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Independence Pet Group · 19 hours ago

DevOps Manager

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Independence Pet Group is a corporate holding company focused on modern pet health brands and services. They are seeking a DevOps Manager to lead and mentor a team while actively contributing to the design and implementation of Azure infrastructure and automation.

Pet

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead & Manage: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to DevOps engineers, while balancing people management responsibilities

Hands-On Contribution: Remain actively involved in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting Azure infrastructure and automation

Cloud Architecture: Architect scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions in Azure (networking, compute, storage, databases, monitoring)

Automation & Tooling: Build CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM), and automation frameworks

Reliability & Performance: Drive observability, incident response, monitoring, and SRE practices to ensure system resilience

Collaboration: Partner closely with software engineering teams to improve deployment workflows, release processes, and system reliability

Strategy: Define DevOps best practices and roadmap, helping align technical investments with business goals

Qualification

Azure cloud servicesCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as CodeContainers & orchestrationMonitoring toolsScripting skillsPeople managementTechnical leadershipCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Proven experience as a DevOps Lead, Tech Lead, or Manager, ideally in a fast-paced engineering environment

Strong hands-on expertise in Azure cloud services (AKS, App Services, Azure Functions, VNets, AAD, etc.)

Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)

Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates)

Knowledge of containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK)

Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)

Experience balancing people management and technical leadership—mentoring engineers, running standups, performance feedback

Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and operations teams

7 years relevant experience to include leadership

Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience, OR Associates degree in a technical field, OR certification in relevant focus area

Preferred

Exposure to security, compliance, and governance in Azure (identity, policies, RBAC)

Background in SRE practices (SLAs, SLIs, SLOs)

Prior experience in scaling teams or hiring engineers

Benefits

Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance

Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee

Company paid short-term and long-term disability

12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Retirement savings plan

Personal Paid Time Off

Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off

Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations

Pet friendly office environment

Commuter Benefits

Group Pet Insurance

On the job training and skills development

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company

Independence Pet Group

Independence Pet Group is an integrated, full-stack pet insurance platform.

Founded in 2021

Chicago, Illinois, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.independencepetgroup.com

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