# DevOps Manager

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-manager

A DevOps Manager leads engineering teams responsible for building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure on AWS or Azure. They champion automation to streamline deployments and reduce operational toil, while also handling team leadership duties like hiring, mentoring, and sprint planning. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and operations, typically reporting into VP of Engineering or CTO, and is held by someone with both deep technical infrastructure knowledge and people-management experience.

Top skills: [Automation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/automation), [CI/CD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ci-cd), [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes), [Team Leadership](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/team-leadership)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Senior DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-devops-engineer), [Senior Site Reliability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-site-reliability-engineer)
- Often leads to: [Director of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering)

## Similar roles

[Cloud Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/cloud-architect), [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager), [IT Operations Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/it-operations-manager), [Software Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-development-manager)

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