Lead DevOps Engineer - III

Compunnel, Inc.; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a highly experienced Lead DevOps Engineer. You will drive the design, deployment, and optimization of DevOps infrastructure, ensuring secure and efficient application deployments. Ideal candidates have expertise in Red Hat OpenShift and GitOps practices, and the ability to mentor developers. Competitive compensation package and growth opportunities offered.

Qualifications

• 4–5+ years of deploying applications using Helm Charts on Red Hat OpenShift.
• 4–5+ years of experience with GitOps practices and tools.
• Strong experience with source control tools like GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance existing build and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to establish best practices.
• Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment environments.

Skills

Deploying applications using Helm Charts

GitOps practices

Agile work environments

Ansible

Kubernetes

Scripting and automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Red Hat OpenShift

GitLab

CI/CD pipeline tools

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the design, deployment, and optimization of our DevOps infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, GitOps practices, and automation tools, and will play a key role in ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient application deployments across multiple environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance existing build and deployment processes across all products.
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, product owners, and other stakeholders to establish engineering and deployment best practices.
• Enforce reliability and security best practices in alignment with organizational policies.
• Design and deploy new and existing application components and infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) environments.
• Troubleshoot and support production infrastructure and application issues.
• Participate in engineering design and deployment planning sessions.
• Mentor application developers on scalable application development and deployment techniques.
• Analyze and manage dependencies across multiple platforms and applications.
• Provide support for DevOps-based environment management (Dev, Test, UAT, Prod) with controlled releases.
• Prepare and deliver weekly status reports to management.

Required Qualifications

• 4–5+ years of hands-on experience deploying applications using Helm Charts on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
• 4–5+ years of experience with GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
• Strong experience in Agile work environments and with source control tools like GitLab.
• Proficiency in Ansible and other automation technologies.
• Solid experience with Kubernetes and container technologies, including container image creation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Advanced knowledge of networking, security, and automated deployment practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and practices.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Ability to work extended hours and participate in on-call rotations as needed.