About the Roleย
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.ย
Responsibilities ย
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of DevOps Engineers and Database Administrators, including hiring, performance management, mentoring, and career development.ย ย
- Define and execute the DevOps and DBA roadmap aligned to product and platform strategy.ย ย
- Own the design, reliability, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) supporting automated build, test, release, and rollback for allย (Hexureย now part ofย iCapital)ย SaaS products.ย
- Own SQL Server database operations across production and non-production environments,ย including performance tuning, indexing, capacity planning, patching cadence,ย backupย andย recovery (RTO/RPO), andย alwaysย on high-availability and disaster recovery.ย
- Participate in incident response for infrastructure and database events, including on-call rotation, post-incident reviews, and corrective-action follow-through.ย
- Partner with the Security team to embedย DevSecOpsย practices,ย secretsย management, vulnerability scanning, dependency hygiene, and compliance with SOC 2 and other applicable frameworks.ย
- Partner with the Senior Cloud Engineers and Director to manage cloud spend and FinOps practices in Azure; trackย utilization, right-size workloads, and report cost trends to leadership.ย
- Establish andย maintainย operational documentation,ย change-managementย discipline, and audit-ready evidence for internal and external reviews.ย
- Collaborateย with theย Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Client Servicesย teamsย to plan releases, capacity, and platform improvements that support business growth.ย
- Continuously improve automation, observability, and self-service capabilities to reduce toil and accelerate delivery.ย
Qualificationsย
- Bachelor's degree in computer science information systems engineering or related field or equivalent experienceย
- 8+ yearsย DevOps cloudย SREย or infrastructure engineering supportingย PaaSย andย SaaSย platformsย
- 2+ years people management experience leadingย DevOpsย SREย orย DBAย teams including hiring performance and career developmentย
- Experience withย Microsoftย Azure includingย IaaSย PaaSย networkingย Entraย IDย andย Azureย SQLย
- Deep experience designing and operating ci cd pipelines azureย DevOpsย GitHubย actions or similar across multi environmentย SaaSย deploymentsย
- Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management at scaleย
- Strongย SQLย server administration including performance tuningย HA/DRย always on replication log shipping backup and security plus other database modelsย
- Working knowledge of dockerย Kubernetesย AKSย
- Experience with monitoring logging and alerting using platforms likeย Dynatrace,ย Datadog,ย Azureย toย monitorย application insightsย
- Experience working within compliance frameworks like soc 2 iso 27001 or similarย
- Strongย problem-solvingย communication and stakeholder management skills able to translate technical concepts for technical andย non-technicalย audiencesย
- Experience supportingย SaaSย platforms in insurance financial services or other regulated industriesย
- Relevant certificationsย Microsoftย Azure solutions architect azureย DevOps engineerย AWSย DevOps engineer or equivalentย
- Scripting and automation experienceย PowerShellย python bashย
- Familiarย withย DevSecOpsย practicesย SAST/DASTย dependency scanning secrets management azure key vaultย HashiCorpย vaultย
- Experience withย FinOps andย Azure cost optimization at scaleย
- Exposure toย PostgreSQLย MySQLย MongoDBย or azureย SQLย managed instance migrationsย
- Experience integratingย ISTMย and change management toolsย ServiceNowย Jiraย service management into delivery workflowsย
Benefitsย
The base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $180,000. iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).ย
We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.ย
Forย additionalย information onย iCapital, please visitย https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-usย Twitter: @icapitalnetwork | LinkedIn:ย https://www.linkedin.com/company/icapital-network-incย | Awards Disclaimer:ย https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us/recognition/ย
iCapitalย is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.ย