Remote Lead DevOps Engineer: Scale Cloud & Automate

Placements24

Gallup (NM)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote work benefits

Professional development budget

Cutting-edge technologies

Autonomy and work-life balance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to shape our cloud infrastructure, optimize deployments, and mentor a distributed team. This fully remote role offers the chance to drive secure, scalable platforms that support rapid development cycles.

You will lead cloud strategy across AWS/Azure/GCP, develop robust CI/CD pipelines, and implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, while collaborating with developers to enhance performance and reliability.

Qualifications

Minimum of proven DevOps experience leading initiatives.
Expertise in AWS/Azure/GCP and container tech (Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong scripting (Python, Bash) and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible) and config management.
Ability to work effectively in a fully remote team.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure for scalability and security.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
Implement IaC with Terraform/Ansible.
Monitor performance and ensure high availability.
Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployments.
Mentor and promote DevOps best practices.