Manager - Dev Ops lead (Risk Services)

at  PwC

JOB DESCRIPTION & SUMMARY

A career within Assurance Support Services, will provide the opportunity to support our engagement teams and clients by providing advice and counsel on accounting, financial reporting, and strategic business issues. In joining, you’ll help ensure a complete and relevant exchange of information among our consultants and in turn with engagement teams and clients, provide experts advice on a variety of specific topics, support engagement teams in resolving complex issues, and supporting clients and their subsidiaries in evaluating the potential impact of accounting and reporting standard setting initiatives. You’ll develop strong relationships with our engagement teams and established audit clients and enhance our ability to meet greater investor expectations with the challenges of an increasingly complex business environment.
Our team works closely with engagement teams, PwC leadership, PwC counsel, and other groups within PwC to identify and manage practice matters. You’ll play an integral role in developing policy, processes, and tools to support the assurance practice and will interact daily with engagement teams to help staff navigate the challenging and highly judgmental aspect of the audit practice.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in DevOps, system administration, or a related role, with at least [Y] years in a leadership or managerial position.
• Proven experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Professional DevOps Engineer) are preferred.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) is a plus.
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OPTIONAL SKILLS

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and manage the DevOps team, providing mentorship, guidance, and career development opportunities.
• Develop and implement DevOps strategies, processes, and best practices to support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and IT operations teams to ensure seamless deployment and operation of applications.
• Design and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure using cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes.
• Monitor system performance, identify issues, and implement solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Establish and enforce security best practices, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation and improvements within the DevOps function.
• Manage and optimize tools and technologies used for source control, build automation, containerization, and orchestration (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Develop and maintain documentation for DevOps processes, infrastructure, and configurations.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within the team and across the organization.

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct