Lead DevOps Engineer

Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Position Type: Full-time

Schedule: Primarily hybrid (3 days per week), with flexibility to be onsite as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and provide strategic direction for timely, high-quality delivery of technical products.
• Cultivate a culture of teamwork, continuous improvement, and agile methodologies across development teams.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance workflows through automation, CI/CD, and other DevOps practices.
• Oversee deployment and maintenance of infrastructure and applications within cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), using automation tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Implement and manage monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system availability and rapid response to operational issues.
• Administer and maintain DevOps tools, including version control (e.g., Git), build automation (e.g., Jenkins, Travis CI), configuration management (e.g., Chef, Puppet), and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Partner with security teams to enforce compliance with standards and integrate security best practices in the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience across software development, IT operations, or DevOps functions, including at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles like CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and containerized environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda).
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Ruby).
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and workflows (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.

Benefits:

• Unlimited PTO
• Bonus eligibility
• Paid company holidays
• Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision, life, disability)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and company match
• Flexible Spending Account options

Culture:

• Curiosity and continuous learning encouraged.
• Open, honest communication internally and externally.
• Risk-taking and learning from failure are valued.
• Emphasis on diversity and inclusion, fostering differing opinions.
• Support for personal and professional growth, with access to programs like:
• Quarterly company-wide meetings
• Leadership and management development
• Initiatives with executive leadership
• Learning courses (e.g., LinkedIn Learning)
• Regular manager check-ins for career growth and development.