Lead Devops Engineer

Lead Devops Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, and CI/CD automation.
• Expert-level knowledge of AWS services (IAM, EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC, Route 53).
• Strong proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and HashiCorp Vault.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Solid background in containerization and Kubernetes (EKS, Docker, Helm).
• Expertise in observability and monitoring tools (AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize AWS cloud environments for scalability, security, and high availability.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement secrets management and access control using HashiCorp Vault.
• Utilize Packer to create and maintain consistent and reusable cloud images.
• Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to ensure efficient and secure deployments.
• Enforce infrastructure as code (IaC) and GitOps best practices.
• Optimize software release cycles by implementing progressive delivery techniques (blue-green deployments, feature flags, canary releases).
• Lead cloud security initiatives, enforcing compliance and risk mitigation best practices.
• Implement observability solutions using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.
• Establish incident management and disaster recovery strategies to minimize downtime.
• Provide expertise and guidance with securing cloud-native application development and delivery platforms (DevOps, CI/CD) with demonstrated strength in DevSecOps tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST).
• Act as a trusted advisor to development, security, and operations teams—bridging gaps and aligning DevOps strategies with business needs.
• Mentor and develop junior DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Work closely with engineering leadership and product management to drive DevOps roadmaps and technical decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration, ensuring DevOps best practices are embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Promote and facilitate effective communication between Security Engineering & Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, and other departments and/or business units.
• Assist in the acquisition and risk assessment, procurement, and evaluation of new vendor and product selections.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging DevOps technologies to enhance efficiency, security, and scalability.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives in AWS through FinOps strategies.
• Research and evaluate new DevOps tools and technologies to improve workflow efficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.