Location: San Antonio,TX, USA
IT Manager - Midstream, Software Engineering
Locations: San Antonio TX, Denver CO, or Findlay OH
Position Summary:
The Software Engineering Manager role is responsible for leading and managing Software engineers, DevSecOps engineers and focusing on developing the people and process that make the delivery of innovative, secure, and high-quality solutions possible. This role will lead and contribute driving Software Engineering, DevSecOps, and Software Architecture maturity. This role will be a hands-on manager for the team to ensure the successful design, development, testing, and maintenance of high-quality solutions used to support the Midstream business.
To ensure success as a Software Engineering Manager, you should have extensive experience in software engineering in dynamic environments with emerging technologies, while possessing the ability to solve complex business problems using technology. The Software Engineering Manager should also develop a deep understanding of how our products are built and contribute technically to solutions. The Software Engineering Manager should also foster a strong working relationship with the various Product Leaders and Discipline Leaders across the organization to support optimal outcomes for our business.
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate to create a Solution Delivery organizational vision, strategic direction and ensure plans are executed in alignment with overarching IT, Midstream and the organizations objectives.
• Oversee, lead, and provide coaching, mentoring, career planning, performance evaluations, and skills development for Software and DevSecOps Engineers
•Mentoring development team members to ensure delivered solutions adhere to the software architecture strategy coding standards, and established organizational policies and procedures
• Maintains visibility and support of operations of the DevSecOps platforms within Midstream, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance. Maintains visibility and metrics to track adoption and health of the DevSecOps practices across our Midstream IT landscape.
• Participating in software architectural discussions, influencing decisions, and collaborating with peers to maintain consistency across the organization
• Collaborates with key stakeholders such as but not limited to architects, product leadership, internal/external teams, and development and operations teams to guide the design, implementation, and management of the DevSecOps capabilities and toolchain within the Midstream IT landscape. Identifies and selects appropriate tools for implementing, integrating and managing the DevSecOps toolchain in conjunction with enterprise standards. Streamlines deployment processes and adopts best practices in continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) by providing training and awareness to proper DevSecOps practices and tooling.
• Facilitate communication around and participate in architecture, design and implementation objectives
• Maintains a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement and leads the team through periods of change and transformation.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to identify technology needs and opportunities and works with internal IT groups to provide effective solutions to address business needs. Develops continuous improvement techniques.
• Ensures the availability, reliability, and security of technology systems, implementing appropriate measures to protect sensitive information and prevent disruptions.
• Assists in the development and management of the department budget, tracking expenses, and ensures that resources are allocated effectively to meet business requirements.
• Stays abreast of the latest technology trends, industry advancements, and regulatory changes, and makes recommendations for adopting new technologies to improve operational efficiency.
• Assesses and identifies technology needs and opportunities, making recommendations for system enhancements, upgrades, or replacements. Continuously seeks opportunities to optimize processes and workflows.
• Partners with leadership to develop strong business cases for technology initiatives.
• Assists in the development of IT policies, procedures, and standards that are in line with area of responsibility and industry standards. Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures, and standards.
Education and Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or other computer-related degree required.
• 10+ years of diversified IT experience required.
• 3+ years of experience leading professional staff preferred.
• Strong understanding of software development design and Agile practices/methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of software reliability best practices and automated testing is preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of C++, C# or Java, Python
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, Blazor or ReactJS or Angular
• Excellent knowledge of DBMS as well as TSQL or PL/SQL
• Working knowledge of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps), Infrastructure as Code concepts, and application security practices preferred.
• Experience migrating monolithic architectures to a modern technology stack
• Experience developing for cloud-native solutions (i.e., Azure).
• Experience in building APIs for both internal and external products.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, decision making and communication skills.
• Background and experience in Oil & Gas industry preferred