Lead DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes, IaC & Secure pipelines

Devopsroles; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Devopsroles in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer to drive architecture and pipelines. You will lead design and deployment of software development pipelines, work on Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and secure environments across diverse projects.

The role requires Linux expertise, automation, scripting, and collaboration with a multi‑disciplined team on both unclassified and classified domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or 13 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• 9+ years of relevant DevOps experience, including leading pipelines and architecture.
• Strong background in Linux, scripting, and security practices.
• Experience with Salt, Ansible, Puppet, and on-prem/offline environments.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects on the DevOps team to design and deploy software development pipelines.
• Directly support customer projects as needed
• Lead integration of disparate systems for customer end systems in air-gapped environments.
• Architect, implement, and maintain features with Git, Infrastructure as Code, and Kubernetes.
• Automation of DevOps through scripting and software application development
• Manage and implement development tools in secure/classified environments, ensuring end-to-end encryption and secure communication channels.
• Implement and manage certificate exchange authentication processes.
• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters to support scalable and robust application deployments.
• Work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while adhering to best practices and development processes.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure and servers using configuration management tools such as Salt, Ansible, and Puppet.
• Create tools to improve automation, reliability, and continuously improve our pipeline.
• Promote continuous improvement and exploration of new technologies.
• Ensure all systems security operations and maintenance activities are properly documented and updated as necessary.
• Travel requirement - less than 10%

Skills

English communication

Scripting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Salt

Ansible

Puppet

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Artifactory

Linux

CMake

C/C++ development

Job description

Devopsroles in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer to drive architecture and pipelines. You will lead design and deployment of software development pipelines, work on Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and secure environments across diverse projects.

The role requires Linux expertise, automation, scripting, and collaboration with a multi‑disciplined team on both unclassified and classified domains.