DevOps Engineering Manager

Overview

At Veriforce, we help companies in high‑risk industries keep their people, worksites, and supply chains safe and compliant. As a global leader in contractor and supply chain risk management, our SaaS platform simplifies contractor onboarding, credentialing, and compliance while providing powerful analytics and insights. Beyond software, we offer expert support, training, and consulting so our clients can operate with confidence.

We are seeking a Dev Ops Manager to drive the strategy, implementation, and operations of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines. You will lead a team of Dev Ops engineers, ensuring that our software is deployed, monitored, and maintained across key production systems that serve tens of thousands of customers.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Dev Ops engineers, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and professional development
• Provide technical thought leadership in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering
• Define Dev Ops strategy, best practices, and standards for infrastructure, CI/CD, monitoring, and security
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of infrastructure as code across development and production environments
• Ensure observability, monitoring, and incident response practices maintain system health, availability, and performance SLAs
• Guide development teams in application resiliency, operability, and deployment best practices
• Oversee configuration, scaling, and management of Kubernetes and Kafka clusters, ensuring reliability, security, and performance
• Identify infrastructure risks and points of failure, propose solutions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Participate in on‑call rotation leadership and escalation management

• Bachelor’s degree preferable
• 7+ years of relevant Dev Ops experience in a SaaS environment, including team leadership or mentorship
• Proven ability to lead and motivate a team, mentor engineers, and influence cross‑functional teams
• Expertise in distributed systems including load balancing, distributed messaging, and distributed databases
• Knowledge of software configuration management (SCM) and tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible or similar
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms, primarily AWS, and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
• Experience with automated deployment methodologies supporting CI/CD/CM using Git, Jenkins or Git Hub Actions preferred
• Experience configuring and administering Kubernetes clusters, including advanced networking, storage classes, name spacing, and multiple node groups
• Experience configuring and administering Kafka clusters, including disaster recovery, data loss prevention, and topic sizing for variable loads
• Solid experience with Windows and Linux systems and tools
• Knowledge of IP networking, including TCP, UDP, firewalls, SSL
• Knowledge of software engineering and design principles such as design patterns, architectural patterns, CAP Theorem, event‑driven architecture, and similar
• Security‑mindful at all levels
• Excellent communication and team collaboration skills; ability to approach problems in a structured way and find reliable solutions

• Hybrid workplace policy – work from the office 3 days per week
• Enhanced parental leave
• Generous annual leave, with option to buy additional days
• Healthcare plan
• Annual giving day – extra day to give back
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• EV salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life assurance – 3× base salary
• Rewards program – access to discounts and cashback
• Linked In Learning license for upskilling and development

We are proudly an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.