TechOps Supervisor

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Summary

We are seeking a strategic and hands-onTechOps Supervisor to lead a team focused on enabling product teams (PTS) through operational excellence, observability modernization, and SDLC maturity. This role will be instrumental in driving automation, reliability, and performance across our TechOps domains. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical foundation, people leadership experience, and a passion for continuous improvement aligned with DevSecOps and SRE principles.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and mentor a team of Specialists, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Drive theTechOps roadmapwith a focus on:Product team support (PTS)Observability modernization (tracing, tagging, instrumentation)SDLC observability and DORA metricsInfrastructure as Code (IaC) maturity
  
  

Operational Enablement

• Enable Change and Problem Management teams to leverage Datadog observability toolsfor evaluating release quality. This includes training them on using SLOs, DORA metrics, and CI Visibility dashboards, and partnering to build meaningful visualizations that inform decision-making and improve change risk assessments.
• Partner with the Incident Response Team (IRT)to ensure monitoring efforts are focused on actionable, high-value alerts. Collaborate to reduce false positives, validate operational and technical procedures, and improve alert tagging and mapping. Support the IRT team in managing Datadog On-call and Incident Management workflows, including optimization of the Incident Management and On-call analytics dashboards.
  
  

Technical Execution

• Oversee implementation and optimization of:CI/CD Observability pipelines to ensure Operational Readiness standards are met.Monitoring and alerting systemsInstrumentation of Cloud infrastructure (Serverless, EC2, ECS Fargate)Observability IaC configurations (Terraform, Ansible, Chef)
• Champion automation of operational procedures to reduce toil and improve reliability.
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, and cost-optimized.
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with development teams to align on service reliability, performance, and instrumentation.
• Act as a liaison between TechOps, Engineering, Security, and IT to support developer productivity and platform goals.
• Communicate project status, risks, and impact to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years in TechOps, DevOps, or SRE roles, with 4+ years in apeople managementcapacity.
• Strong hands-on experience with:Ansible, Bash, Python, Chef, RubyTerraform, Git, GitHub, GitHub ActionsAWS(EC2, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, Load Balancers)
• Deep understanding ofobservability practices: tracing, tagging, instrumentation, and monitoring at scale.
• Proven experience implementing and trackingDORA metrics: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, and Time to Restore Service.
• Demonstrated success inautomating operational workflowsand scaling solutions.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with a track record of working closely with software engineering teams.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI-DSS, CIS GitHub Benchmark, Release Policies).
• Exposure to AIOps, incident management tooling, and service ownership models.
• Experience managing hybrid cloud or multi-region environments.
  
  

Work Location and Schedule:

This is a remote based position, working from your home office. Typical working hours are Monday- Friday 8am-5pm. Schedules may be adjusted to accommodate business needs in a 24x7 environment.

Pay

The starting salary for this role is estimated to be between $74,900 and $99,000. Base pay, however, will be determined based on several factors, which include but are not limited to, applicable skills, work experience, education, business needs and market demands. This position is not eligible for a bonus.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Benefits Summaryfor Full-Time Employees

Medical/Dental/Vision available day one

Vacation/Sick- accruals start day one

Paid company holidays and personalholidays to celebrate whats important to you

401K - company contribution and match (U.S.)

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) company contribution and match (Canada)

Employee discounts/hotel discounts

Free financial and health wellness programs

Tuition Reimbursement