Lead DevOps Engineer – Cloud, CI/CD & SRE

Socket.dev; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Scout Motors is seeking a senior DevOps Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure for our electric pickup and rugged SUV platform. You’ll collaborate with product, software, and security teams to deliver reliable, observable systems.

Based in Charlotte or Fremont, this role requires 4–5 days in the office and occasional travel. You’ll lead infrastructure initiatives, mentor engineers, and own the internal developer portal to improve the developer experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field.
• 12+ years in DevOps/platform engineering or related roles.
• Proficient in Python, Shell, Ruby.
• Deep experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Expertise with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Strong CI/CD knowledge: GitHub Actions, GitLab, ArgoCD, Harness.io.
• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Infrastructure as Code: Crossplane, Terraform, Pulumi, CDK.
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration.
• Experience designing platform integrations and developer experiences using Rust/Go/Python/Java.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, implement, and maintain the cloud infrastructure platform using IaC.
• Collaborate with software and systems teams to build end-to-end solutions.
• Design and build infrastructure with container orchestration (EKS/K8s).
• Choose managed cloud services to support platform engineering goals.
• Design CI/CD tools and practices for agile, secure deployments.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of infra.
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions for troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with security teams to meet standards and compliance.
• Work with product managers, developers, QA to ensure robust systems.
• Lead engineers in infra, site reliability, and productivity systems.
• Own the developer experience via internal developer portal.

Skills

Python

Shell

Ruby

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

GitHub Actions

GitLab Pipelines

Harness.io

ArgoCD

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Crossplane

Terraform

Pulumi

CDK

Rust

Go

Java

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Scout Motors is seeking a senior DevOps Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure for our electric pickup and rugged SUV platform. You’ll collaborate with product, software, and security teams to deliver reliable, observable systems.

Based in Charlotte or Fremont, this role requires 4–5 days in the office and occasional travel. You’ll lead infrastructure initiatives, mentor engineers, and own the internal developer portal to improve the developer experience