Overview:
Waters Corporation is seeking a hands-on Software DevOps Engineering Manager to join our Empower Portfolio. We are looking for a technically strong leader to guide a distributed team and drive CI/CD platform initiatives across a hybrid cloud and physical instrument ecosystem.
This role blends strategic leadership with deep technical execution, ensuring alignment across multiple development value streams while establishing enterprise-scale automation and DevOps practices.
* Location: Milford, MA
Hybrid Schedule: Onsite Tuesday-Thursday (3 days/week)
Responsibilities:
Leadership & Collaboration
* Serve as a team leader and mentor to your direct reports, uplifting their engineering capabilities and supporting their career growth.
* Drive collaboration across functional, architectural, and organizational boundaries.
* Establish, advocate for, and enforce best practices, standards, and patterns in DevOps and platform engineering.
* Communicate technical strategies, trade-offs, and decisions clearly to engineers, leadership, and stakeholders.
CI/CD & Platform Engineering
* Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD platforms supporting Windows and Linux build environments.
* Improve software delivery reliability by optimizing build pipelines, artifact management, and release workflows.
* Partner with engineering teams to modernize build systems, pipeline architecture, and deployment practices.
* Continuously improve platform scalability, performance, and developer experience.
* Integrate automated testing frameworks into CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent validation and quality gates for software changes.
Infrastructure & Technical Leadership
* Design and operate hybrid infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments (vSphere).
* Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar frameworks.
* Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and CI/CD issues with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
* Support integration of software systems with physical laboratory instruments, enabling automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.
* Partner with security teams to implement secure infrastructure patterns and enforce compliance standards.
* Drive cloud infrastructure optimization and ensure responsible management of cloud spending.
Qualifications:
Education
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
* 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles
* 2-5 years of experience leading or mentoring engineering teams
Experience & Technical Skills
* Strong programming experience in Python with an emphasis on maintainable, production-grade code
* Experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell and Bash
* Deep experience with Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and repository governance
* Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins
* Familiarity with Windows and Linux build environments
* Working knowledge of build systems such as MSBuild and CMake, and package management tools including NuGet or npm.
Preferred Qualifications
* Cloud certifications in AWS or Azure
* Experience building or scaling enterprise CI/CD platforms supporting high job concurrency and large engineering organizations
* Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
* Experience operating in regulated or enterprise environments requiring strong security governance and compliance practices
* Demonstrated experience improving developer experience through platform engineering initiatives
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