Manager, Cloud Operations

Posted Mar 4

Are You the Right Fit?

Visual Lease is currently seeking a Manager of Cloud Operations to lead our CloudOps team in Woodbridge, NJ. In this role, you’ll lead, inspire, and grow our team responsible for all hosted infrastructure, security, and deployment operations in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This position provides a unique opportunity to make a major contribution in a fast-paced, rapidly growing technology company.

The Cloud Operations teams is at the center of everything we do at Visual Lease. CloudOps supports Engineering, Product Management, Support, and Implementation teams with all hosted service, data, and configuration requests. With our recent migration to AWS, we are now capable of advanced monitoring, automation, and performance tuning. The ideal Cloud Operations Manager is an experienced hand-on leader who’s passionate about: AWS, operational excellence, process improvements, and building a high performing team. 

What You Will Do

  • Manage, grow, and develop our Cloud Operations team of 5-8 team members – consisting of AWS Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and DBAs
  • Own our commitment to an application Uptime of 99.99% or better
  • Manage all maintenance, update, and deployment schedules, change communication and roll-out success
  • Drive operational excellence through better documentation, refined processes, and better measuring of results
  • Represent the Cloud Operations team to the larger organization, collaborating cross-functionally with a variety of technical, service, and sales teams.
  • Act our hosted Information Security expert, answering questions, enforcing best practices, and managing internal and external security services
  • Evangelize and promote Engineering adoption of serverless technologies and other native AWS managed services
  • Increase the level of infrastructure automation to bring consistent, immutable servers
  • Drive continuous monitoring and alerting around infrastructure, server and application availability & performance
  • Serve as a key stakeholder of our SOC hosting policy documents and manage the roll out of processes and practices that meet and exceed our SOC controls
  • Manage and improve our DevOps practices to deliver high quality software more quickly using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD) pipelines to run automated testing & code scanning
  • Build and share visible metrics around: hosted health, cost, performance, quality, and uptime

Skills & Competencies

  • 5+ years’ experience managing technical operations in a SaaS environment
  • 3+ years’ experience with AWS and/or AWS Certifications
  • Experience recruiting, coaching, and managing high performing teams
  • Experience working with technology vendors to evaluated Cloud and DevOps tools & services
  • Software development experience and familiarity with Continuous Delivery & Trunk-Based Development concepts
  • Agile project management experience using Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe
  • Experience with budgeting, cost reporting and forecasting
  • Desired Technical Skills:
  • Deep understanding of the AWS ecosystem to include: S3, AWS Backup, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, WAF, Aurora Postres
  • Experience with Auto-Scaling, Serverless, and Zero-Downtime Deployments
  • Technical DevOps experience with configuring build and deployment pipelines
  • Object Oriented Programming experience with C# or Python
  • CI Test automation tools like Xunit, Pytest, Selenium, Jmeter
  • Code Static & Dynamic Analysis tools
  • A lifelong learner, and promoter of continuous improvement
  • Self-starter with excellent communication skills, influencing, and follow-through skills
  • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of engineering experience

Additional Information

  • Our headquarters are in Woodbridge, NJ, but we are happy to consider remote candidates in the following states: AZ, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, and WA.
  • The pay range for this position is $145,000– $170,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Pay Band Transparency Act. Applicants should apply via www.visuallease.com/careers page.

At Visual, You'll Enjoy

  • 100% Remote-Work Environment: We will provide you with a laptop, hardware and access to necessary resources to perform job duties.
  • Health and Wellness: Choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on one of the largest physician networks available, along with 401(k) with Employer Match, Parental Leave Policy, Adoption Assistance and Company-paid Life Insurance/Long term disability.
  • PTO and Charitable Time: We have competitive PTO, 12 company paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off and your Birthday Day off! We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.
  • Training and Education: Ability to participate in Business Employee Resource Groups (Women in Tech, Diversity, and Parents & Caregivers), Mentorship Programs, Tuition Reimbursement and Continuing Education Assistance.
  • Additional Perks: $100 Monthly Work from Home Reimbursement, Identity Theft Protection, Calm Mental Fitness Membership, Employee Discount Program via ADP and more!

Why Work At Visual Lease?

Visual Lease is an established SaaS business with the heart of a startup. Our rapidly growing community of diverse and passionate people love to learn, innovate, achieve excellence and reach new heights – together. If you want to make an impact and develop a career with ample opportunities for mobility and growth, we’d love for you to join us.  

Loved by more than 1000 major brands worldwide, our lease accounting and lease administration software helps companies manage, analyze and report on their leased asset portfolios, and embeds decades of lease management and financial accounting expertise. Over the last two years, our employee base has seen significant growth. Voted one of NJ’s Best Places to Work, we are looking for passionate team-players to help us continue this journey and bring us to the next level.

Visual Lease is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Visual Lease is a background screening, drug-free workplace. Full-time positions offer a competitive benefits package and salary commensurate with experience.

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