Manager DevOps and DBA
Pierce Technology Corp Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Manager-level DevOps & Release role at Pierce Technology Corp. Colorado Springs · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $120,000–$167,500 across the United States.
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devopsroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow DevOps and DBA teams, while setting technical plans around platform and product priorities
- Keep Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions pipelines reliable across SaaS builds, tests, releases and rollbacks
- Oversee SQL Server availability, recovery planning, tuning, capacity, patching and backups
- Work with Security on scanning, secrets and SOC 2 controls, and run incident reviews and change processes
- Partner with cloud architecture and leaders to reduce Azure costs and expand automation, monitoring and self-service
What you bring
- At least eight years in DevOps, cloud, SRE or infrastructure engineering for PaaS or SaaS environments
- At least two years leading teams, including hiring and developing DevOps, SRE or DBA staff
- Deep Azure knowledge, including infrastructure, platform services, identity, networking and AKS, plus enterprise IaC and cost control
- Advanced SQL Server administration skills, with HA/DR, Always On, tuning and backup experience
- Hands-on CI/CD and scripting experience, alongside DevSecOps controls and monitoring, compliance or ITSM experience
Who this fits
This is a people-management role for someone with both team leadership experience and hands-on DevOps, cloud and SQL Server expertise. The role is onsite in Colorado Springs.
From the employer
DevOps & DBA Leadership: Lead, hire, and mentor a high-performing team of DevOps Engineers and DBAs, defining strategic roadmaps aligned with core platform and product goals.
CI/CD & Release Automation: Own the reliability, design, and continuous improvement of automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for end-to-end SaaS build, test, deployment, and rollback workflows.
SQL Server Database Operations: Oversee enterprise SQL Server environments, managing high availability/DR (Always On), performance tuning, capacity planning, patching, and strict RTO/RPO backup strategies.
DevSecOps, Incident Response & Governance: Partner with Security to integrate automated scanning, secrets management, and SOC 2 compliance while driving structured incident response, post-mortems, and change-management rigor.
Cloud FinOps & Operational Efficiency: Collaborate with Cloud Architecture and leadership to optimize Azure spend and drive automation, observability, and self-service capabilities to eliminate toil.
Requirements
Leadership & Experience: 8+ years across DevOps, Cloud, SRE, and infrastructure engineering supporting PaaS/SaaS environments, with 2+ years managing, hiring, and developing DevOps, SRE, or DBA teams.
Azure Cloud & Infrastructure as Code: Deep expertise across Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, Entra ID, networking, AKS), cloud cost optimization (FinOps), and enterprise-scale IaC and configuration management.
Database Administration & Migrations: Advanced SQL Server DBA capabilities (HA/DR, Always On, performance tuning, backups) alongside exposure to database migrations involving Azure SQL MI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
CI/CD, Automation & DevSecOps: Extensive hands-on experience building automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash), and embedding DevSecOps controls (SAST/DAST, secrets management, Key Vault).
Observability, Compliance & Operations: Strong background in full-stack monitoring (Datadog, Dynatrace, App Insights), SOC 2/ISO compliance in regulated SaaS domains (FinTech/InsurTech), and ITSM workflows (ServiceNow, Jira).
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