Senior Manager, DevOps

About this role

ABOUT US AND ABOUT YOU

Clinician Nexus enables health care organizations to build thriving clinician teams with industry-leading technology products, workforce and compensation analytics, and automated workflow solutions. Backed by extensive technical expertise and industry-leading data, we deliver innovative approaches to help clients to plan, educate, and engage their clinical workforce at every stage of the lifecycle. We are committed to providing our clients with outstanding guidance and support as they work to shape the future of health care.

The DevOps Sr Manager sits within the Platform Engineering organization and is a working manager role, spending roughly half of their time in leadership and the other half hands-on engineering. This role provides leadership to the DevOps team while remaining deeply involved in design, code, and on-call. Partners closely with development, data platform, data governance, and IT teams to deliver secure, reliable, and cost-effective platform capabilities.

This is a remote role; however, we currently operate in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX and WI.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Lead a team of DevOps engineers, including performance management, growth planning, and career development

Own the DevOps team roadmap in partnership with the Director of Platform Engineering, including quarterly priorities and capacity planning

Drive technical decisions and architecture reviews for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and platform tooling

Collaborate with engineering, data platform, data governance, and ITOps leadership on cross-functional initiatives and shared standards

Coach engineers through code review, design feedback, and incident retrospectives

Represent the team in executive forums, including roadmap reviews, FinOps reporting, and architecture councils

Partner with the Director of Platform Engineering on AI tooling governance, including standardization on approved platforms, usage policy, and measuring engineering productivity impact

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including reusable workflows, self-hosted runners, and security controls

Implement and operate infrastructure as code using Terraform across multi-account AWS environments

Manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, including ArgoCD-based GitOps delivery, ingress, observability, and security policies

Operate secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, including dynamic credentials, JWT/OIDC auth, and External Secrets Operator integration

Build and maintain observability tooling with Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes-native monitoring stacks

Lead incident response and post-incident reviews, including authoring runbooks and reliability improvements

Implement security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation across the platform

Contribute to AWS network architecture, including PrivateLink, VPCs, and cross-account access patterns

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of hands-on infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical lead or team lead capacity

Demonstrated experience as a working manager or tech lead who balances IC delivery with team leadership

Deep experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, including modules, state management, and multi-account patterns within AWS Organizations

Production experience operating Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and GitOps delivery, ideally with ArgoCD or Flux

Strong CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, including security scanning, artifact management, and self-hosted runners

Strong scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar

Working knowledge of HashiCorp Vault or comparable secrets management platforms

Experience with cloud-based networking, including VPCs, private connectivity, DNS, and identity-based access

Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or equivalents

BS in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience supporting a regulated environment (HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR)

Experience with Databricks, Kafka, or other data platform components

Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost governance

Experience working in Agile teams and influencing engineering practices across multiple product areas

Experience integrating AI coding assistants into team workflows, including establishing usage norms and security guardrails

Comfort operating as both a leader and a builder, with strong judgment on when to delegate and when to dive in

Ability to translate technical decisions into business-friendly language for executive stakeholders

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation discipline

Curiosity, ownership, and resilience under tight deadlines

Track record of mentoring engineers and elevating team performance

SALARY, BENEFITS AND PERKS

Competitive total compensation package

Medical and dental coverage at no premium cost for employees

401(k) and profit-sharing retirement plans

Flexible spending accounts

Paid time off (PTO)

Company-paid holidays

Gender-neutral parental leave

Bereavement and pet leave

Continuing education and professional accreditation sponsorship

Life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Employee assistance program

Mental health support program

Additional perks

Reflected below is the base salary range offered for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to academic achievements, skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$133,100 - $221,900 annually

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