Title: DevOps Manager

Location: Christchurch, NZ

Division: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)

Does a role where you lead a professional team driving the vision for our developer infrastructure tooling across environments sound like a great fit for you?

About the Role
Are you a forward-thinking and pragmatic Development Operations Manager who can lead and grow a team of DevOps engineers distributed across three product development locations? This role combines people management with strategic technical leadership. You will drive the vision and delivery of premium developer infrastructure tooling across on-premises and cloud environments, acting as an advocate for Developer Experience (DevEx). Bring your core DevOps and leadership expertise, and we will help you learn the nuances of our unique hardware/software product development ecosystem so you can help our engineering teams ship faster and win.

About Us:

Trimble is an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable our customers to thrive. We create technologies that connect the digital and physical worlds, helping our customers increase productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise-level solutions, our technology empowers professionals in construction, geospatial, government, transportation, and more.

The CTCT division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar) develops positioning and control products for earthmoving and paving machines in the construction and mining industries. Using technologies such as GPS, optical total stations, lasers, IMUs, and sonics, our products are used in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a geographically distributed team of DevOps engineers, fostering collaboration and a high-performance culture across three sites

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for developer infrastructure tooling, balancing on-prem and public cloud investments

• Partner with product development, platform engineering, and security teams to align infrastructure priorities with business objectives

• Own project planning, resource allocation, and delivery timelines for infrastructure initiatives

• Establish and refine engineering standards, operational runbooks, and incident response practices

• Champion CI/CD pipeline reliability, build system performance, and developer experience improvements

• Manage hybrid infrastructure strategy, including capacity planning, cost optimization, and cloud migration decisions

• Drive adoption of infrastructure-as-code, observability, and automation practices across the organization

• Report on team health, delivery metrics, and infrastructure KPIs to senior leadership

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering, with at least 2 years in a people management role

• Demonstrated success managing distributed or remote engineering teams across multiple time zones

• Strong technical background in CI/CD systems, container orchestration, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar), and configuration management

• Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) alongside on-premises infrastructure

• Proven ability to set technical strategy, build roadmaps, and deliver complex infrastructure projects on schedule

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with comfort presenting to both technical and executive audiences

• Experience with developer tooling and productivity platforms is strongly preferred

Preferred

• Experience operating enterprise-grade internal developer platforms

• Familiarity with site reliability engineering principles and production operations at scale

• Background in budget management and vendor negotiations for infrastructure services

• Track record of building inclusive, high-trust engineering teams across cultures and geographies

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand

Based at Trimble’s NZ headquarters in Christchurch, New Zealand (handily located on the Little River Link Cycleway), home to over 400 Trimble employees, enjoy free parking, securely covered bike sheds, an onsite gym, showers, an active social club, and a great team environment where people love working with leading technology solutions.

Travel Requirement: 10%

Keywords: DevOps Manager, Development Operations, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Pulumi, AWS, Azure, GCP, Container Orchestration, Platform Engineering, Hybrid Cloud, Site Reliability Engineering, SRE, Engineering Leadership

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

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