Dev Ops Lead

Alberici Constructors; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Annual raises

Health insurance

Parental leave

Education reimbursement

Career development

PTO 29 days

Gym membership

Cafeteria access

ERGs

Philanthropy opportunities

Job summary

Alberici Constructors in St. Louis, MO seeks a DevOps Lead to define the DevOps vision and execute it across engineering, product, and security teams. You will align priorities with company goals and drive operational excellence.

You will own cloud infrastructure on Azure, build automated CI/CD pipelines, and promote IaC practices using Terraform, Ansible, and related tools. Strong communication and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/Engineering.
• Proven experience as a DevOps Lead building DevOps from the ground up.
• Experience using AI DevOps tools to improve efficiency and software quality.
• Strong hands-on Azure (PaaS/IaaS), AKS, Docker, Terraform, YAML, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Git/GitHub.
• Excellent communication and ability to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the DevOps vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Own cloud infrastructure design, deployment, and scaling on Azure.
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for fast, secure releases.
• Promote Infrastructure-as-Code practices with Terraform/Ansible, etc.
• Establish SRE practices, dashboards, logs, and blameless post-mortems.

Skills

DevOps leadership

AI DevOps tools

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

DevOps architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AKS

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

GitHub Actions

DataDog

JUnit

Playwright

CodeCov

Job description

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with more than 1,200 employees and nearing $2B in revenue, Alberici is a diversified construction company that partners with leading organizations throughout North America to build their most challenging and important projects.

Since our founding in 1918, Alberici earned a reputation for executing with quality, safety and trust. Combined with our 100+ years of experience, we provide construction solutions to the automotive, commercial, civil, energy, food & beverage, healthcare, heavy industrial, industrial process, and water industries.

We build the critical structures that improve lives and strengthen communities.

Our mission is simple — and our approach to delivering on it is equally straightforward. We are as open and honest with our employees and partners as we are with our clients. We are here to work together to do the best work possible to bring this mission to life.

When it comes to our team, Alberici employees are built differently. We seek the best and brightest and are committed to investing in our people and providing the training and resources they need to learn, grow, and advance.

Built for the Challenge

Our Values

• Working Safely
• Valuing Diversity
• Serving Humbly
• Executing with Integrity
• Solving Creatively
• Engaging Fully

What We Offer

• Profit‑sharing plan, cash bonus programs and annual cost‑of‑living adjustments
• Generous salary increases and per diems for qualified out‑of‑town assignments
• Health, dental and vision insurance eligibility on day one
• Paid parental leave
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Personalized career development and training programs
• Minimum of 29 days of PTO (including holidays) for entry‑level roles
• Fitness center for St. Louis office‑based team members
• Gym membership reimbursement for project‑based team members
• Corporate office cafeteria access
• Employee Resource Group (ERG) opportunities
• Philanthropy opportunities

Position Overview

• Leadership & Strategy: Define and execute the DevOps vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with company goals. Partner with engineering, product, and security teams to align priorities and ensure operational excellence.
• Infrastructure & Automation: Own the design, deployment, and scaling of cloud infrastructure (Azure). Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast, reliable, and secure releases. Champion Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) practices.
• Reliability & Observability: Establish SRE best practices to drive uptime, system resilience, and performance. Create and maintain metrics and reporting performance dashboards, logs, and monitoring alerts to proactively identify and address issues related to system reliability, scalability, and security. Enable blameless post mortems (PIRs) with a focus on root cause and continuous improvement.
• Security & Compliance: Partner with Security to ensure DevSecOps practices are integrated into the SDLC. Support SOC 2, ISO, GDPR, and other compliance initiatives through secure infrastructure practices.
• Cost & Performance Optimization: Monitor cloud usage and resources to optimize infrastructure costs without compromising performance or reliability. Regularly review and optimize resource usage across environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience as a DevOps Lead with experience creating DevOps from the ground up.
• Experience using AI Dev Ops tools to enhance efficiency, improve collaboration, and ensure higher quality in software delivery.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure (PaaS, IaaS), Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines), Kubernetes (AKS), Azure Container Service (ACS), Docker, Terraform, YAML, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Git/GitHub, Github Actions, DataDog, Junit, Playwright and CodeCov.
• Strong understanding of DevOps architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and functions.

Alberici is a North American company with multiple Operating Companies: Alberici Constructors, Inc., Alberici Constructors, LTD., Alberici Construcciones, BRC, CAS Constructors, Filanc, Flintco, Hillsdale Fabricators, and Kienlen Constructors.