Lead DevOps Engineer

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health benefits

Matched 401k and pension plans

PTO and generous parental leave

Gym subsidies

Educational reimbursements

Recognition programs

Pet-friendly offices

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer who will oversee the development and maintenance of our DevOps processes and infrastructure. This role involves leading a team, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring the reliability and security of our systems.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience in DevOps, with a strong background in AWS, Linux, and CI/CD tools. We offer a competitive salary range of $160,000-$215,000 plus an annual bonus along with excellent employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in a DevOps role, including leadership experience.
• Expertise in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.).
• Strong scripting skills for automation.
• Extensive experience with container technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability.
• Collaborate with developers and SRE for system optimization.
• Implement security best practices.

Skills

DevOps experience

Leadership

Cloud services (AWS)

Linux expertise

Scripting

Infrastructure-as-code

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

CI/CD tools

Monitoring tools

Tools

Terraform

SaltStack

Job description

Octus

Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets. For more information, visit: https://octus.com/

Working at Octus

Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.

Role

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of our DevOps processes and infrastructure. You will lead a team of DevOps engineers, collaborating closely with Application developers, Data engineers, SRE, Security and IT professionals to automate and streamline our operations and processes. You will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems and applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Effectively prioritize workload with a constant focus on increasing developer efficiency.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness. Experience with AWS is a plus.
• Work closely with SRE to develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the health and performance of our systems and applications.
• Work closely with Security to implement and enforce security best practices across our infrastructure and applications.
• Collaborate with software developers to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Participate in the planning and execution of disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders to provide updates on project statuses, issues, and recommendations.
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide system support.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in a DevOps role, with 2 years in a leadership position.
• Expert knowledge of cloud concepts and services (EC2, S3, RDS, A/ELB, EBS, VPC, Route53 or equivalent).
• Expert level knowledge of Linux. Strong scripting skills for automation and tooling.
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, resolve & document RCA of incidents.
• Good knowledge of database configuration, concepts, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Thorough understanding of Security principles and experience in designing, implementing, monitoring proper controls.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-code & configuration management tools (Terraform, SaltStack or equivalent).
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, ECS including managing microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions or equivalent.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog, Cloud Watch or equivalent.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Salary

The salary range estimate for this position is $160,000-$215,000 plus an annual bonus.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.