We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to join our growing Technology Platform team. This role is ideal for a passionate technologist who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to design build and optimize robust DevOps pipelines and infrastructure. You will be responsible for driving automation improving deployment velocity and ensuring the reliability and scalability of our systems and leading a small team.
Main Activities:
Be actively involved in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines automation scripts and IaC modules.
Manage and operate containerized applications with a strong preference for experience using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Build deploy and troubleshoot applications running in Docker containers.
Implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions using tools such as Splunk Elastic Stack (ELK) Datadog or Dynatrace.
Collaborate with development teams to integrate and streamline the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using build tools like Maven Gradle and npm.
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions Jenkins Azure DevOps (ADO) or Harness.
Support CloudOps team in Automating infrastructure provisioning using tools such as Terraform ARM templates or Ansible.
Support and participate directly in incident response root cause analysis and long-term remediation of platform and pipeline issues.
Coach mentor and grow DevOps engineers in both technical skills and delivery ownership.
Champion a culture of observability SRE principles and operational readiness.
Continuously improve build/deploy pipelines to increase speed reliability and security.
Establish and maintain a secure auditable release process aligned with compliance frameworks (PCI SOC2).
Work across teams (Developers QA Infra Product Security) to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
Knowledge/Skill Requirements:
Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent
8 years of experience in Operations DevOps with at least 2-3 years in a lead position.
Exposure to Agile Development practices
Experience with real-time monitoring of distributed systems
Strong passion for building a DevOps culture bridging Development and Operations
Strong facilitation negotiation and consultation skills including the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels of the organization
Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to coach and mentor teams
Sound understanding of contemporary development and operations practices technologies and methodologies
Familiar with Infrastructure-as-Code container-based development Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Continuous Deployment
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent time management organizational and multi-tasking skills
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