Pilot Company is the 10th largest privately held company in North America with more than 28,000 team members. As the industry-leading network of travel centers, we have more than 950 retail and fueling locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces. Our energy and logistics division is a top supplier of fuel, employing one of the largest tanker fleets and providing critical services to oil operations in our nation's busiest basins. Pilot Company supports a growing portfolio of brands with expertise in supply chain and retail operations, logistics and transportation, technology and digital innovation, construction, maintenance, human resources, finance, sales and marketing.

Founded in 1958, we are proud to be family owned and consider our team members to be part of the family. Our founding values, people-first culture and commitment to giving back remains true to us today. Whether we are serving guests, a fellow team member, or a trucking company, we are dedicated fueling people and keeping North America moving.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

The Manager of DevOps Automation leads the development and strategy of automated continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. This leader determines and evangelizes various release processes and analyzes the integration of various release tools.

Responsibilities:

·        Develop and evangelize Automation Center for Enablement, which includes Operating Model and Developer Self Service

·        Enable speed to delivery through Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), other automation tools and enterprise best practices

·        Establish consistent and repeatable release processes, standards and governance

·        Monitor and govern changes to the Technology Ecosystem

·        Facilitate releases through various development, test, and production environments

·        Understand multi-level failure scenarios that can result from release activities

·        Analyze and mitigate release-related downtime and risks

·        Develop documentation to be used with release requests and production support

·        Effectively communicate release and change requirements and plans to various IT and Business stakeholders

·        Build relationships and coordinate releases with Project Managers, IT Solution Owners, Product Owners, Architects, Infrastructure and other stakeholders

·        Effective leadership and development through coaching and managing of direct reports

·        Lead continuous process improvement across teams, including key performance indicator tracking of speed and efficiency gains

·        7+ years of expertise and leadership in and DevOps delivery

·        2+ years strong project management skills with accountability for end-to-end project lifecycles

·        Experience in governing both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum projects

·        Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools

·        Experience with Jira and Confluence for cross-team project/task management and documentation

·        Knowledge of ITIL standards and best practices