We are looking for a Senior Manager Development Operations Engineer to join our DevOps team in Barcelona. This is an amazing opportunity to provide strategic leadership across Development Operations, shaping both technical and operational strategies to enhance infrastructure and DevOps practices. We have a great skill set in CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud technologies, and we would love to speak with you if you have experience leading DevOps transformations in complex environments.
About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
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10+ years of professional experience, with at least 6 years in DevOps engineering or a similar role
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7+ years of leadership experience managing cross-functional teams in dynamic, agile environments
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Proven hands-on experience with CI/CD and configuration tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Maven, Terraform, CloudFormation, Packer, and AWS CodePipeline
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Proficiency with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
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Hands-on coding/scripting experience in at least one language (e.g., Java, Python)
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Working knowledge of web frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.js
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Experience deploying and managing cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS)
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Strong understanding of microservices architecture, service mesh, and API management
It would be great if you also had . . .
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A Master’s degree in a relevant field
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Experience leading cloud migration or large-scale DevOps transformation projects
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Exposure to serverless technologies, security automation, and infrastructure-as-code at scale
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Contributions to community-led practices or cross-functional collaboration in matrix organizations
What will you be doing in this role?
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Providing leadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to a DevOps engineering team
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Driving the design, development, and implementation of infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
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Collaborating with product engineering, security, and architecture teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions
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Leading continuous improvement and automation efforts to enhance operational efficiency and system reliability
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Communicating technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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Supporting quarterly planning efforts and aligning delivery with product roadmaps and priorities
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Staying current on emerging DevOps trends and cloud technologies to guide future evolution
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Participating in testing, deployment, and optimization of infrastructure and delivery processes
About the Team
You will be part of a DevOps-centric product engineering organization that partners closely with architects, cloud engineers, agile delivery managers, and software support teams. Our environment emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We’re committed to excellence in infrastructure automation, software delivery, and operational visibility to support world-class products.
Product you will be developing
The team supports in the Intellectual Property space. Those products rely on Kubernetes (AWS EKS), Jenkins, various AWS services (such as Beanstalk, IAM, EC2, RDS, Route53, Lambda, Cloudfront, WAF, S3), Bamboo, Kong and others.
Hours of Work
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Full-time (40 hours/week), permanent role.
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Hybrid model: Work 2–3 days a week from our Barcelona office near Sagrada Familia.
What we can offer
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30 working days of vacation
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Volunteering community, with 40 paid hours of volunteering time
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Private Health and Life & Disability insurances.
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Tax-free benefits (Ticket Restaurant scheme, kindergarten, and transport cards).
At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.
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What We Do
Clarivate™ is a global leader in providing solutions to accelerate the lifecycle of innovation. Our bold mission is to help customers solve some of the world’s most complex problems by providing actionable information and insights that reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing inventions in the areas of science and intellectual property. We help customers discover, protect and commercialize their inventions using our trusted subscription and technology-based solutions coupled with deep domain expertise. For more information, please visit clarivate.com.
