Lead DevOps Engineer

Kaleidoscope Innovation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaleidoscope Innovation in Raleigh, NC is seeking a skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and operate AWS cloud infrastructure. This role emphasizes technical leadership, mentorship, and hands-on contribution in enhancing DevOps capabilities.

Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering, proficient in AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD processes. Join us to lead and optimize our DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
• Experience leading or acting as a technical lead for DevOps or SRE teams.
• Deep expertise with AWS services and cloud architecture patterns.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on technical resource for DevOps excellence.
• Design and operate scalable AWS infrastructure.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using various tools.
• Implement proactive monitoring and incident response.

Skills

AWS services

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Python, Bash)

DevOps best practices

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Job description

We’re looking for a hands‑on Lead DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and operate our AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This role combines technical leadership with deep individual contribution, requiring someone who leads by example while actively designing, implementing, and improving DevOps capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Ownership

• Act as a hands‑on technical resource, setting the bar for DevOps engineering excellence
• Mentor and guide DevOps engineers through design reviews, automation standards, and operational best practices
• Define and enforce DevOps standards, patterns, and tooling across teams
• Partner with application, QA, and architecture teams to align DevOps strategy with business and delivery goals

AWS Infrastructure & Automation

• Design, implement, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient AWS infrastructure
• Own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or AWS‑native services
• Automate environment provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows

Containers & Platform Engineering

• Design and support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Enable best practices for microservices deployment, scaling, and resilience on AWS
• Support platform capabilities such as blue/green and canary deployments

Monitoring, Reliability & Operations

• Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and CloudWatch
• Own logging and observability solutions (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Splunk)
• Lead root cause analysis, incident response, and continuous reliability improvements
• Participate in and help mature on‑call and operational support processes

Security, Compliance & Cost Optimization

• Enforce AWS security best practices, including IAM design, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning
• Well experienced with all kinds of scanning (SCA, DAST, SAST, WIZ.IO)
• Drive AWS cost optimization through right‑sizing, automation, and cost‑management tooling

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering with strong hands‑on delivery
• Proven experience leading or acting as a technical lead for DevOps or SRE teams
• Deep expertise with AWS services and cloud architecture patterns
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Solid background building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and Git‑based workflows
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent)
• Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD, Gitlab
• Familiarity with micro‑services and advanced Kubernetes networking
• Experience operating production systems at scale with a focus on reliability and cost efficiency