Technology Manager
Job in
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 43224, USA
Listed on 2026-08-19
Listing for:
American Electric Power
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-19
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
SRE/Site Reliability, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, IT Project Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
08-20-2026
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
The Manager of Developer Experience is responsible for the strategic direction, implementation, and operation of the enterprise Dev Ops tooling and platform services that enable modern software delivery across the organization.
This leader will oversee a team responsible for CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and integration with observability and security platforms. The role ensures standardized, secure, and reliable delivery processes while improving developer productivity and user experience.
The Technology Manager will partner closely with Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise standards, drive tool rationalization, and support the organization's transition to a scalable Dev Sec Ops and observability-enabled operating model.
Job Description
What you'll do:
Dev Ops Platform Strategy & Ownership
- Lead the Dev Ops tools and platform portfolio, including CI/CD, developer tooling, testing platforms, and integrations
- Define and execute the roadmap for Dev Ops platform capabilities aligned to enterprise architecture and business priorities
- Drive standardization of pipelines, workflows, and tooling across engineering teams
- Evaluate, select, and rationalize tools to reduce redundancy and optimize cost
- Define and deliver standardized CI/CD pipeline frameworks (pipeline-as-code)
- Develop reusable templates and patterns across multiple technology stacks
- Ensure integration of pipelines with:
- Security and quality gates
- Artifact management platforms
- Deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary)
- Improve reliability, scalability, and performance of delivery pipelines
- Ensure Dev Ops platforms are integrated with enterprise observability tooling, including logging, metrics, and tracing capabilities
- Enable end-to-end traceability from code deployment through runtime operations
- Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, and Architecture teams to implement telemetry and monitoring standards
- Support SLO-driven service monitoring and incident response processes
- Define and manage SLAs for Dev Ops platform services
- Ensure platform availability, performance, and resiliency
- Lead incident response and continuous improvement efforts for platform reliability
- Implement monitoring and alerting for Dev Ops tools and services
- Deliver a self-service Dev Ops platform that improves developer productivity
- Reduce friction in build, test, and deployment workflows
- Establish developer experience metrics (e.g., onboarding time, pipeline adoption).
- Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture, SDLC, security, and compliance requirements
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Architecture Review Board (ARB) to enforce Dev Ops and observability standards
- Support compliance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business, or related technical field is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
- In addition to any experience required above, 8 or more years of technology experience; 4-6 years of direct supervision experience preferred.
- Experience with CI/CD platforms (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Git Lab CI)
- Experience managing enterprise developer tooling environments
- Strong understanding of Dev Ops, platform engineering, and software delivery practices
- Experience leading SRE or reliability teams.
- Experience with AIOps and automation frameworks.
- Background in Dev Sec Ops , platform engineering, or site reliability engineering
- Familiarity with observability practices (logs, metrics, traces, SLOs)
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