Lead DevOps Engineer: Cloud, IaC, CI/CD

Akkodis; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision assistance

Paid Time Off

401(k) with match

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD platforms, and DevOps practices. This role will lead the infrastructure team, mentor engineers, and influence infrastructure strategy while staying deeply involved in day-to-day engineering work.

The ideal candidate brings senior DevOps experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, and GitLab CI/CD, and excels at designing reliable, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CI/CD design and troubleshooting, containerized environments, and hybrid cloud/on‑prem.
• Experience supporting production infrastructure and mission-critical applications.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and cross-team influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for DevOps and infrastructure initiatives.
• Mentor, guide, and coach junior engineers.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define best practices and standards.
• Influence technology selection, architecture, and infrastructure strategy.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure, primarily AWS.
• Support hybrid cloud environments spanning cloud and on‑prem systems.
• Administer and enhance Kubernetes platforms for containerized apps.
• Own and support GitLab CI/CD pipelines across multiple teams.
• Improve deployment automation, release processes, and developer experience.
• Lead or support artifact repository and platform migrations.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.

Skills

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud

Hybrid cloud/on-prem

Mentoring

Troubleshooting

Tools

GitLab

Job description

Akkodis is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD platforms, and DevOps practices. This role will lead the infrastructure team, mentor engineers, and influence infrastructure strategy while staying deeply involved in day-to-day engineering work.

The ideal candidate brings senior DevOps experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, and GitLab CI/CD, and excels at designing reliable, scalable platforms.