Manager for DevOps and DBA Engineer - Assistant Vice President
About the Role iCapital is looking to hire a Manager for DevOps and DBA Engineering Manager to join the Annuities Platform team. This role is responsible for leading the strategy, design, and execution of DevOps practices and database platform operations supporting enterprise SaaS solutions. This role owns CI/CD pipelines and SQL Server database systems to ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and security across production and non-production environments. As a Technical Manager, this position not only leads and develops a team of DevOps Engineers and Database Administrators but is also the technical SME and expected to maintain Databases and manage the deployment pipelines. This individual reports to the Director of Enterprise Technology and partners closely with the Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Product teams, and is accountable for the reliability, automation, and operational excellence of the platforms. Responsibilities Lead and develop a high-performing team of DevOps Engineers and Database Administrators, including hiring, performance management, mentoring, and career development. Define and execute the DevOps and DBA roadmap aligned to product and platform strategy. Own the design, reliability, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) supporting automated build, test, release, and rollback for all (Hexure now part of iCapital) SaaS products. Own SQL Server database operations across production and non-production environments, including performance tuning, indexing, capacity planning, patching cadence, backup and recovery (RTO/RPO), and always on high-availability and disaster recovery. Participate in incident response for infrastructure and database events, including on-call rotation, post-incident reviews, and corrective-action follow-through. Partner with the Security team to embed DevSecOps practices, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, dependency hygiene, and compliance with SOC 2 and other applicable frameworks. Partner with the Senior Cloud Engineers and Director to manage cloud spend and FinOps practices in Azure; track utilization, right-size workloads, and report cost trends to leadership. Establish and maintain operational documentation, change-management discipline, and audit-ready evidence for internal and external reviews. Collaborate with the Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Client Services teams to plan releases, capacity, and platform improvements that support business growth. Continuously improve automation, observability, and self-service capabilities to reduce toil and accelerate delivery. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science information systems engineering or related field or equivalent experience&n...