Senior DevOps Automation Lead: Cloud CI/CD & Security

Excella; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 149,469 - 213,019; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Employer-contributed HSA

Infertility coverage

Orthodontia

Parental leave (8 weeks)

Pet insurance (discounted)

Care.com membership

15 days paid vacation

6 federal holidays

4 floating holidays

Internet reimbursement

3 days professional development

HeadSpace membership

TalkSpace mental health access

Job summary

Excella is seeking a Lead DevOps Automation Engineer to provide technical leadership in designing and optimizing Continuous Delivery solutions. You will drive strategic decisions around DevOps automation, cloud security, and infrastructure as code, ensuring teams deliver high‑quality software efficiently and securely.

The role emphasizes leadership, advanced scripting, and a strong cloud background across AWS and Azure, with a distributed workforce and flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, automation, or cloud engineering.
• Leadership experience in enterprise‑level automation solutions.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, CircleCI, TravisCI).
• Advanced scripting and automation skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, C#.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and network access management in AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong Command‑line skills with Bash or PowerShell for OS management and monitoring.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, ECS.
• Experience in AWS and Azure deployment via code.
• Background in configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Packer).
• Familiarity with DORA metrics & Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise DevOps solutions, aligning with business goals.
• Define and enforce DevOps best practices across multiple teams, optimizing pipelines for scalability and efficiency.
• Architect and manage automated infrastructure deployment in cloud environments.
• Guide security integration into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Optimize test automation strategies to enhance system reliability and deployment confidence.
• Develop test data management solutions, ensuring high‑quality data for automated testing.
• Influence tooling and technology choices for version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to other DevOps Engineers.
• Communicate DevOps strategy and progress to stakeholders and clients.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud engineering

CI/CD

Python

Bash/PowerShell

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Security

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Bamboo

CircleCI

TravisCI

Docker

Kubernetes

Elastic Container Service

Job description

Excella is seeking a Lead DevOps Automation Engineer to provide technical leadership in designing and optimizing Continuous Delivery solutions. You will drive strategic decisions around DevOps automation, cloud security, and infrastructure as code, ensuring teams deliver high‑quality software efficiently and securely.

The role emphasizes leadership, advanced scripting, and a strong cloud background across AWS and Azure, with a distributed workforce and flexible work arrangements.