Lead DevOps Engineer

JR Spain; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading digital consulting company in Madrid is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to drive technical strategy and mentor engineers in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud design, strong expertise in container technologies, and a passion for fostering a DevOps culture. In this role, you will design and support product platforms, implement CI/CD pipelines, and ensure best practices in data security are adhered to.

Formación

• 5+ years in enterprise-level cloud design.
• Hands-on experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Foster a DevOps culture among peers and developers.
• Design, build, and support product platforms.
• Ensure the security of company data by reinforcing best practices.

Conocimientos

DevOps culture

Cloud design

Container technologies

CI/CD pipelines

AWS services

Monitoring tools

Scripting and automation

Communication skills

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

OpenTelemetry

CloudWatch

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For more than 20 years, our global network of passionate technologists and pioneering craftspeople has delivered cutting-edge technology and game-changing consulting to companies on the brink of AI driven digital transformation. Since 2001, we have grown into a full service digital consulting company with 5500+ professionals working on a worldwide ambition. Driven by the desire to make a difference, we keep innovating. Fuelling the growth of our company with our knowledge worker culture. When teaming up with Xebia, expect in-depth expertise based on an authentic, value-led, and high quality way of working that inspires all we do.

At Xebia, we put ‘People First’—committed to attracting diverse talent and fostering an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is valued for their contributions. We welcome all individuals and evaluate solely on the quality of their work and teamwork.

About the Role

As a Lead DevOps Engineer at Xebia, you’ll play a key role in driving both the technical strategy and team leadership within a dynamic and collaborative engineering environment. This position is ideal for a seasoned DevOps professional who thrives not just on building innovative solutions, but also on mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and leading complex projects from concept to delivery.

You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to shape DevOps best practices, oversee implementation, and ensure the continuous improvement of infrastructure, automation, and delivery pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Foster a DevOps culture among peers and developers.
• Design, build, and support product platforms.
• Consult, design, build, and support development pipelines; automate infrastructure and operations.
• Create telemetry for monitoring and engineer for high reliability.
• Ensure the security of company data by reinforcing best practices.
• Perform systems administration with a focus on stability, security, performance, and capacity management.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and integrate them effectively.
• Collaborate closely with management, senior engineers, and various teams (QA, Product/Business).
• Provide excellent customer support and troubleshoot issues.

Requirements:

Basics:

• 5+ years in enterprise-level cloud design.
• Hands-on experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher).
• Strong experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Integration experience with AWS services (DynamoDB, Lambda, EC2, ECS, EKS, Kinesis, IAM, Firehose).
• Experience with build/deploy tooling: Terraform, CDK, Spinnaker, Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Python.
• Proficiency in monitoring tools: OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, Datadog, PagerDuty.
• Strong background in scripting and automation (Ansible, Puppet, PowerShell).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Familiarity with version control systems, particularly Git.

Recommended:

• Knowledge of additional cloud platforms like GCP or Azure.
• Knowledge of relational databases and NoSQL databases (Redis, DynamoDB).
• Experience with storage solutions (S3).
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery architectures.