Senior DevOps Engineer – Team Lead

Codable; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive compensation package with performance-based bonuses

Comprehensive private healthcare coverage

Bi-annual performance reviews

Generous referral rewards program

Personalized career coaching and mentoring

Job summary

An innovative technology firm is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer – Team Lead to guide a team of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers. This role emphasizes leadership in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD strategies, and ensuring compliance with security standards. Ideal candidates will possess extensive hands-on experience and a strong commitment to fostering collaborative team cultures. They will enjoy attractive compensation, comprehensive healthcare, and personalized career development opportunities within a diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years in a DevOps/SRE role, including at least 2 years in a leadership or team lead capacity.
• Proven track record in leading DevOps transformation or cloud-native infrastructure initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of DevOps and SRE engineers.
• Design and manage cloud-native infrastructure using IaC tools.
• Architect and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Skills

Infrastructure Automation

CI/CD

Cloud Platforms

Containers & Orchestration

Observability Tools

Scripting

Security

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

As a Senior DevOps Engineer – Team Lead, you will take ownership of driving technical direction, leading a team of DevOps/Site Reliability Engineers, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, set engineering standards, and play a key role in evolving our DevOps strategy across multiple client engagements or internal platforms.

This role combines hands-on technical execution with team leadership and strategic planning, with a focus on cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, observability, and DevSecOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of DevOps and SRE engineers.
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture aligned with agile principles.
• Drive career development, performance reviews, and individual learning paths.

Infrastructure Engineering

• Design and manage cloud-native infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Architect scalable, highly available environments (including Kubernetes clusters) for production and development workloads.
• Lead cloud migrations and hybrid cloud strategies (Azure preferred).

CI/CD Strategy

• Architect and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
• Integrate quality gates, automated testing, security scans, and approval workflows into the SDLC.
• Ensure zero-downtime deployments and consistent delivery practices across teams.

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, and Azure Monitor.
• Define SLAs/SLOs, track system reliability metrics, and lead incident response and post-mortem processes.

Cloud Governance & Optimization

• Manage cloud resources with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and cost-efficiency.
• Implement policies for cost control, backup, disaster recovery, and access management.

Security & Compliance (DevSecOps)

• Embed security controls (SAST/DAST, IaC scanning, secret management) into DevOps workflows.
• Ensure compliance with internal security policies and external regulations (e.g., ISO, GDPR).

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as the technical DevOps point-of-contact for project managers, product owners, and development leads.
• Translate technical concepts into business outcomes and influence decisions on architecture and operations.

Indicative Skills:

• Infrastructure Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Puppet
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps (preferred), GitLab CI, Jenkins
• Cloud Platforms: Azure (preferred), AWS, GCP
• Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
• Observability Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Azure Monitor
• Scripting: PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Go
• Security: DevSecOps practices, tools such as Checkmarx, SonarQube, Trivy
• Networking: DNS, load balancing, ingress controllers, VPCs, IAM, RBAC

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience: Minimum 6+ years in a DevOps/SRE role, including at least 2 years in a leadership or team lead capacity.
• Proven track record in leading DevOps transformation or cloud-native infrastructure initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred:

• Experience managing infrastructure on Azure.
• Working knowledge of container orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with security and compliance automation in cloud environments.

#WhoWeAreLookingFor:

We are seeking an experienced, self-driven Senior DevOps Engineer – Team Lead who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership capabilities. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative environments, is passionate about automation and cloud-native technologies, and is committed to building high-performing teams that deliver impactful solutions.

If you're ready to elevate both your technical and leadership journey, we'd love to meet you.

Elevate Your Experience The Perks of Joining Us:

• Attractive compensation package with performance-based bonuses
• Comprehensive private healthcare coverage
• Bi-annual performance reviews with a structured promotion plan every two years
• Generous referral rewards program
• Personalized career coaching and mentoring for professional growth
• Exceptional opportunities to expand your career across diverse client engagements
• Embrace and contribute to a culture of diversity within our multicultural teams