Software Development/Technology Manager – Azure, SaaS

• Direct Hire
• $165-195K, DOE (W2) 15% bonus
• Houston, TX 77041
• Hybrid; onsite work is required Monday-Thursday; remote on Fridays ONLY

KEYS:

• Hands-on software development, coding background
• Strong Cloud Dev (Azure)
• SaaS product/development
• Project management; managing IT budget
• Technical team management (developers, architects)
• Interacting with C-Suite; excellent communication skills
• Experience with scaling cloud infrastructure(s) in Azure of a SaaS product
• BS in Computer Science is strongly desired
• Agiler/Scrum – preferred
• Industrial software development, helpful; or experience with complex products
• Long-term goal is for this individual to transition into the CTO role

SUMMARY:

The Technology Manager will be responsible for leading a team of developers and overseeing the design, development, and deployment of scalable, secure, and innovative cloud-based solutions/cloud applications on the Azure platform. Responsibilities include:

• Manage technology team, infrastructure, and third-party budget (CapEx, OpEx) and reporting.
• Define and substantiate technology investment strategy.
• Manage multiple technical projects working with IT, third party, and in-house technology team, including technical project planning, monitoring, and controlling the project performance.
• Cloud Architecture & Development
• Cloud Security & Compliance
• Vendor & stakeholder management

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 7-10 years of experience leading technology teams, including extensive offshore outsourced team coordination and management.
• 5 years of experience in cloud application development with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure.
• Proven expertise in SaaS development with 5 years of experience managing growing SaaS solutions.
• 7-10 years of software engineering, systems engineering or similar experience.

Technical:

• Familiarity with scaling cloud infrastructure in Azure, monitoring and alerting, security, containers and Kubernetes, and CI/CD, Kafka and other real-time streaming data pipelines, SQL and no-SQL DB.
• Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Active Directory, Azure DevOps, Azure Key Vault, etc.
• Thorough understanding of microservices architecture and coding experience in Java or .Net environment, Node.js.
• Understanding of AI/ML, and new technologies such as LLM.
• Experience with mobile UI/UX design, database & storage, Networking and API integration, Security, performance optimization. Multiplatform coding tools such as capacitor.js.
• Understanding of Virtual Networking, Network Security, Hybrid Networking, Load balancing and Traffic management.
• Experience with cloud security practices, including role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and compliance frameworks.
• Good understanding of SOC2, NIST, ISO, GDPR compliance.

Additional Qualifications:

• Proven success as a project manager for software teams.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and productivity tools like MS DevOPS/JIRA.
• Strong project management skills including status reporting and leading workstreams.
• Exposure to resource intensive industry, such as energy, mining, or construction.

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