Senior DevOps Automation Lead (Remote)

Excella; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 149,469 - 213,019; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work locations

Comprehensive benefits

Career growth opportunities

Parental/caregiver support

Job summary

Excella in Arlington, TX is seeking a Lead DevOps Automation Engineer to drive enterprise CD/CI, cloud security, and infrastructure as code. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and set standards that improve reliability and delivery speed across multiple teams.

Role requires strong scripting, container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes, and experience with AWS and/or Azure. Excellent communication with executives is essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in DevOps, automation, or cloud engineering.
• Proven leadership in enterprise-level automation solutions.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, CircleCI, TravisCI).
• Advanced scripting in Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, C#.
• Strong cloud security, IAM, network access management (AWS/Azure).
• CLI skills with Bash/PowerShell; package management and monitoring.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS; infrastructure as code.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Packer).
• Familiarity with DORA metrics, Agile methodologies; strong stakeholder communication.

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 for high-quality 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 leadership

Automation scripting

Cloud security

CI/CD expertise

Communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Excella in Arlington, TX is seeking a Lead DevOps Automation Engineer to drive enterprise CD/CI, cloud security, and infrastructure as code. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and set standards that improve reliability and delivery speed across multiple teams.

Role requires strong scripting, container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes, and experience with AWS and/or Azure. Excellent communication with executives is essential.