Lead DevOps Platform Engineer

The Work

The DevOps team at Lexipol is responsible for building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure and automation pipelines that enable fast secure and scalable software delivery. We work closely with developers QA and product teams to remove friction improve developer experience and ensure reliable production systems.

Were seeking a Lead DevOps Platform Engineer with strong development skills and experience building developerfocused tooling and infrastructure. This role emphasizes collaboration with software engineering teams automation and optimization of the development lifecycle to speed up delivery without compromising quality or security.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve developercentric CI/CD pipelines using modern practices and tooling (GitHub Actions Azure DevOps etc..
• Drive automation for build test and deployment workflows to improve speed and feedback for developers.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate testing security scanning and validation into the development lifecycle.
• Advocate for and implement DevEx tooling that accelerates local development and deployment cycles.

Key Performance Objective #2: Build and manage infrastructure as code 30

• Design and manage infrastructure using codefirst approaches (Terraform).
• Create reusable patterns and modules that allow product teams to provision infrastructure autonomously.
• Enable consistent versioned environments across dev QA and production using modern IaC practices.
• Implement security and compliance automation early in the development lifecycle (shift left).

Key Performance Objective #3: Improve observability and reliability of systems 20

• Collaborate with product engineers to ensure applications are instrumented with metrics logs and traces.
• Design proactive alerting and monitoring strategies that help developers identify and resolve issues quickly.
• Support incident resolution with deep understanding of both code and infrastructure.

Key Performance Objective #4: Mentor and lead DevOps engineers and contract developers 15

• Provide mentorship and guidance to DevOps engineers with a focus on developer enablement and productivity.
• Oversee contractors and ensure consistent delivery of reusable scalable infrastructure and tooling.
• Evangelize DevOps and DevEx best practices across engineering teams.

Requirements:To be considered for this role you must have:

• Proven experience as a DevOps Platform Engineer or Lead with a strong software development mindset AWS and collaboration background.
• Experience working closely with application developers to improve pipelines environments and tools.
• Deep experience with CI/CD pipeline tools and version control platforms (e.g. GitHub Azure DevOps).
• Proficiency with modern cloud platforms especially AWS and/or Azure and their developer tooling.
• InfrastructureasCode expertise (Terraform CloudFormation).
• Experience with serverless functions (e.g. AWS Lambda) containers and microservices patterns.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python Bash PowerShell etc..
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices including automated scanning and secrets management.
• Monitoring/observability tool familiarity (Datadog CloudWatch etc..
• Passion for developer productivity automation and system scalability.
• Excellent problemsolving troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with leadership development teams and external partners.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps best practices.

Preferred Experience:

• AWS or Azure certifications.
• Familiarity with secure development standards (e.g. SOC2 CJIS OWASP).
• Experience building developer platforms or internal tools.
• Prior contributions to DevEx initiatives like inner source tooling platform engineering or developer portals.
• Exposure to cost optimization strategies for cloud environments (FinOps).

Target Outcomes / Success Metrics

• Faster more reliable software delivery cycles through optimized CI/CD pipelines.
• High developer satisfaction with tools environments and onboarding.
• Secure scalable and observable infrastructure aligned with business and compliance goals.
• Highperforming DevOps team with consistent coaching quality and velocity.

Employee Value Proposition

• Supporting First Responders: You will be contributing to systems and platforms that directly help first responders such as law enforcement fire EMS and other government professionals.
• Career Development: Reporting to a senior engineering leader this role offers career advancement opportunities in cloud architecture and DevOps leadership.
• Team Collaboration: Work in a crossfunctional team with opportunities to influence the direction of key projects and initiatives at Lexipol.
• Training: You will have access to ongoing AWS and Azure training resources and certifications that enable expanded capabilities for your role.

The Environment

• All equipment provided
• Remote working 100 Office visits very infrequent