Devops Manager Jobs in California
Devops Manager jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and fintech across companies ranging from mid-size startups to large established technology firms, with demand at every level from lead engineer stepping into management through senior director. The largest hiring volumes sit in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where employers like Google, Salesforce, and Kaiser Permanente maintain substantial engineering organizations that continuously hire devops managers. The most in-demand specialties are Kubernetes and container orchestration, CI/CD pipeline ownership, and cloud platform governance across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Making a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you’ll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.
This position will enable a best-in-class employee experience through subject matter expertise, consultation and service delivery for the assigned function. This includes the implementation, delivery, and management of innovative HR solutions to provide the service level expected. This role works directly with people leaders, employees, and the COE function to deliver Leadership Development programs to our High Potential and Senior Leaders. It combines education, experience, and exposure resources in the program design.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Provide guidance to program development related to Learning and Development Programs to improve the employee experience, balanced with function-specific needs and drivers. Provide recommendations and insights to the Functional Team Leader. to continuously improve HR Knowledge Base and Case Management content. (remove this highlighted portion)
- Evaluate, implement, and provide end-to-end solutions to deliver a best in class employee experience. Possess skills and experience to provide solutions across multiple stakeholders.
- Identify continuous improvement processes (e.g.,to aide in timely decision making, reduce task execution turnaround time and redundancies).
- Engage with third-party providers to establish, develop, and review the suite of services, and ensure that third-party vendors adhere to established service level agreements
- Provide input for the development and delivery of moderately complex communication materials related to programs, plans, policies, processes.
- Perform audits and validations of transactions. Examine and verify data for accuracy and consistency.
- Proactively stay up to date on trends and developments, proactively providing ideas and recommendations to leaders regarding best practices and trends. Work to enhance the capability of self and team.
- Other incidental duties
What you'll need (Required):
- Bachelor's Degree in related field, 3 years of work experience in Human Resources with relevant experience in managing HR processes for Learning and Development or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Required
What else we look for (Preferred):
- Relevant experience in managing large programs with several stakeholders
- Experience with interacting and supporting all levels of management is strongly preferred
- Experience managing multiple programs running at one time, strong organization skills and attention to details
- Experience with Copilot and a curiosity for Process Improvement to capitalize on elimination of manual tasks
- Experience with Microsoft tools and applications required
- Results-oriented mindset (high sense of urgency, determination, tenacity, etc.).
- Professional, high energy, engaging personality
- Substantial knowledge of standard business practices and professionalism in a customer service environment are essential
- Substantial specialized knowledge of end-to-end HR solutions in assigned function to deliver a best in class employee experience
- Possess a sense of urgency in solving customer requests to ensure timely resolution
- Understanding of HR enabling technologies and how they work within a customer service business environment
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $68,000 to $96,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.
Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Making a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you’ll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.
This position will enable a best-in-class employee experience through subject matter expertise, consultation and service delivery for the assigned function. This includes the implementation, delivery, and management of innovative HR solutions to provide the service level expected. This role works directly with people leaders, employees, and the COE function to deliver Leadership Development programs to our High Potential and Senior Leaders. It combines education, experience, and exposure resources in the program design.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Provide guidance to program development related to Learning and Development Programs to improve the employee experience, balanced with function-specific needs and drivers. Provide recommendations and insights to the Functional Team Leader. to continuously improve HR Knowledge Base and Case Management content. (remove this highlighted portion)
- Evaluate, implement, and provide end-to-end solutions to deliver a best in class employee experience. Possess skills and experience to provide solutions across multiple stakeholders.
- Identify continuous improvement processes (e.g.,to aide in timely decision making, reduce task execution turnaround time and redundancies).
- Engage with third-party providers to establish, develop, and review the suite of services, and ensure that third-party vendors adhere to established service level agreements
- Provide input for the development and delivery of moderately complex communication materials related to programs, plans, policies, processes.
- Perform audits and validations of transactions. Examine and verify data for accuracy and consistency.
- Proactively stay up to date on trends and developments, proactively providing ideas and recommendations to leaders regarding best practices and trends. Work to enhance the capability of self and team.
- Other incidental duties
What you'll need (Required):
- Bachelor's Degree in related field, 3 years of work experience in Human Resources with relevant experience in managing HR processes for Learning and Development or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Required
What else we look for (Preferred):
- Relevant experience in managing large programs with several stakeholders
- Experience with interacting and supporting all levels of management is strongly preferred
- Experience managing multiple programs running at one time, strong organization skills and attention to details
- Experience with Copilot and a curiosity for Process Improvement to capitalize on elimination of manual tasks
- Experience with Microsoft tools and applications required
- Results-oriented mindset (high sense of urgency, determination, tenacity, etc.).
- Professional, high energy, engaging personality
- Substantial knowledge of standard business practices and professionalism in a customer service environment are essential
- Substantial specialized knowledge of end-to-end HR solutions in assigned function to deliver a best in class employee experience
- Possess a sense of urgency in solving customer requests to ensure timely resolution
- Understanding of HR enabling technologies and how they work within a customer service business environment
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $68,000 to $96,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.
Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Automotive
- Law & Legal Services
- Technology & Software
- Electronics & Hardware
- Construction & Real Estate
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in devops manager jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a closely related engineering field
- Five or more years of hands-on devops or site reliability engineering experience before management
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring engineering teams in a production environment
- Deep proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and containerization tools
- Experience owning CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and deployment automation at scale
- Strong cross-functional communication skills for partnering with product, security, and executive stakeholders
Devops Manager Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a devops manager in California?
Devops manager is not a state-licensed role in California, so there is no required exam or registration from a California board. The typical path is several years of hands-on devops or infrastructure engineering work, followed by a team lead or senior engineer role that includes mentoring responsibilities. A bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering is the baseline most California employers expect, and certifications from AWS, Google Cloud, or the Linux Foundation strengthen a candidate's profile considerably.
How much do devops managers make in California?
Devops managers in California earn a median of about $174,560 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $98,280 for the lowest 10% to over $303,680 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire devops managers in California?
Employers hiring devops managers in California right now include Cornerstone Caregiving, Zoox, and Apple, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. California's concentration of cloud-native technology companies, large enterprise software firms, and healthcare systems means demand for devops managers is distributed across multiple industries rather than limited to any single sector.
Which California cities have the most devops manager jobs?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Irvine have the most devops manager openings in California. The Bay Area leads because of its dense concentration of technology headquarters and cloud infrastructure teams, while Los Angeles and San Diego generate steady demand through their growing enterprise software, defense technology, and healthcare technology sectors, which have all expanded their platform engineering organizations significantly in recent years.
Are there remote devops manager jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 56% of devops manager openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how much of the work centers on cloud environments and collaboration tools that do not require a physical presence. The parts of the role most likely to stay fully remote are pipeline ownership, incident response coordination, and vendor management, while on-site expectations typically apply to teams managing on-premises data center infrastructure.
How can I get hired as a devops manager in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving laterally from a senior individual contributor role, such as a site reliability engineer, systems administrator, or cloud engineer, into a team lead position at a California employer. Large California technology companies including Salesforce, Intuit, and Cisco run associate engineer and early-career infrastructure programs that build the foundational skills for a management track. Earning a Google Cloud Professional or AWS Solutions Architect certification before applying demonstrates initiative and closes experience gaps for candidates who have not yet held a formal engineering management title.
Where can I find and apply to devops manager jobs in California?
You can find and apply to devops manager jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across industries and metro areas. Find roles that fit your experience and location, then apply directly to each one through the listing.
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