DevOps Lead

Robotics Technologies; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotics Technologies in Foster City, CA is seeking a DevOps Lead to drive enterprise-scale DevOps transformation across engineering teams. The role focuses on defining the DevOps roadmap, modernizing CI/CD, and improving developer experience to deliver faster software with higher reliability.

The candidate will lead DevOps culture, establish governance, and communicate impact to leadership, while coordinating multi-team delivery and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the DevOps transformation roadmap, aligned with engineering and business priorities.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, shift-left testing, platform engineering, and SRE.
• Lead DevOps culture and change-management initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
• Establish and track DORA metrics, including deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and MTTR.
• Lead initiatives around toolchain optimization, automation, developer experience, and process re-engineering.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and drive resolution of technical and delivery impediments.
• Govern resource plans, delivery priorities, risks, and vendor relationships.
• Facilitate technical workshops, retrospectives, executive reviews, and DevOps communities of practice.
• Provide clear transformation status and recommendations to client and internal leadership.

Job description

DevOps Lead Overview

Company Name: Robotics Technologies

Job Role: DevOps Lead

Qualifications: Not specified

Category: I

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Foster City, CA, United States

Job ID: J54636 Job Title: DevOps Lead Location: Foster City, CA Duration: 10 Months + Extension Domain Exposure: Consumer Discretionary Client: To Be Discussed Later Employment Type: W-2, 1099, C2C Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Job Title: DevOps Lead Location: Foster City, CA Duration: 10 Months + Extension Bill Rate: $79/hour (C2C) Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C Client: To Be Discussed Later Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced DevOps Lead to drive enterprise-scale DevOps transformation and adoption across engineering teams. The role will focus on defining the DevOps roadmap, modernizing CI/CD and engineering practices, improving developer experience, and driving measurable improvements in software delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the DevOps transformation roadmap, aligned with engineering and business priorities.


• Drive adoption of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, shift-left testing, platform engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.


• Lead DevOps culture and change-management initiatives across multiple engineering teams.


• Establish and track DORA metrics, including deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and MTTR.


• Lead initiatives around toolchain optimization, automation, developer experience, and process re-engineering.


• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and drive resolution of technical and delivery impediments.


• Govern resource plans, delivery priorities, risks, and vendor relationships.


• Facilitate technical workshops, retrospectives, executive reviews, and DevOps communities of practice.


• Provide clear transformation status and recommendations to client and internal leadership.

Required Skills

• 12+ years of technology delivery, program, DevOps, or transformation experience.


• Proven experience leading DevOps, cloud, Agile, or engineering transformation at enterprise scale.


• Strong understanding of CI/CD architectures, cloud-native engineering, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and SRE.


• Working knowledge of modern DevOps ecosystems such as GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.


• Strong understanding and application of DORA engineering metrics.


• Experience working with Agile and SAFe-based enterprise delivery models.


• Strong stakeholder management, leadership, facilitation, and executive communication skills.


• Ability to translate complex engineering concepts into clear business outcomes.

Preferred Profile

A hands-on, transformation-oriented DevOps leader who can operate at both strategy and execution levels, influence engineering teams, establish governance and standards, and accelerate DevOps maturity across a large enterprise environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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