that grow with you over time, encourage you to think creatively, and connect you with customers who are making a difference in the world. We are passionate, high-performing individuals that come from a diverse set of educational, cultural, and professional backgrounds. What we all have in common is our drive to do good work, support each other as we grow, and enjoy the beautiful places where we live.

The Position

DevOps is about moving an organization forward and giving it a technological advantage. We view it as a way to think—a state of mind—and we’re looking for an experienced professional to lead and manage DevOps at VertiGIS.

You'll be leading the global DevOps team in a variety of projects covering areas such as security compliance, infrastructure design and automation, and Azure infrastructure governance and administration. You’ll search for ways to meet our various security compliance requirements as well as shortening our development cycles and increasing the quality of our product releases.

If you believe that you'd be a fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you

**Responsibilities**:
Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor DevOps team members.
- Define global DevOps strategy.
- Unify DevOps practices across the organization.
- Coordinate DevOps efforts globally.
- Provide training and support to team members on tools and methodologies.
- Represent DevOps interests to management.

Security Compliance
- Lead SOC 2 compliance initiatives across R&D and represent R&D during SOC 2 audits.
- Ensure SOC 2 security best practices and controls are integrated into our various processes and infrastructure.
- Oversee vulnerability scans, penetration tests, WAF controls, and static code analysis checks.

Infrastructure Design and Automation
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration in the Azure cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Modernize legacy cloud infrastructure and perform cloud migrations.
- Design cloud infrastructure for new products.

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Governance
- Orchestrate, operationalize, and govern cloud infrastructure, including management of cloud costs.

Azure DevOps Administration
- Maintain and administer Azure DevOps repositories, branches, and version control systems, including permission and policy management.

Documentation
- Document DevOps processes, procedures, and configurations clearly and comprehensively.

System Monitoring and Management
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.

On-premises infrastructure maintenance
- Maintenance and modernization of development infrastructure such as web servers and build agents.

CI/CD Pipeline Management
- Design, implement, and manage Azure DevOps pipelines for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.

Skills Required:

- Prior experience:

- 5+ years of DevOps related experience.
- Preference for team leadership and mentorship experience.
- Adaptability: A demonstrable ability to quickly learn and master new technologies, and to adapt quickly to an ever-changing technology landscape.
- Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with both development teams and management.
- Azure Cloud Services: Familiarity with various Azure services, including: compute, storage, app services, networking, and databases.
- Security: Understanding of security best practices and how to implement them in a cloud environment. Bonus points for SOC 2 and/or ISO27001 audit experience using Vanta.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with IaC tools and methodologies, with preference for Bicep.
- Azure DevOps: Proficiency in the Azure DevOps ecosystem, including Azure Pipelines and related tools.
- Monitoring and Logging: Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor and PRTG to track system health and performance.
- CI/CD: Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and practices.
- Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, Python and JavaScript/TypeScript for automating tasks.

Our Perks

Team/Career Growth
- Top-notch colleagues that like and respect one another
- We listen to peoples' ideas—and act on them
- A supportive environment with opportunity for training, mentoring, professional development, and advancement
- Challenging, interesting work
- Cutting edge technology that improves the world around us
- We're recognized experts in our field—people around the world seek us out

**Benefits**:

- Fair and equitable salaries, as well as profit sharing
- A competitive group benefits program for you an