Lead DevOps Engineer — Cloud, CI/CD & Platform Leadership

Realtime Recruitment Limited; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Realtime Recruitment Limited in Ireland is seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to shape and execute our DevOps strategy. You will lead a team of engineers, drive CI/CD improvements, and partner with product and security stakeholders to align goals.

The role focuses on cloud-first architecture (AWS), automation, observability, and scalable infrastructure. You will mentor engineers, own delivery pipelines, and influence architectural decisions in a fast-paced financial environment.

Qualifications

• Lead DevOps engineers in a high-stakes environment.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, IaC, and cloud-first architectures.
• Hands-on with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with AWS and platform engineering is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers.
• Drive design, implementation, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines to support software delivery.
• Manage relationships with key business and technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and priorities.
• Oversee cloud infrastructure (AWS) ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Champion automation, monitoring, and observability practices across engineering teams.
• Contribute to strategic decision-making regarding architecture, tooling, and processes.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Stakeholder management

CI/CD

Automation

IaC

Cloud-first architectures

AWS

Platform Engineers

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Realtime Recruitment Limited in Ireland is seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to shape and execute our DevOps strategy. You will lead a team of engineers, drive CI/CD improvements, and partner with product and security stakeholders to align goals.

The role focuses on cloud-first architecture (AWS), automation, observability, and scalable infrastructure. You will mentor engineers, own delivery pipelines, and influence architectural decisions in a fast-paced financial environment.